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2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 109-B - Rebates.

§  109-b. Rebates. 1. For the purposes of this section, "rebate" shall
  mean a portion of pari-mutuel wagers, otherwise  payable  to  an  entity
  conducting  pari-mutuel  betting, that is paid to holders of pari-mutuel
  wagering tickets and that reduces the amount otherwise payable  to  such
  entity, including, but not limited to, refunds to holders of pari-mutuel
  wagering  tickets of any portion or percentage of the full face value of
  a pari-mutuel wager, paying a bonus on  a  winning  pari-mutuel  ticket,
  awards  of  merchandise,  services  such  as  meals, parking, admission,
  seating and programs, free or reduced cost pari-mutuel wagers,  monetary
  awards,  or  any  other  benefit  that the state gaming commission deems
  appropriate to reward horse racing patrons for their patronage  at  race
  meetings.
2.  The  state  gaming  commission,  upon  application  of  an  entity
  authorized to conduct pari-mutuel betting, may approve  the  payment  of
  rebates  by  such  entity for a rebate program, subject to the following
  requirements:
a. the applicant discloses the extent  of  the  rebate  program.  Such
  disclosure  shall include a listing of the monetary value of all rebates
  paid to bettors during the previous calendar year,  and  the  terms  and
  conditions governing the award of rebates to bettors;
b.  the  applicant  provides assurances that the values of the rebates
  are determined solely by (i) attendance at one or  more  race  meetings,
  (ii)  the  amount  wagered  by a bettor, (iii) the amount payable to the
  entity on each wager, or (iv) how frequently a bettor wagers;
c. the entity maintains records of all wagers subject to a rebate, for
  a period of not less than three years; and
d. the applicant demonstrates  that  such  rebates  are  in  the  best
  interests of horse racing.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 110 - Statement of Stockholders to Be Filed.

§  110.  Statement  of  stockholders to be filed. Every corporation or
  association authorized under this chapter to conduct pari-mutuel betting
  at a race meeting or races run thereat shall file with the commission  a
  statement  giving  the  names  and addresses of all its stockholders and
  shall likewise file revised statements giving such names  and  addresses
  from time to time as changes occur.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 112 - Pari-Mutuel Operations; Filing of Tax Forms and Other Statistics.

§   112.  Pari-mutuel  operations;  filing  of  tax  forms  and  other
  statistics. The commission and the commissioner of taxation and  finance
  shall approve all systems used for data processing and communications in
  the  operation  of  pari-mutuel  betting  and,  in  its  discretion, the
  commission  may  establish,  by  regulation,  uniform  protocols  to  be
  employed  for  the  merging  of  wagers  deposited  with one pari-mutuel
  operator with the wagers deposited with another pari-mutuel operator.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 113 - Filing of Pari-Mutuel Tax Returns or Reports by Electronic Means.

§  113.  Filing  of  pari-mutuel  tax returns or reports by electronic
  means. Every corporation or association authorized by  this  chapter  to
  conduct pari-mutuel betting on horse races shall file in a timely manner
  pari-mutuel  tax  returns  or other reports relating to such activity in
  such form and by such means,  including  electronic  means,  as  may  be
  prescribed  by  the  commission  or  the  commissioner  of  taxation and
  finance, as the case may be in accordance with the  provisions  of  this
  chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 114 - Practice and Procedure.

§  114. Practice and procedure. The provisions of article twenty-seven
  of the tax  law,  except  sections  one  thousand  eighty-five  and  one
  thousand  ninety-seven, shall apply to the provisions of this chapter in
  the same manner and with the same force and effect as if the language of
  such article had been incorporated in full into  this  chapter  and  had
  expressly  referred  to  the admission taxes, pari-mutuel revenue taxes,
  the franchise fee on a franchised corporation and unpaid  money  due  on
  account  of  pari-mutuel  tickets  not  presented,  administered  by the
  commissioner of taxation and finance,  under  this  chapter,  with  such
  modifications as may be necessary in order to adapt the language of such
  provisions to such taxes, fee and unpaid money due, except to the extent
  that  any  provision  of  such  article  is  either  inconsistent with a
  provision of this chapter or is not relevant to this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 116 - Penalties.

§  116.  Penalties. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,
  any person or entity that violates any provision of this chapter, or any
  rule,  regulation  or  order  promulgated  thereto,  or  the  terms  and
  conditions  of  any license, permit or approval issued thereunder, shall
  be liable to a civil penalty  of  not  more  than  twenty-five  thousand
  dollars  for each violation, and an additional civil penalty of not more
  than twenty-five  thousand  dollars  for  each  day  during  which  such
  violation continues. Any civil penalty may be assessed by the commission
  following a hearing or opportunity to be heard.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 117 - Transfer of Functions.

§  117.  Transfer  of  functions.  All  of  the  functions  and powers
  possessed by and the obligations and duties of  the  former  racing  and
  wagering  board and its predecessors and the division of the lottery and
  its predecessors are hereby transferred to the commission.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 118 - Transfer of Employees.

§  118.  Transfer  of  employees.  1.  Upon the transfer of functions,
powers, duties and  obligations  to  the  commission  pursuant  to  this
article,  provision shall be made for the transfer of all employees from
the former division of the lottery and former racing and wagering  board
into  the  commission.  Employees  so  transferred  shall be transferred
without further examination or qualification  to  the  same  or  similar
titles,  shall  remain in the same collective bargaining units and shall
retain their respective civil service classifications, status and rights
pursuant to their collective bargaining units and collective  bargaining
agreements.
2.  A  transferred  employee  shall  remain  in  the  same  collective
bargaining unit as was the case prior to his or her transfer;  successor
employees  to  the  positions  held by such transferred employees shall,
consistent with the provisions of article fourteen of the civil  service
law, be included in the same unit as their predecessors. Employees other
than  management  or confidential persons as defined in article fourteen
of the civil service law serving positions in newly created titles shall
be assigned to the appropriate bargaining unit. Nothing contained herein
shall be construed to affect:
(a) the rights  of  employees  pursuant  to  a  collective  bargaining
agreement;
(b) the representational relationships among employee organizations or
the   bargaining   relationships  between  the  state  and  an  employee
organization; or
(c) existing  law  with  respect  to  an  application  to  the  public
employment  relations  board, provided, however, that the merger of such
negotiating units of employees shall be effected only with  the  consent
of  the recognized and certified representative of such units and of the
department of law.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 119 - Transfer of Records.

§ 119. Transfer of records. All books, papers, records and property of
  the  former division of the lottery and former racing and wagering board
  and its predecessors with respect to the functions, powers,  duties  and
  obligations  transferred  by  this  article  are  to be delivered to the
  appropriate successor offices within the commission, at such  place  and
  time, and in such manner as the chair of the commission may require.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 120 - Continuity of Authority.

§  120.  Continuity of authority. For the purpose of succession to all
  functions, powers, duties and obligations of the former division of  the
  lottery  and former racing and wagering board transferred to and assumed
  by the commission, such commission  shall  be  deemed  to  and  held  to
  constitute  the  continuation  of  such  functions,  powers,  duties and
  obligations, and not a different agency or authority.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 121 - Completion of Unfinished Business.

§ 121. Completion of unfinished business. Any business or other matter
  undertaken  or  commenced  by the former division of the lottery and the
  former racing and wagering board pertaining to  or  connected  with  the
  functions,  powers,  duties  and obligations transferred and assigned to
  the state gaming commission and pending on the effective  date  of  this
  article  shall  be  conducted and completed by the appropriate successor
  offices within the commission in the same  manner  and  under  the  same
  terms  and  conditions  and  with  the  same  effect as if conducted and
  completed by the former division of the lottery and  former  racing  and
  wagering board.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 122 - Continuation of Rules and Regulations.

§  122. Continuation of rules and regulations. All rules, regulations,
  acts, orders, determinations, and decisions of the  former  division  of
  the lottery and former racing and wagering board in force at the time of
  such  transfer  and  assumption,  shall  continue in force and effect as
  rules, regulations, acts, orders, determinations and  decisions  of  the
  commission until duly modified or abrogated by such commission.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 123 - Terms Occuring in Laws, Contracts and Other Documents.

§  123. Terms occurring in laws, contracts and other documents. Unless
  the context shall otherwise require, whenever the "racing  and  wagering
  board"  or  "board",  "state  racing  commission", "state harness racing
  commission", "state quarter horse racing commission",  or  "division  of
  the  lottery"  are  referred  to  or  designated in any law, contract or
  document pertaining to the functions,  powers,  obligations  and  duties
  transferred   and   assigned   to  the  commission,  such  reference  or
  designation shall be deemed to refer to the "state gaming commission".
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 124 - Existing Rights and Remedies Preserved.

§  124.  Existing  rights and remedies preserved. No existing right or
  remedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of
  the transfer or assignment of functions, powers, obligations and  duties
  from  the  former division of the lottery and former racing and wagering
  board to the commission.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 125 - Pending Actions or Proceedings.

§ 125. Pending actions or proceedings. No action or proceeding pending
  at  the  time  that  this  article  shall  take  effect  relating to the
  functions, powers and duties of the former division of the  lottery  and
  former  racing  and wagering board transferred pursuant to this article,
  brought by or against the former  division  of  the  lottery  or  former
  racing and wagering board, or the officers thereof, shall be affected by
  the  transfer or assignment of functions, powers, obligations and duties
  from the former division of the lottery and former racing  and  wagering
  board  to  the commission, but the same may be prosecuted or defended in
  the name of the commission. In all such  actions  and  proceedings,  the
  commission,  upon  application  to  the court, shall be substituted as a
  party.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 126 - Transfer of Appropriations Heretofore Made.

§  126.  Transfer  of  appropriations  heretofore made. Subject to the
  approval of the director of the budget, any and all  appropriations  and
  reappropriations  heretofore  made to the former division of the lottery
  and former racing and wagering board  for  the  functions  and  purposes
  transferred by this article to the commission to the extent of remaining
  unexpended  or  unencumbered  balances  thereof,  whether  allocated  or
  unallocated and whether obligated or unobligated, are hereby transferred
  to and made available for use and expenditure by the commission for  the
  same  purposes  for  which originally appropriated or reappropriated and
  shall be payable on vouchers certified or approved by the chair  of  the
  commission  or  his  or  her  designee  on  audit  and  warrant  of  the
  comptroller. Payments for liabilities for expenses of personal services,
  maintenance and operation heretofore incurred  by  and  for  liabilities
  incurred  and  to  be  incurred  in completing the affairs of the former
  division of the lottery  and  former  racing  and  wagering  board  with
  respect  to  the  powers, duties and functions transferred herein, shall
  also be made on vouchers or certificates approved by the  chair  of  the
  commission  or  his  or  her  designee  on  audit  and  warrant  of  the
  comptroller.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 127 - Transfer of Assests and Liabilities.

§  127. Transfer of assets and liabilities. All assets and liabilities
  of the former division of the lottery and  former  racing  and  wagering
  board are hereby transferred to and assumed by the commission.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 128 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.

§  128.  Promulgation  of  rules  and regulations. Notwithstanding any
  inconsistent provision of the state administrative  procedure  act,  the
  commission shall be authorized to promulgate regulations on an emergency
  basis to ensure the implementation of this article.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 129 - Construction of Other Laws or Provisions.

§  129.  Construction  of other laws or provisions. Unless the context
  shall require otherwise, the terms "division  of  the  lottery",  "state
  quarter  horse  racing  commission",  "state  racing commission", "state
  harness racing commission", "state racing and wagering board" or "board"
  wherever occurring in any of the provisions of this chapter  or  of  any
  other  law,  or,  in  any official books, records, instruments, rules or
  papers, shall hereafter mean and refer to the  state  gaming  commission
  created  by  section  one hundred two of this article. The provisions of
  article three of this chapter shall be inapplicable to  article  two  of
  this   chapter;  and  the  provisions  of  such  article  two  shall  be
  inapplicable to such article three,  except  that  section  two  hundred
  thirty-one of such article two shall apply to such article three.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 130 - The Office of Gaming Inspector General.

§  130.  The  office  of  gaming  inspector  general.  The  duties and
  responsibilities of the former office of the  gaming  inspector  general
  are  transferred to and encompassed by the office of the state inspector
  general as expressly referenced in article four-A of the executive law.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 131 - Gaming Inspector General; Functions and Duties.

§  131.  Gaming  inspector  general;  functions and duties. The gaming
  inspector general shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
1. receive and investigate complaints from any source, or upon his  or
  her   own  initiative,  concerning  allegations  of  corruption,  fraud,
  criminal activity, conflicts of interest or abuse in the commission;
2. determine with respect to  such  allegations  whether  disciplinary
  action,  civil  or  criminal prosecution, or further investigation by an
  appropriate federal, state or local agency is warranted, and  to  assist
  in such investigations;
3.  prepare  and  release  to  the  public  written  reports  of  such
  investigations, as appropriate and  to  the  extent  permitted  by  law,
  subject  to  redaction  to protect the confidentiality of witnesses. The
  release of all or portions of such reports may be  deferred  to  protect
  the confidentiality of ongoing investigations;
4.  review and examine periodically the policies and procedures of the
  commission with regard to the prevention and  detection  of  corruption,
  fraud, criminal activity, conflicts of interest or abuse;
5.  recommend  remedial  action  to  prevent  or eliminate corruption,
  fraud,  criminal  activity,  conflicts  of  interest  or  abuse  in  the
  commission;
6.  establish  programs for training commission officers and employees
  in regard to  the  prevention  and  elimination  of  corruption,  fraud,
  criminal activity, conflicts of interest or abuse in the commission; and
7.  make  an  annual  report  to the governor, the comptroller and the
  legislature concerning its work during the preceding year.  Such  report
  shall  include  but  not be limited to the number of cases investigated,
  and the number of complaints received. Such initial report shall be  due
  no  later  than the first day of April two thousand twenty-two, and then
  by the first day of April each year thereafter.  Such  report  shall  be
  made  public  and  published  on  the website of the office of the state
  inspector general and on the website of the commission.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 132 - Powers.

§ 132. Powers. The gaming inspector general shall have the power to:
1. subpoena and enforce the attendance of witnesses;
2. administer oaths or affirmations and examine witnesses under oath;
3.  require  the production of any books and papers deemed relevant or
  material to any investigation, examination or review;
4. notwithstanding any law to the contrary, examine and copy or remove
  documents or records of any kind prepared, maintained  or  held  by  the
  commission;
5.  require  any  commission  officer  or employee to answer questions
  concerning any matter related to the performance of his or her  official
  duties.  No  statement  or  other evidence derived therefrom may be used
  against such officer or employee in any subsequent criminal  prosecution
  other  than  for  perjury  or  contempt arising from such testimony. The
  refusal of any officer or employee to answer questions  shall  be  cause
  for removal from office or employment or other appropriate penalty;
6. monitor the implementation by the commission of any recommendations
  made by the state inspector general; and
7.  perform  any  other functions that are necessary or appropriate to
  fulfill the duties and responsibilities of the office.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 133 - Responsibilities of the Commission and Its Officers and Employees.

§  133.  Responsibilities  of  the  commission  and  its  officers and
  employees. 1. Every commission officer or employee shall report promptly
  to the gaming inspector general any information  concerning  corruption,
  fraud,  criminal  activity,  conflicts  of  interest or abuse by another
  state officer or employee relating to his or her office  or  employment,
  or  by a person having business dealings with the commission relating to
  those dealings. The knowing failure of any officer  or  employee  to  so
  report  shall  be  cause  for removal from office or employment or other
  appropriate penalty under this article. Any officer or employee who acts
  pursuant to this  subdivision  by  reporting  to  the  gaming  inspector
  general   or   other   appropriate  law  enforcement  official  improper
  governmental action as defined in section seventy-five-b  of  the  civil
  service  law  shall  not  be  subject  to dismissal, discipline or other
  adverse personnel action.
2. The commission chair shall advise the governor within  ninety  days
  of  the  issuance  of a report by the gaming inspector general as to the
  remedial action that  the  commission  has  taken  in  response  to  any
  recommendation for such action contained in such report.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 134 - Transfer of Employees.

§  134. Transfer of employees. Upon the transfer of functions, powers,
  duties and obligations to the office  of  the  state  inspector  general
  pursuant  to  this  article, provision shall be made for the transfer of
  all gaming inspector general employees from within the gaming commission
  into  the  office  of  the  state  inspector  general.   Any   employees
  transferred  shall  be  transferred in accordance with the provisions of
  section seventy of the civil service law. Employees so transferred shall
  be transferred without further examination or qualification to the  same
  or  similar titles, shall remain in the same collective bargaining units
  and shall retain their respective civil service classifications,  status
  and  rights pursuant to their collective bargaining units and collective
  bargaining agreements.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation › 135 - Transfer of Records.

§ 135. Transfer of records. All books, papers, records and property of
  the  gaming  inspector general within the gaming commission with respect
  to the functions, powers, duties and obligations transferred by  section
  one  hundred  thirty  of  this  article,  are  to  be  delivered  to the
  appropriate successor offices within the office of the  state  inspector
  general, at such place and time, and in such manner as the office of the
  state inspector general may require.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding › 201 - Incorporation.

§  201. Incorporation. (a) General requirements. Any number of persons
may become a corporation for the purpose of conducting racing at one  or
more   thoroughbred  racetracks,  conducting  pari-mutuel  wagering  and
furthering the raising and breeding and improving the breed  of  horses,
with  all  the  general powers of corporations created under the laws of
this state, by making, signing, acknowledging and filing  a  certificate
which shall contain:
1. The name of the proposed corporation.
2.  The objects for which it is to be formed, including a statement as
to whether it is proposed to exercise the particular powers conferred by
section two hundred three of this article, and specifying whether it  is
proposed to conduct running or steeplechase race meetings.
3. The amount and description of the capital stock, if applicable.
4.  The  number  of  shares of which the capital stock, if applicable,
shall consist, each of which shall not be less than five nor  more  than
one hundred dollars.
5. The location of its principal business office.
6.  Its  duration,  which  shall  be  for  a  franchised  corporation,
coterminous with the term of the franchise.
7. The number of its directors.
8.  The  names  and  post-office  addresses  of   the   directors   or
incorporators, as applicable, for the first year.
9. The post-office addresses of the subscribers and a statement of the
number  of shares of stock which each agrees to take in the corporation,
if applicable.
10. The name of the county in which it proposes to conduct running  or
steeplechase race meetings.
(b)  Approval.  No  certificate  of  incorporation  under this section
wherein the right to conduct running or steeplechase  race  meetings  is
claimed,   shall   hereafter  be  filed  without  the  approval  of  the
commission, indorsed thereon or annexed thereto, stating  that,  in  its
opinion,  the  purposes  of this article and the public interest will be
promoted by such incorporation, and  that  such  incorporation  will  be
conducive   to  the  interests  of  legitimate  racing;  nor  shall  any
certificate amending  the  said  certificate  of  incorporation  in  any
particular  or  any  certificate of merger affecting said corporation be
filed without the  approval  of  the  commission,  indorsed  thereon  or
annexed  thereto  stating  that,  in  its  opinion, the purposes of this
article and the public interest will be promoted by such amendment or by
such merger and that such amendment or such merger will be conducive  to
the interests of legitimate racing.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding › 202 - Restriction Upon Commencement of Business.

§   202.  Restriction  upon  commencement  of  business.  No  business
  corporation organized under the provisions of this article shall  engage
  in  the prosecution or management of its business until the whole of its
  capital stock shall have been subscribed, nor until it shall have  filed
  in the offices where certificates of incorporation were filed, a further
  certificate stating that the whole of its capital stock has been in good
  faith   subscribed,  executed  and  acknowledged  by  its  president  or
  vice-president and treasurer or secretary, and verified by them  to  the
  effect that the statements contained in it are true.
Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  corporations  organized  pursuant to
  section two  hundred  one  of  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law  as
  charitable  corporations  as  defined  in  paragraph  (a) of section one
  hundred two (Definitions) of the not-for-profit  corporation  law  shall
  not  engage  in  the prosecution or management of its business until its
  certificate of  incorporation  has  been  accepted  for  filing  by  the
  secretary  of  state and such confirmation of filing has been filed with
  the commission and the franchise oversight board.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding › 202-A - Liability of the Directors of a Franchised Corporation.

§  202-a.  Liability of the directors of a franchised corporation. The
  directors of a franchised corporation, and any person or persons  acting
  on their behalf, while acting within the scope of their authority, shall
  be exempt from any personal liability resulting from carrying out any of
  the  powers  expressly  given  in  this  chapter,  except  for  acts  of
  malfeasance or gross negligence.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 by a person
  designated by the commission for that purpose.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.