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NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 202-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 202-B - No Debt of the State.

§  202-b.  No  debt  of  the  state.  Nothing in this article shall be   construed to accept a liability to or create a debt of the state  within   the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 203 - Right to Hold Race Meetings and Races.

§  203.  Right to hold race meetings and races. Any corporation formed   under the provisions of this article, if so claimed in  its  certificate   of  organization, and if it shall comply with all the provisions of this   article,  and  any  other  corporation  entitled  to  the  benefits  and   privileges of this article as hereinafter provided, shall have the power   and  the  right  to hold one or more running race meetings in each year,   and to hold, maintain and conduct running races  at  such  meetings.  At   such  running  race  meetings  the  corporation, or the owners of horses   engaged in such races, or others who are not participants in  the  race,   may  contribute  purses, prizes, premiums or stakes to be contested for,   but no person or persons other than the owner or owners of  a  horse  or   horses  contesting  in  a  race  shall  have any pecuniary interest in a   purse, prize, premium or  stake  contested  for  in  such  race,  or  be   entitled  to or receive any portion thereof after such race is finished,   and the whole of such purse, prize, premium or stake shall  be  allotted   in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  conditions  of  such  race. Races   conducted by a franchised corporation shall be  permitted  only  between   sunrise and sunset. A track first licensed after January first, nineteen   hundred ninety, shall not conduct the simulcasting of thoroughbred races   within  district  one, in accordance with article ten of this chapter on   days that a franchised corporation is not conducting a race meeting.  In   no  event  shall  thoroughbred races conducted by a track first licensed   after January first, nineteen hundred ninety be  conducted  after  eight   o'clock post meridian.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 204 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 204 - Certificate of Payment of Stock.

§  204.  Certificate  of  payment of stock. Except as provided in this   article, no business corporation hereafter organized under this  article   or  heretofore  organized in pursuance of law for any purpose authorized   by this article, shall have any of the powers conferred by  section  two   hundred three of this article until such corporation shall have filed in   the  office or offices where its certificate of incorporation was filed,   a further certificate stating that its capital stock has been fully paid   in cash, and if claiming the right to  conduct  running  race  meetings,   that,  except  as  may  be  authorized  by  the  commission, it actually   maintains a racetrack of not less  than  five-eighths  of  one  mile  in   length  or  circumference,  the  location of which shall be specified in   such certificate. Such certificate shall be executed and acknowledged by   such corporation's president or vice-president  and  such  corporation's   treasurer  or  secretary,  and  verified  by them to the effect that the   statements contained in such certificate are true. In the case of racing   courses to be used for running races or steeplechases,  a  license  from   the commission must also be obtained in the manner hereinafter provided,   and such license be filed with such certificate.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 205 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 205 - License for Running Races and Steeplechase Meetings.

§  205.  License  for  running  races  and  steeplechase meetings. Any   non-franchised corporation  desiring  to  obtain  the  benefits  of  the   provisions of section two hundred three of this article, if proposing to   conduct   a   race   course   or  race  meeting  for  running  races  or   steeplechases, may annually apply to the commission  for  a  license  to   conduct   running   races   and   race  meetings  or  steeplechases  and   steeplechase meetings, as the case may be. If, in the judgment  of  such   commission  the public interest, convenience or necessity will be served   thereby and a proper case for the issuance  of  such  license  is  shown   consistent  with  the  purposes of this article and the best interest of   racing generally, the commission may grant  such  license,  for  a  term   within  the  calendar  year, which shall specify the dates and period of   time during which, and the place where, the licensee  may  operate.  The   fee  for  such license shall be one hundred dollars for each racing day,   payable upon issuance of license. In considering an  application  for  a   license under this section, the commission may give consideration to the   number  of  licenses  already  granted and to the location of the tracks   previously licensed. Every such license shall contain a  condition  that   all running races or race meetings conducted thereunder shall be subject   to such reasonable rules and regulations from time to time prescribed by   the commission, designated as the "rules of racing". Before promulgating   such  rules  of  racing  or  modifying  or  abrogating  any of them, the   commission shall give the jockey club, a corporation organized under the   laws of the state of New York, an opportunity to submit  recommendations   relative  to  such rules for running races and race meetings, and to the   national steeplechase and  hunt  association,  a  corporation  organized   under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  New York, an opportunity to submit   recommendations  relative  to   such   rules   for   steeplechases   and   steeplechase  meetings, and the commission may adopt, to the extent that   it  deems  appropriate,  any  rules  so  submitted  by  either  of  such   corporations  or  by  any  other  nationally  recognized  association or   corporation that has for its purpose the improvement of the breed.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 209 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 209 - Examination of the Books and Accounts by the State Comptroller.

§ 209. Examination of the books and accounts by the state comptroller.   Notwithstanding   any   other  provision  of  this  article,  the  state   comptroller may from time to time examine the books and accounts of such   franchised   corporation,   including   its   receipts,   disbursements,   contracts,  leases, loans, investments and any other matters relating to   its  financial  operations,  including  the   franchised   corporation's   calculation  of  the franchise fee payment pursuant to the provisions of   subdivision one of section two hundred eight of this article and  report   the results of each audit to the governor, the legislature, the attorney   general, the franchise oversight board and the commission.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 210 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 210 - Franchise Termination.

§   210.   Franchise  termination.  Upon  receiving  notification,  in   accordance with the provisions of section  two  hundred  ten-a  of  this   article,  from  any franchised corporation that it intends to relinquish   such franchise prior to the expiration date of such franchise,  or  that   such franchised corporation intends to end its corporate existence prior   to  such  expiration  date,  or upon the revocation of such franchise or   exclusive right to operate and maintain such  franchise,  the  franchise   oversight  board  shall  take  such action as is necessary to assure the   continuation of the racing and  pari-mutuel  activities  at  the  racing   facilities operated pursuant to the franchise agreement.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 210-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 210-A - Relinquishment of Franchise.

§  210-a.  Relinquishment  of  franchise. 1. No franchised corporation   shall relinquish a franchise granted  to  it  pursuant  to  section  two   hundred  six  of  this  article  at any time within the term of any such   franchise without giving separate written notification of its  intention   to  effect  relinquishment by certified mail return receipt requested to   the franchise oversight board and  the  commission  not  less  than  one   hundred  eighty  days  prior  to  the  date  such franchised corporation   proposes to be the effective date of relinquishment.2. Such a franchised corporation shall not present  a  certificate  of   dissolution  of  its  corporate  existence  under  article  ten  of  the   not-for-profit corporation law to  the  department  of  state  with  the   consent  required  by  law attached thereto for a period of at least one   hundred eighty days following the date that the association  elected  to   dissolve its corporate status in the manner authorized by the provisions   of such article.3. Such a franchised corporation also shall not present a petition for   judicial  dissolution  of its corporate existence to a court pursuant to   the provisions of article eleven of the not-for-profit  corporation  law   for a period of at least one hundred eighty days following the date that   action   was   completed   under  section  eleven  hundred  two  of  the   not-for-profit corporation law  authorizing  the  presentation  of  such   petition  and  the  franchised  corporation agrees to name the franchise   oversight board  in  the  petition  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the   franchise  oversight  board to receive a copy of any order to show cause   made by a court under the provisions of section eleven hundred  four  of   the not-for-profit corporation law.4.   If   the  franchised  corporation  voluntarily  relinquishes  its   franchise prior to  expiration,  or  voluntarily  declines  to  continue   conducting  race  meetings  and  pari-mutuel betting on the races run at   such race meetings as required by its franchises unless such declination   is the result of strikes, acts of God, or other unavoidable  causes  not   under the control of such franchised corporation, or voluntarily affects   corporate  dissolution  in  the  manner  provided  for by article ten or   eleven of  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law  and  other  applicable   provisions  of  law, or if such franchise is revoked by the board, then,   notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,  the   franchised  corporation  shall transfer to the franchise oversight board   at  the  time  of  such  relinquishment,  declination,   revocation   or   dissolution  all  right,  title  and  interest  held  by such franchised   corporation in all  such  facilities  and  associated  assets,  and  all   capital improvements made to the real property and such facilities.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 211 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 211 - Fair Association, When Entitled to Privileges.

§  211.  Fair  association,  when  entitled  to privileges. Any state,   county or other fair association shall be  entitled  to  the  privileges   conferred by section two hundred four of this article upon filing in the   offices wherein its certificate of incorporation is filed, a certificate   that  sets  forth  its intention to avail itself of such privileges; and   any such state, county or other fair association shall not  be  required   to  obtain  any license or file any other certificate. State, county and   other fair associations entitled to  conduct  trotting  races  may  also   conduct  running  races  in  connection therewith, and the provisions of   this article requiring a racetrack to be of specified  dimensions  shall   not  apply  to such association; but no running races shall be conducted   for more than five days on any track or grounds, unless the  license  of   the commission therefor is first obtained.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 214 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 214 - Acquisition of Racing Facilities.

§  214.  Acquisition  of racing facilities. Any franchised corporation   desiring to acquire racing facilities, including  real  estate,  or  the   capital  stock  of  one  or  more racing associations shall apply to the   franchise oversight board for approval of such acquisition.  If  in  the   judgment of such board the public interest, convenience or necessity and   the best interest of racing generally will be served thereby, such board   shall  enter  an  order granting approval of such acquisition and of the   terms thereof.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 217 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 217 - Revocation of Licenses.

§  217.  Revocation of licenses. If any corporation to which a license   shall be granted shall fail or refuse to comply with the  provisions  of   this chapter, or with the terms and conditions of its license, or if for   any  other  reason  the  continuance of such license shall not be deemed   conducive to the interests of legitimate racing,  the  commission,  upon   its  own initiative or upon complaint of the jockey club, in the case of   race courses to be used for running races, or upon the complaint of  the   national  steeplechase  and hunt association in the case of race courses   to be used for steeplechases, shall have the power to cancel and  revoke   such  license.  Written  notice of such complaint shall be given to such   corporation by the commission within  five  days  after  receiving  such   complaint,  or  after  determining  to  take  action, which notice shall   specify a time and place of hearing thereon. If the  commission  cancels   and  revokes  such  license, then all powers exercised under section two   hundred three of this article by the corporation to which  such  license   was granted shall cease and determine.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 218 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 218 - Stewards at Race Meetings.

§  218.  Stewards  at  race meetings. There shall be three stewards to   supervise each running race meeting conducted pursuant to  sections  two   hundred  five  and two hundred six of this article. One of such stewards   shall be the official steward of the commission, one shall be  appointed   by  the jockey club or by the national steeplechase and hunt association   as may be appropriate, and one shall be  appointed  by  the  corporation   conducting  such  race meeting. Such stewards shall exercise such powers   and perform such duties at each race meeting as may be prescribed by the   rules of the commission. During the absence or inability to  act  of  an   official  steward  of  the commission, or in the event of the failure or   inability to appoint either of the other two stewards,  the  powers  and   duties  of  such  steward  shall  be  exercised  and  performed  without   compensation by a member of the commission designated by the  commission   for that purpose.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 219 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 219 - Advertising or Promotional Material.

§  219. Advertising or promotional material. Notwithstanding any other   provision of law, rule or regulation nothing herein shall be  deemed  to   authorize  the  stewards  or  the  commission  to promulgate any rule or   regulation that would prohibit a jockey from wearing any advertising  or   promotional  material  on  his  or  her  clothing.  The  wearing of such   advertising or promotional material shall be  permitted  only  when  the   owner of a horse for whom such jockey is riding provides the jockey with   prior  written  authorization.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  when a   corporation, company or any other entity sponsors a race or race day  at   any  franchised  corporation  or  any racing association or corporation,   such racing association may prohibit a jockey from  wearing  advertising   material  that  represents  a competitor of such sponsoring corporation,   company or other entity.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 220-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 220-A - Corporations Continued.

§  220-a. Corporations continued. Corporations heretofore formed under   chapter  five  hundred  seventy  of  the  laws   of   eighteen   hundred   ninety-five,  chapter four hundred forty of the laws of nineteen hundred   twenty-six, or under article twenty of the membership corporations  law,   are  hereby  continued  without  change  of  corporate  status, power or   obligation, under the provisions of this article.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 222 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 222 - Notice to Be Posted Upon Grounds.

§  222.  Notice  to  be  posted  upon grounds. Every corporation to be   organized under this article or which shall be entitled to exercise  any   of  the  powers  conferred  by section two hundred three of this article   shall cause to be properly posted  in  conspicuous  positions  upon  the   grounds  whereon  such  races  are  held, printed notices or placards in   large and legible type, which notices or placards shall be to the effect   that all disorderly conduct, pool-selling, bookmaking or any other  kind   of  gambling is prohibited, and such notices or placards shall contain a   copy of subdivision nine of section 225.00 of the penal law.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 223 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 223 - Special Police Officers.

§  223.  Special  police officers. For the purpose of preserving order   and preventing offenses  against  the  laws  prohibiting  gambling,  the   trustees or directors of any corporation created under or subject to the   provisions of this article are hereby authorized to appoint from time to   time,  five  or  more special police officers, and the same to remove at   pleasure, who, when appointed, shall be peace  officers  with  the  same   powers within and about such grounds as are set forth in section 2.20 of   the  criminal  procedure  law,  whose  duty, when appointed, shall be to   preserve order within and around the  grounds  and  racetracks  of  such   corporation,  to  protect  the property within such grounds, to eject or   arrest all persons who shall be improperly within the  grounds  of  such   corporation  or  who shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, or who shall   neglect or refuse to pay the fees or to observe the rules prescribed  by   such  corporation;  and  it  shall  be  the  further duty of such police   officers,  when  appointed,  to  prevent  all  violations  of  law  with   reference  to pool-selling, bookmaking and other gambling, and to arrest   any and all persons violating such provisions, and to convey such person   or persons so arrested, with a statement of the cause  of  such  arrest,   before  a  court  having  jurisdiction of such offense, to be dealt with   according to the law. The appointment of police officers in pursuance of   this section shall not be deemed to supersede in any way on the  grounds   and  racetrack  of  such  corporation the authority of peace officers or   police officers of  the  jurisdiction  within  which  such  grounds  and   racetrack are located.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 224 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 224 - Penalty for Unlawful Racing and Betting.

§  224.  Penalty for unlawful racing and betting. All racing or trials   of speed between horses or other animals for any bet, stake  or  reward,   except  such  as  is  allowed  by  this article or by special laws, is a   public nuisance; and every person acting or aiding therein, or making or   being interested in such bet, stake or reward is guilty of a misdemeanor   and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail  or   penitentiary  for a period of not more than one year; and in addition to   the penalty prescribed therefor he forfeits to the people of this  state   all  title  or interest in any animal used with his privity in such race   or trial of speed, and in any sum of money or other property  betted  or   staked upon the result thereof.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 225 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 225 - Registration of Race Horses.

§  225.  Registration  of race horses. The true name, sex and age, and   also the pedigree, unless such pedigree  is  unknown,  of  every  horse,   mare,  gelding,  colt or filly shall be registered with the jockey club,   United States trotting association, American quarter horse  association,   the  national  steeplechase and hunt association or such other entity as   the commission may designate before it shall be eligible to  compete  in   any  race  conducted  under a license or franchise of the commission and   such name shall continue to be its true name unless and until  the  same   shall  be  changed  according  to  the  rules  and  regulations  of such   organization.   The class to which  any  such  animal  belongs  for  the   purpose  of  the entry or competition in any race shall be determined by   the public performance thereof in former contests or trials of speed, as   prescribed  by  the  printed  rules  of  the  person,   association   or   corporation sponsoring such race.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 226 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 226 - Increased or Additional Entrance Fees.

§ 226. Increased or additional entrance fees. A corporation authorized   by  or entitled to the benefits of this article, conducting a running or   steeplechase meeting, shall  have  the  right  to  charge  increased  or   additional  entrance  fees  for  admission  to  any  special  portion or   portions of the grounds of such corporation, unless such pool-selling or   bookmaking as is punishable by fine or imprisonment, or  other  acts  so   punishable be thereon authorized or knowingly permitted.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 229 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding 229 - Backstretch Employees Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Eligibility.

§   229.   Backstretch   employees  drug  and  alcohol  rehabilitation   eligibility. Any licensed not-for-profit organization providing drug and   alcohol rehabilitation services to backstretch employees  shall  receive   information  concerning  available  funding and existing programs from a   coordinated effort of the commission and  division  of  substance  abuse   services.