Bill Text: NY S08986 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the composition of the local advisory board for the Belmont racetrack facility; 15 members designated by the temporary president of the senate; speaker of the assembly and the franchised corporation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-20 - referred to racing and wagering [S08986 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08986-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8986
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 11, 2018
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        Introduced  by Sen. PHILLIPS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
          relation  to  the  composition  of  the  local  advisory board for the
          Belmont racetrack facility
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of section 212 of the racing, pari-mutuel
     2  wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 18 of the laws  of  2008,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    6.  Within thirty days following the appointment of the members of the
     5  franchise oversight board, the members  of  the  oversight  board  shall
     6  establish  a local advisory board for each racing operation comprised of
     7  the following members to meet at least twice yearly:
     8    a. The local advisory board for the Saratoga racetrack facility  shall
     9  be  comprised of fifteen members and include five designees from each of
    10  the following: the board of supervisors, the mayor of the city of  Sara-
    11  toga and the franchised corporation.
    12    b.  The local advisory board for the Aqueduct racetrack facility shall
    13  be comprised of fifteen members, nine of whom shall be designees of  New
    14  York  City Queens Community Board Ten, three designees of the franchised
    15  corporation and three designees of the video lottery gaming operator.
    16    c. The local advisory board for the Belmont racetrack  facility  shall
    17  be  comprised of fifteen members and include five designees from each of
    18  the following: the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the
    19  assembly and  the  franchised  corporation.  All  such  designees  shall
    20  reside,  work  or  own a business within five miles of the Belmont race-
    21  track facility; provided, however, no one shall designate more than  two
    22  individuals from any one community or village. The board shall advise on
    23  matters relevant to the operations and capital improvements of the fran-
    24  chised  corporation  at  the Belmont racetrack facility. To avoid dupli-
    25  cation, the advisory board shall not advise on the proposed  development
    26  being  separately reviewed by the community advisory committee formed by
    27  the empire state development corporation.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    The members of the local advisory boards shall serve for a  period  of
     2  two years. In the event of a vacancy occurring during a term of appoint-
     3  ment by reason of death, resignation, disqualification or otherwise such
     4  vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the
     5  original  appointment.  The  members  of  the local advisory board shall
     6  serve without compensation, except that each member shall be allowed the
     7  necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or  her
     8  duties pursuant to this section.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.