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NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 230 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 230 - Membership in a National Thoroughbred Racing Association.

§  230.  Membership  in  a  national  thoroughbred racing association.   Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,  if  a   majority  of  the  board  of  directors  of  a  horsemen's  organization   qualified pursuant to section two hundred twenty-eight of  this  article   shall  annually  approve,  the  qualified  horsemen's  organization  may   request that the franchised corporation make payments, from funds earned   and  retained  for  purses,  to   the   National   Thoroughbred   Racing   Association, for the purposes of establishing and maintaining membership   for  such  organization.  Upon  receipt  of  a  duly  adopted  corporate   resolution  requesting  payment  to  the  National  Thoroughbred  Racing   Association  from  a  qualified  horsemen's organization, the franchised   corporation shall make payments  from  funds  earned  and  retained  for   purses on behalf of such qualified horsemen's organization, provided:1.  In  no  event  shall  the sum of the payments made pursuant to the   corporate resolution during any twelve month  period  exceed  an  amount   equal  to one and one-quarter per centum of the total purses paid at all   tracks operated by  the  franchised  corporation  during  the  preceding   calendar year.2.  Payments shall be made by the franchised corporation in accordance   with a schedule provided in the corporate resolution by the board of the   qualified horsemen's organization. Such schedule shall (i) identify  the   twelve  month  period  commencing on April first during which a specific   sum is to be  paid  and  (ii)  delineate  a  timetable  for  making  the   payments,  which  are  to be equal in amount and made no less frequently   than every three months.3. Upon receipt of  a  duly  adopted  corporate  resolution  from  the   qualified  horsemen's  organization stating that a majority of its board   members has voted to rescind approval of such payments,  the  franchised   corporation  shall make no further payments unless and until it receives   a duly adopted corporate resolution as described in this section.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 231 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 231 - Pari-Mutuel Betting on Horse Races Legalized.

§  231.  Pari-mutuel betting on horse races legalized. In the exercise   of the authority vested in it by section nine  of  article  one  of  the   state  constitution,  as  amended  by  vote of the people at the general   election in November,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-nine,  the  legislature   prescribes  that  pari-mutuel  betting on horse races shall be lawful in   this state if conducted in the manner and subject to the conditions  and   supervision  provided by this chapter, notwithstanding the provisions of   any other law, general, special or  local,  prohibiting  or  restricting   lotteries, pool-selling or bookmaking, or any other kind of gambling; it   being  the purpose of this chapter to derive from such betting as herein   authorized a reasonable revenue for the support  of  government  and  to   promote  agriculture generally and the improvement of breeding of horses   particularly in the  state.  Such  pari-mutuel  betting  shall  only  be   conducted  within  the  grounds  or enclosure of a racetrack on races at   such track and on such dates when racing at such track shall  have  been   authorized  pursuant to this chapter; provided, however, that nothing in   this section shall be deemed to prohibit off-track  pari-mutuel  betting   in  a  municipality  pursuant  to  article  five,  five-A or six of this   chapter.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 232 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 232 - License to Conduct Pari-Mutuel Betting at Race Meetings for Running Races or Steeplechases.

§  232.  License  to  conduct pari-mutuel betting at race meetings for   running races or steeplechases. 1.  Any  corporation,  at  the  time  of   making  application  to  the  commission for a license to conduct a race   course or a race meeting for running races or steeplechases, or at  such   subsequent  time  as  the  commission  may  permit,  may  apply  to such   commission for a license to conduct at  such  race  meeting  pari-mutuel   betting on the races to be run thereat. The commission may prescribe the   form  in  which such application shall be made and the information to be   furnished by such corporation. If the commission is satisfied from  such   application, or from other sources of information, that the racetrack of   such  corporation  for which such application is made has facilities and   equipment sufficient to accommodate its probable number of patrons,  the   commission  shall  issue  to  such  corporation  a  license  to  conduct   pari-mutuel  betting  in  the  manner  and  subject  to  the  conditions   prescribed  by  this chapter, at the racetrack described in such license   on the days specified in such license.2. The refusal of an application for such license shall be preceded by   notice and an opportunity to be heard. In the conduct  of  such  hearing   the commission shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence but all   evidence  offered before the commission shall be reduced to writing, and   such evidence together with the exhibits, if any, and  the  findings  of   the  commission, shall be permanently preserved and shall constitute the   record of the commission in such case. Such hearing may be presided over   by the chair of the commission or by any member or by an officer of  the   commission  designated by the chair in writing to act as hearing officer   and such person  or  persons  may  issue  subpoenas  for  witnesses  and   administer oaths to witnesses. The hearing officer, at the conclusion of   the  hearing shall make findings which, if concurred in by a majority of   the commission, shall become the findings of the commission. The  action   of  the  commission  in  refusing  a  license shall be reviewable in the   supreme court in the  manner  provided  by  the  provisions  of  article   seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 233 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 233 - Bond Required of Corporation Conducting Pari-Mutuel Betting.

§ 233. Bond required of corporation conducting pari-mutuel betting. 1.   Every  corporation  franchised  or licensed by the commission to conduct   pari-mutuel betting,  annually  and  before  the  opening  of  any  race   meeting,  shall  execute  and file with the state comptroller, a bond to   the state in a penalty to be fixed by the commissioner of  taxation  and   finance  not  exceeding  five  hundred  thousand  dollars, with sureties   approved by the attorney general,  that  it  will  keep  its  books  and   records  and  make reports as required by this chapter, that it will pay   to the state all taxes imposed by this chapter, that it will  distribute   to  the  patrons  of pari-mutuel pools conducted by it all sums due upon   presentation of winning tickets held by them, and that it will otherwise   comply with all the provisions  of  this  chapter  in  relation  to  the   conduct of races and of pari-mutuel betting on its racetrack.2.  In  addition  hereto,  every  such  corporation  first licensed or   franchised after January first, nineteen  hundred  eighty-six,  annually   and  before  the opening of any race meeting shall execute and file with   the state comptroller, a bond to the state in a penalty to be  fixed  by   the  commission  not  exceeding  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  with   sureties approved by the attorney general, that  such  corporation  will   make  all  purse  payments advertised and offered as premiums, prizes or   awards to owners of horses competing in races at such track  within  one   week of such race, or, if such payment is ordered held by the commission   pending  investigation  by  it of any race, into a trust account pending   completion of such investigation.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 234 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 234 - Place and Manner of Conducting Pari-Mutuel Betting.

§  234.  Place  and  manner  of  conducting  pari-mutuel  betting. Any   corporation licensed or franchised to conduct pari-mutuel betting  at  a   horse  race  meeting  shall  provide  a  place or places within the race   meeting grounds or enclosure at which such licensee or franchisee  shall   conduct  the pari-mutuel system of betting by its patrons on the results   of the horse races at such  meeting.  Such  place  or  places  shall  be   provided  with  necessary  equipment  for issuing or vending pari-mutuel   tickets, and adding machine equipment and a device capable  of  accurate   and speedy determination of the amount of money in each pool and on each   horse  and  the  amount  of  award  or  dividend  to winning patrons and   displaying the same to its patrons. Such place shall  also  be  equipped   with  automatic  or  hand-operated  machinery for displaying on a mutuel   indicator in plain view  of  the  public,  the  total  amount  of  sales   separately  for straight, place and show on every race and on each horse   in such race. The machine or mutuel indicator  shall  also  display  the   approximate  straight  odds  on  each  horse in any race; the value of a   two-dollar winning mutuel ticket, straight, place and show, on the first   three horses in any race; the elapsed time of the race; the value  of  a   two-dollar  daily double ticket, if a daily double be conducted; and any   other information that may be necessary for the guidance of the  general   public  that the commission may require. All such machines and equipment   must be approved by the commission and the department  of  taxation  and   finance  before  being  used,  but  the commission shall not require the   installation  of  any  particular  make  of  mechanical  or   electrical   equipment.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 235 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 235 - Rules for the Conduct of Pari-Mutuel Betting.

§ 235. Rules for the conduct of pari-mutuel betting. 1. The commission   shall  make  rules  regulating  the  conduct  of pari-mutuel betting, as   authorized pursuant to this chapter.2. The rules shall provide that all winning pari-mutuel  tickets  must   be  presented  for  payment before April first of the year following the   year of their purchase and failure to present any such ticket within the   prescribed period of time shall constitute a  waiver  of  the  right  to   participate in the award or dividend.3.  The  department of taxation and finance is hereby charged with the   financial administration of pari-mutuel betting as herein described  and   as  supplemented  by  the  rules  and regulations of the commission. The   department of taxation and finance shall have authority to prescribe the   forms and the system of  accounting  to  be  employed  and  through  its   representatives shall at all times have access to the issuing or vending   machines,   the  adding  machines  and  all  other  pari-mutuel  betting   equipment.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 239 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 239 - Books and Records of Pari-Mutuel Betting.

§  239. Books and records of pari-mutuel betting. Every corporation or   association conducting a horse race meeting at which pari-mutuel betting   on the races run at such meeting is authorized shall keep its books  and   records  so  as to clearly show by a separate record the total amount of   money contributed to every  pari-mutuel  pool,  including  daily  double   pools,  if  any.  The  department  of  taxation  and finance or its duly   authorized representatives shall at all reasonable times have access  to   all such books and records for the purpose of examining and checking the   same and ascertaining whether or not the proper amount or amounts due to   the state are being paid by such licensed or franchised corporation.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 241 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 241 - Disposition of Unpaid Money Due on Account of Pari-Mutuel Tickets Not Presented.

§  241.  Disposition  of  unpaid  money  due on account of pari-mutuel   tickets not presented. The sum held by  any  corporation  authorized  to   conduct   pari-mutuel   betting   for  payment  of  outstanding  winning   pari-mutuel tickets and for refunding the price of  pari-mutuel  tickets   shall  be  retained  by  such  corporation for such purposes until April   first of the succeeding year; provided, however,  that  ninety-five  per   centum of such sum remaining unclaimed as of the last day of February of   such  year  shall  be  paid to the department of taxation and finance by   March fifteenth. On April tenth,  the  balance  of  such  sum  remaining   unclaimed  and  any  other  unclaimed  amount  received in the course of   conducting pari-mutuel betting  shall  be  paid  to  the  department  of   taxation  and  finance. A penalty of five per centum and interest at the   rate of one per centum per month from  the  due  date  to  the  date  of   payment  of the unclaimed balance due March fifteenth or April tenth, as   the case may be, shall be payable in case such balance is not paid  when   due.  Such  amounts, interest and penalties when collected shall be paid   by the department of taxation and finance into the general fund  of  the   state treasury.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 242 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 242 - Races for Horses Bred in the State.

§  242. Races for horses bred in the state. The commission in granting   a license to a corporation to conduct running or steeplechase  races  at   its racetrack, if the commission deems such requirement practicable, may   require  such  corporation  to  provide for at least one race during the   racing season in which the entries shall be exclusively horses foaled in   this state.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 243 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 243 - Free or Reduced Fee Passes, Cards or Badges.

§  243.  Free  or  reduced  fee passes, cards or badges. A corporation   licensed or franchised to conduct pari-mutuel betting on  races  run  on   its  racetrack  may  issue free passes, cards or badges to any qualified   person. A qualified person shall include, but need not  be  limited  to,   officers  and  employees of the corporation conducting the race meeting,   members, officers and employees of the commission, members and employees   of the jockey club, members and employees of the  national  steeplechase   and  hunt association, members of turf organizations of other states and   foreign countries, public officers engaged in the performance  of  their   duties,  persons actually employed and accredited by the press to attend   such  meetings,  owners,  stable  managers,  trainers,  jockeys,  jockey   managers,   grooms,  concessionaires,  spouses,  domestic  partners  and   children of owners, trainers and jockeys,  other  persons  whose  actual   duties require their presence at such racetrack, and any other person or   guest  deemed  appropriate  by  such  corporation.  In addition, free or   reduced fee passes, cards or badges may be issued to the general  public   or  segments  of  the  general public in connection with any promotional   campaign or marketing program sponsored by such corporation to  increase   attendance  at  live  race  meets. The issuance of free passes, cards or   badges shall be under the rules and regulations of the commission.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 244 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 244 - Revocation of License or Franchise.

§ 244. Revocation of license or franchise. The commission may revoke a   license  issued by it under this chapter or a franchise granted pursuant   to section two hundred six of this article if the corporation  to  which   such  license  or  franchise  shall have been issued, or its officers or   directors, shall not conduct racing at its track, including  pari-mutuel   betting on races thereat, in accordance with the terms and conditions of   such license or franchise, with the rules of the commission and with the   provisions  of  this  chapter; or if such corporation or its officers or   directors shall knowingly permit on its grounds or within the  enclosure   of  its  racetrack,  lotteries, pool selling or bookmaking, or any other   kind of gambling, in violation of this chapter or of the penal law.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 245 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 245 - Hearing on Refusal or Revocation of License or Franchise.

§  245.  Hearing  on refusal or revocation of license or franchise. If   the commission refuses  to  grant  a  license  applied  for  under  this   article,  or  determines  to  revoke  such  a license granted by it or a   franchise pursuant to  sections  two  hundred  twelve  and  two  hundred   forty-four  of  this article, the commission shall give to the applicant   or licensee notice of  a  time  and  place  for  a  hearing  before  the   commission,  at  which the commission will hear such applicant, licensee   or franchise  corporation  in  reference  thereto.  The  commission  may   continue  such  hearing  from  time  to  time for the convenience of all   parties. Any of the parties affected by such hearing may be  represented   by  counsel,  and  the  commission  may  be  represented by the attorney   general or an assistant attorney general. In the conduct of such hearing   the commission shall not be bound by technical rules  of  evidence,  but   all  evidence offered before the commission shall be reduced to writing,   and such evidence together with the exhibits, if any, and  the  findings   of  the  commission, shall be permanently preserved and shall constitute   the record of the commission in  such  case.  In  connection  with  such   hearing,  each  member  of  the  commission  shall  have  the  power  to   administer oaths and examine  witnesses,  and  may  issue  subpoenas  to   compel  the attendance of witnesses, and the production of all necessary   reports, books, papers, documents, correspondence  and  other  evidence.   The commission may, if occasion shall require, by order, refer to one or   more of its members, the duty of taking testimony in such matter, and to   report  thereon  to  the  commission, but no determination shall be made   therein except by the commission. Within thirty days after such hearing,   the commission shall make  a  final  determination.  If  the  commission   determines  that  such  license  shall not be granted, or that a license   issued by the commission  shall  be  revoked,  or  a  franchise  revoked   pursuant  to  sections  two hundred twelve and two hundred forty-four of   this article, the commission shall make an order accordingly, and  shall   cause  such  order  to be entered on the commission's minutes and a copy   thereof served on such applicant, licensee or franchised corporation, as   the case may be.  The action of the commission in refusing  to  grant  a   license,  or  in revoking a license, or in revoking a franchise pursuant   to sections two hundred  twelve  and  two  hundred  forty-four  of  this   article, shall be reviewable in the supreme court in the manner provided   by the provisions of article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and   rules.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 246 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 246 - Approval of Plans of Corporation.

§  246.  Approval  of  plans  of corporation. The commission shall not   grant to a corporation hereafter formed  pursuant  to  this  chapter,  a   license  to  conduct  a  running or steeplechase race meeting within the   state until such corporation shall have submitted to  the  commission  a   statement  of  the  location  of  its  proposed  grounds  and racetrack,   together with a plan of such racetrack,  and  plans  of  all  buildings,   seating  stands and other structures, in such form as the commission may   prescribe, and such plans shall have been approved  by  the  commission.   The   commission  at  the  expense  of  the  applicant  may  order  such   engineering examination thereof as the commission  may  deem  necessary.   Alterations  of  buildings,  seating stands or other structures, and the   erection of  new  or  additional  buildings,  seating  stands  or  other   structures  on  the  grounds  of any corporation heretofore or hereafter   formed pursuant to this chapter may be made only with  the  approval  of   the commission and after examination and inspection of the plans thereof   and  the  issuance of a permit therefor by such commission. The approval   of the certificate of incorporation of such  corporation  shall  not  be   deemed  to  vest  in  it  the  right  to a license to conduct running or   steeplechase race meetings at such race course or racetrack unless  such   grounds,  track,  buildings,  seating  stands  and  other structures are   completed in accordance with the plans approved by the commission.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 247 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 247 - Racing Zones.

§  247.  Racing zones. There are hereby created two racing zones to be   known as the first zone and  the  second  zone.  The  first  zone  shall   include all of the counties in the first, second, ninth, tenth, eleventh   and  twelfth  judicial  districts. The second zone shall include all the   other counties of the  state.  Not  more  than  six  corporations  shall   hereafter  be  licensed  by the commission or franchised by the state to   conduct a race course or race meeting for running races or steeplechases   at which pari-mutuel betting shall be authorized within the first  zone,   and  not  more  than  three  of  such corporations shall hereafter be so   licensed within the second zone.  The  commission  shall  not  hereafter   approve  the  incorporation  of such a corporation for conducting a race   course or race meeting within the second zone if  the  location  of  the   proposed race course of such corporation is within seventy-five miles of   the race course of another such corporation.