2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding › 220 - Licenses for Participants and Employees at Race Meetings.

§ 220. Licenses for participants and employees at race meetings.  * 1.
  For  the  purpose  of  maintaining  a  proper control over race meetings
  conducted pursuant to sections two hundred five and two hundred  six  of
  this  article,  the commission shall license owners, which term shall be
  deemed to include part-owners and lessees, trainers, assistant  trainers
  and  jockeys, jockey agents, stable employees, and such other persons as
  the  commission  may  by  rule  prescribe  at  running  races   and   at
  steeplechases, provided, however, that no such license shall be required
  for seasonal employees hired solely to work for no longer than six weeks
  during  the  summer meet at Saratoga racetrack, and any such other times
  as race dates historically assigned to Belmont Park are conducted at the
  Saratoga  racetrack  in  two  thousand  twenty-four  and  two   thousand
  twenty-five  as approved in writing by the commission. In the event that
  a proposed licensee is other than a natural person, the commission shall
  require by regulation disclosure of  the  names  and  addresses  of  all
  owners  of an interest in such entity. The commission may retain, employ
  or appoint such officers, employees and agents, as it may deem necessary
  to receive, examine and make recommendations, for the  consideration  of
  the  commission, in respect of applications for such licenses; prescribe
  their  duties  in  connection  therewith,  and  fix  their  compensation
  therefor  within the limitations prescribed by law. Each applicant for a
  license shall pay to the commission an annual license  fee  as  follows:
  owner's  license,  if  a  renewal,  fifty  dollars,  and  if an original
  application, one hundred dollars;  trainer's  license,  thirty  dollars;
  assistant  trainer's  license,  thirty  dollars; jockey's license, fifty
  dollars; jockey agent's license, twenty dollars; and  stable  employee's
  license,  five  dollars.  Each  applicant  may  apply  for a two-year or
  three-year license by payment  to  the  commission  of  the  appropriate
  multiple  of  the annual fee. The commission may by rule fix the license
  fees to be paid by other persons required to be licensed by the rules of
  the  commission,  not  to  exceed  thirty  dollars  per  category.   The
  application  for  the  license  shall  be in writing in such form as the
  commission may prescribe, and contain such information as the commission
  may require. The commission shall henceforth cause  all  applicants  for
  licenses   to   be   photographed   and   fingerprinted  and  may  issue
  identification cards to licensees. Such fingerprints shall be  submitted
  to  the  division  of  criminal  justice  services  for a state criminal
  history record check, as defined in subdivision  one  of  section  three
  thousand  thirty-five  of the education law, and may be submitted to the
  federal bureau of investigation for a national criminal  history  record
  check.  A  fee equal to the actual cost of issuance shall be charged for
  the initial issuance of such identification  cards.  Each  such  license
  unless  revoked  for  cause shall be for the period of no more than one,
  two or three years, determined by rule of the  commission,  expiring  on
  the  applicant's  birth  date. Licenses current on the effective date of
  this provision shall not be reduced in duration by  this  provision.  An
  applicant  who  applies for a license that, if issued, would take effect
  less than six months prior to the applicant's birth date may, by payment
  of a fifty percent higher fee, receive a license which shall not  expire
  until  the applicant's second succeeding birth date. All receipts of the
  commission derived from the operation of this section shall be  paid  by
  it into the state treasury on or before the tenth day of each month. All
  officials  connected  with the actual conduct of racing shall be subject
  to approval by the commission.
* NB Effective until December 31, 2026
* 1. For the  purpose  of  maintaining  a  proper  control  over  race
  meetings conducted pursuant to sections two hundred five and two hundred
  six  of  this  article,  the commission shall license owners, which term

  shall be deemed to include part-owners and lessees, trainers,  assistant
  trainers  and  jockeys,  jockey agents, stable employees, and such other
  persons as the commission may by rule prescribe at running races and  at
  steeplechases, provided, however, that no such license shall be required
  for seasonal employees hired solely to work for no longer than six weeks
  during  the  summer  meet  at  Saratoga  racetrack.  In the event that a
  proposed licensee is other than a natural person, the  commission  shall
  require  by  regulation  disclosure  of  the  names and addresses of all
  owners of an interest in such entity. The commission may retain,  employ
  or appoint such officers, employees and agents, as it may deem necessary
  to  receive,  examine and make recommendations, for the consideration of
  the commission, in respect of applications for such licenses;  prescribe
  their  duties  in  connection  therewith,  and  fix  their  compensation
  therefor within the limitations prescribed by law. Each applicant for  a
  license  shall  pay  to the commission an annual license fee as follows:
  owner's license, if  a  renewal,  fifty  dollars,  and  if  an  original
  application,  one  hundred  dollars;  trainer's license, thirty dollars;
  assistant trainer's license, thirty  dollars;  jockey's  license,  fifty
  dollars;  jockey  agent's license, twenty dollars; and stable employee's
  license, five dollars. Each  applicant  may  apply  for  a  two-year  or
  three-year  license  by  payment  to  the  commission of the appropriate
  multiple of the annual fee. The commission may by rule fix  the  license
  fees to be paid by other persons required to be licensed by the rules of
  the   commission,  not  to  exceed  thirty  dollars  per  category.  The
  application for the license shall be in writing  in  such  form  as  the
  commission may prescribe, and contain such information as the commission
  may  require.  The  commission shall henceforth cause all applicants for
  licenses  to  be  photographed   and   fingerprinted   and   may   issue
  identification  cards to licensees. Such fingerprints shall be submitted
  to the division of  criminal  justice  services  for  a  state  criminal
  history  record  check,  as  defined in subdivision one of section three
  thousand thirty-five of the education law, and may be submitted  to  the
  federal  bureau  of investigation for a national criminal history record
  check. A fee equal to the actual cost of issuance shall be  charged  for
  the  initial  issuance  of  such identification cards. Each such license
  unless revoked for cause shall be for the period of no  more  than  one,
  two  or  three  years, determined by rule of the commission, expiring on
  the applicant's birth date. Licenses current on the  effective  date  of
  this  provision  shall  not be reduced in duration by this provision. An
  applicant who applies for a license that, if issued, would  take  effect
  less than six months prior to the applicant's birth date may, by payment
  of  a fifty percent higher fee, receive a license which shall not expire
  until the applicant's second succeeding birth date. All receipts of  the
  commission  derived  from the operation of this section shall be paid by
  it into the state treasury on or before the tenth day of each month. All
  officials connected with the actual conduct of racing shall  be  subject
  to approval by the commission.
* NB Effective December 31, 2026
2.   If  the  commission  finds  that  the  financial  responsibility,
  experience, character and general fitness of the applicant are such that
  the participation of such person will  be  consistent  with  the  public
  interest, convenience or necessity and with the best interests of racing
  generally   in  conformity  with  the  purposes  of  this  article,  the
  commission shall thereupon grant a license. If the commission finds that
  the applicant fails to meet any of said conditions, it shall  not  grant
  such license and it shall notify the applicant of the denial.
The  commission may refuse to issue or renew a license, or may suspend
  or revoke a license issued pursuant to this section, if  the  commission

  finds  that  the  applicant,  or  any  person  who  is a partner, agent,
  employee or associate of the applicant, has been convicted of a crime in
  any jurisdiction, or is or has been associating or consorting  with  any
  person  who  has or persons who have been convicted of a crime or crimes
  in any jurisdiction or jurisdictions or  is  consorting  or  associating
  with  or  has consorted or associated with bookmakers, touts, or persons
  of similar pursuits, or  has  himself  or  herself  engaged  in  similar
  pursuits,  or  is  financially  irresponsible,  or has been guilty of or
  attempted any fraud or  misrepresentation  in  connection  with  racing,
  breeding,  or otherwise, or has violated or attempted to violate any law
  with respect to racing in any jurisdiction or any  rule,  regulation  or
  order of the commission, or shall have violated any rule of racing which
  shall  have  been  approved  or  adopted  by the commission, or has been
  guilty of or engaged in similar, related or like practices.
3. No license shall be revoked unless such revocation is by commission
  determination upon a meeting of the commission. Prior to  revocation  or
  suspension  of  license  a  licensee  shall  be entitled to a hearing on
  notice except that summary suspension where emergency action is required
  in accordance with subdivision three of section four hundred one of  the
  state  administrative  procedure  act  may be ordered. 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 that, if concurred in by a
  majority of the commission, shall become the findings of the commission.
  The action of the commission in refusing, suspending or  in  revoking  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.
4. Within one year from the date of payment and upon the audit of  the
  state  comptroller,  monies may be refunded for any fee paid pursuant to
  this section for which no license is issued or refund  that  portion  of
  the payment that is in excess of the amount prescribed by this section.