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2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 420 - Hearing of Refusal or Revocation of License.

§  420. Hearing of refusal or revocation of license. If the commission
  refuses to grant a  license  applied  for  under  sections  two  hundred
  twenty-two  through  seven  hundred  five of this chapter, or revokes or
  suspends such license granted by it, or imposes a monetary fine  upon  a
  participant  in  quarter horse racing, then the applicant or licensee or
  party fined may demand, within ten days after notice of such act of  the
  commission,  a  hearing  before  the commission and the commission shall
  give prompt notice of a time and place for such  hearing  at  which  the
  commission  will  hear  such  applicant  or  licensee  or party fined in
  reference thereto. Pending such hearing and final determination of  such
  matter, the action of the commission in refusing to grant or in revoking
  or  suspending  a license or in imposing a monetary fine shall remain in
  full force and effect. The commission may  continue  such  hearing  from
  time  to  time,  for  the  convenience of any of the parties. Any of the
  parties affected by such hearing may be represented by counsel, and  the
  commission may be represented by the attorney general, a deputy attorney
  general  or  its  counsel. 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  attendance  of
  witnesses,  and  the  production  of  all material and relevant 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 or officers, 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
  the conclusion of such hearing, the commission shall make a final  order
  in  writing,  setting forth the reasons for the action taken by it and a
  copy thereof shall be served on such  applicant  or  licensee  or  party
  fined,  as  the case may be. The action of the commission in refusing to
  grant a license or in revoking or suspending a license or in imposing  a
  monetary  fine  shall  be  reviewable in the supreme court in the manner
  provided by and subject to the provisions of  article  seventy-eight  of
  the civil practice law and rules.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 421 - Approval of Plans of Corporation or Association.

§ 421. Approval of plans of corporation or association. The commission
  shall  not  grant  to  a  corporation  or  association  hereafter formed
  pursuant to sections two hundred twenty-two through seven  hundred  five
  of  this  chapter,  a license to conduct a quarter horse race meeting at
  which pari-mutuel betting may be conducted within the state  until  such
  corporation  or  association  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 in writing by the
  commission. Alterations of existing buildings, seating stands and  other
  structures,  and  the  erection  of new or additional buildings, seating
  stands or other structures may be made only with the written approval of
  the commission and after examination and inspection of the plans thereof
  and the issuance of a permit therefor by the commission. The  commission
  at  the  expense of the applicant may order such engineering examination
  thereof as the commission  may  deem  necessary.  The  approval  of  the
  certificate  of  incorporation  of such corporation or association shall
  not be deemed to vest in it the right to a license  to  conduct  quarter
  horse  race  meetings  at  such  race  course  or  racetrack unless such
  grounds, track, buildings, seating stands and other structures shall  be
  completed in accordance with the plans approved by the commission.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 422 - Free or Reduced Fee Passes, Cards or Badges.

§  422.  Free or reduced fee passes, cards or badges. A corporation or
  association licensed to conduct pari-mutuel  betting  on  quarter  horse
  races run at 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  or  association
  conducting  the  race  meeting,  members, officers, and employees of the
  commission, members of quarter horse racing associations 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,
  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 or association.  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  or
  association 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.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 423 - County, Town and Agricultural Fairs and Quarter Horse Race Meetings Not Licensed to Conduct Pari-Mutuel Betting.

§  423.  County,  town  and  agricultural fairs and quarter horse race
  meetings  not  licensed  to  conduct  pari-mutuel  betting.  Pari-mutuel
  betting  on  quarter  horse  races  at any county, town, agricultural or
  other fair held within  the  state,  shall  not  be  authorized  and  no
  lottery, pool-selling, bookmaking or any other kind of gambling upon the
  result of races, heats or contests of speed of quarter horses allowed at
  such  fair  or at any quarter horse race meeting conducted in the state,
  except such as may be licensed to operate pari-mutuel  betting  pursuant
  to  the  provisions  of  sections  two  hundred twenty-two through seven
  hundred five of this chapter  which  said  form  of  betting  as  herein
  provided shall alone be legalized and allowed.
Every  corporation,  society  or  association conducting quarter horse
  racing without license for pari-mutuel betting shall cause to be  posted
  conspicuously  upon  the  grounds  whereon such races or racing is held,
  printed notices or placards in legible  type  to  the  effect  that  all
  disorderly  conduct,  pool-selling,  bookmaking  or  any  other  kind of
  gambling upon the result of heats or  races  or  contests  of  speed  of
  quarter horses is prohibited.
In  the  event  that  the  officers  or  directors of any corporation,
  association or society conducting a quarter horse race  meeting  without
  pari-mutuel  betting,  including  the  officers and directors of county,
  town and agricultural fairs shall comply with the  foregoing  provisions
  contained  in  this  section  regarding  the  posting of notices then no
  director  or  officer  thereof  shall  be  personally  liable  for   the
  imposition  of  any fine or to prosecution, or in any manner held liable
  for any violation, by a person other than himself, of the provisions  of
  law  relative to bookmaking or other gambling unless knowingly permitted
  by him, nor shall the maintaining of  a  racetrack  or  the  holding  or
  conducting  of  quarter horse races thereon be construed or held to be a
  violation of any of the provisions of any general or special law,  penal
  or otherwise.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 424 - Employees at Quarter Horse Race Meetings.

§  424. Employees at quarter horse race meetings. At least eighty-five
  per centum of the persons employed each day in the operation and conduct
  of pari-mutuel betting at quarter horse race meets licensed pursuant  to
  sections  two  hundred  twenty-two  through  seven  hundred five of this
  chapter shall be citizens of the United States of America and  residents
  of the state of New York for at least two years immediately prior to the
  commencement of such employment. Each person, prior to his employment in
  the  operation  and conduct of pari-mutuel betting at quarter horse race
  meets, shall be required to execute and submit  to  the  corporation  or
  association  by  which  he is employed a duly verified affidavit setting
  forth his qualifications for employment pursuant to  the  provisions  of
  this section.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 426 - Disposition of Unpaid Money Due on Account of Pari-Mutuel Tickets Not Presented.

§  426.  Disposition  of  unpaid  money  due on account of pari-mutuel
  tickets not presented. The sum held by any  corporation  or  association
  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 or association 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  state  tax
  commission  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 state tax
  commission. 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 the case such balance is not paid when due. Such
  amounts, interest and penalties when collected  shall  be  paid  by  the
  state tax commission into the general fund of the state treasury.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 427 - Penalties.

§ 427. Penalties. 1. The failure of any witness, when duly subpoenaed,
  to  attend, give testimony or produce other evidence shall be punishable
  by the supreme court in the same manner as such failure is punishable by
  such court in a case therein pending.
2. Any person who shall fail to file any affidavit as required by this
  article shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine not exceeding
  one thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding  one  year  or  both.
  Except  as  provided  otherwise  by  law, such an offense shall not be a
  crime and the penalty or punishment imposed therefor shall not be deemed
  for any purpose a penal or criminal penalty or punishment, and shall not
  impose any disability upon or affect or  impair  the  credibility  as  a
  witness, or otherwise, of any person convicted thereof.
3.  Any person who shall wilfully make or file any false or fraudulent
  report, statement, affidavit or application required by this article  to
  be  made or filed under oath, or who, having been sworn or affirmed as a
  witness in any hearing as provided for in this article,  shall  wilfully
  give false testimony, shall be guilty of perjury.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 428 - Construction.

§  428.  Construction.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general,
  special, or local law or  ordinance,  the  provisions  of  sections  two
  hundred  twenty-two  through  seven hundred five of this chapter and the
  rules and regulations and requirements of the commission relating to the
  time when and place where or manner in which  the  quarter  horse  races
  shall  be  conducted  in  this  state and the control of the grounds and
  structures erected or to be erected  thereon  upon  and  at  which  such
  racing  is conducted and the activities conducted thereat and thereon in
  connection with any trial or contest of speed or power of  endurance  of
  quarter  horses  shall  be  construed  and deemed to be exclusive of and
  shall supersede any provisions of such other general, special  or  local
  law  or ordinance in any wise relating thereto, nor shall the provisions
  of article two hundred twenty-five of the penal law be deemed  to  apply
  to  pari-mutuel  betting  conducted  pursuant  to  sections  two hundred
  twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 429 - Quarter Horse Racing Defined.

§  429. Quarter horse racing defined. The term "quarter horse racing",
  as used in this article, shall be construed to mean only horse racing in
  which  the  horses  participating  are  mounted  by  a  jockey  and  are
  registered by the American Quarter Horse Association.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 430 - Definitions.

§  430.  Definitions.  As  used  in  sections  four hundred thirty-one
  through four hundred thirty-five of this article,  the  following  terms
  shall mean and include:
1.  "Fund."  The New York state quarter horse breeding and development
  fund corporation established by section four hundred thirty-one of  this
  article.
2. "Board." The board of directors of the corporation as such board is
  constituted pursuant to section four hundred thirty-one of this article.
3.  "New  York-bred."  A  quarter  horse  foaled in New York state and
  registered in  the  registry  administered  by  quarter  horse  breeding
  associations in this state designated by the commission.
4.  "Breeder."  The owner of the mare at the time the mare foals a New
  York-bred.
5. "New York stallion." A stallion standing in New York at the time he
  was bred to the dam of a New York-bred; a stallion  must  be  registered
  with the fund or its designated agent and must be:
a.  Owned  by  a  resident  of this state and standing the entire stud
  season in this state; or
b. Owned by a resident of another state but standing the  entire  stud
  season  in  this state and leased by a resident of this state for a term
  of not less than ten years; or
c. Owned jointly by a resident of this state together with a  resident
  of  another  state and standing the entire stud season in this state and
  leased by a resident of this state for a  term  of  not  less  than  ten
  years. Leases shall be filed with the fund or its designated agent.
6.  "Stallion  owner." The owner of a stallion standing in New York at
  the time he was bred to the dam of a New York-bred.
7. "Races." Races upon which  pari-mutuel  wagering  is  conducted  at
  quarter  horse  race  meetings of racing associations or corporations as
  authorized by the commission.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 431 - New York State Quarter Horse Breeding and Development Fund.

§  431. New York state quarter horse breeding and development fund. 1.
  A corporation to be known as the "New York state quarter horse  breeding
  and  development  fund  corporation" is hereby created. Such corporation
  shall be a body corporate and  politic  constituting  a  public  benefit
  corporation,  the  objective of which shall be to encourage the breeding
  of quarter horses and the development of the quarter horse  industry  in
  this  state. It shall be administered by a board of directors consisting
  of the chair of the commission or his or  her  designee,  who  shall  be
  chair  of the board of directors of the corporation, the commissioner of
  agriculture and markets, and the members of the commission.
2. The powers of the fund shall be vested  in  and  exercised  by  the
  board  at  a  meeting held at a time fixed by any by-laws adopted by the
  board or at any duly adjourned meeting of such board or at  any  meeting
  held  upon  reasonable notice to all of the directors, and a majority of
  the whole number of directors shall constitute a quorum;  provided  that
  neither  the  business nor the powers of the fund shall be transacted or
  exercised except pursuant to a favorable vote of at least a majority  of
  the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is in attendance.
3.  The  commission  may  delegate  to one or more of the directors or
  officers of the fund such powers and duties as it may  deem  proper  and
  shall  use,  pursuant  to  a  contract  approved  by the director of the
  budget, the service employees of the commission and the state office  of
  racing promotion and development.
4.  The  directors shall not be entitled to any compensation for their
  services but shall be entitled to reimbursement  for  their  actual  and
  necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 432 - Powers of the Fund.

§ 432. Powers of the fund. The fund shall have power:
1. To sue and be sued.
2. To have a seal and to alter the seal at its pleasure.
3. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs.
4. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate
  purposes.
5.  To  appoint  officers,  agents  and  employees, to prescribe their
  qualifications and to fix their compensation.
6. To perform such other acts and engage in such other  activities  as
  may be necessary and proper for exercising its powers and performing its
  duties under this article.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 433 - Resources of Fund.

§  433.  Resources  of fund. 1. The fund is authorized and directed to
  collect and receive in each calendar year to be  paid  to  the  fund  by
  quarter  horse racing associations or corporations or regional off-track
  betting corporations ten percent of the  breaks  derived  from  on-track
  wagers  or  off-track  wagers,  as  the case may be, as provided in this
  article and article five-a of this chapter and to deposit such moneys in
  a bank or banks in this state.
2. The fund  is  authorized  to  dispose  and  distribute  the  moneys
  received  by  it  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of sections two hundred
  twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter for the  following
  purposes and no other:
a.  Thirty-six  percent  as  awards  to  breeders  of  New  York-breds
  finishing first, second, third and fourth in open races.
b. Fifteen percent as  awards  to  stallion  owners,  whose  New  York
  stallions  have  sired New York-breds finishing first, second, third and
  fourth in races.
c. Thirty-five percent to provide purse moneys for  races  exclusively
  for  New  York-breds,  the conditions of which have been approved by the
  fund.
d. Nine percent to advance and promote breeding and raising of quarter
  horses in this state by the publication and dissemination of information
  relating thereto, and the encouragement  of  interest,  including  among
  youth, in the breeding and raising of New York-breds, and to advance and
  promote interest generally in agricultural pursuits.
e.  Five  percent  or  such  lower  proportion  as  the commission may
  prescribe based upon the operational experience and  objectives  of  the
  fund,  for  the  administration  and  management  of  the  fund.  If the
  commission  shall  reduce  the  proportion  of  the   fund's   resources
  applicable to administration, the proportions otherwise applicable shall
  be   increased  accordingly.  All  moneys  of  the  fund  in  excess  of
  twenty-five thousand dollars on hand at the end of  each  calendar  year
  shall be remitted to and vest in the state.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 434 - Annual Audit.

§  434.  Annual  audit.  The  comptroller  or  his  legally authorized
  representative is authorized to and shall from time to time but at least
  annually examine the accounts and  books  of  the  fund,  including  its
  receipts and disbursements.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 435 - Annual Report.

§ 435. Annual report. The fund shall annually make during the month of
  January a report to the governor setting forth in detail:
1. Its operations and accomplishments during the preceding year; and
2. Its receipts and disbursements during the preceding year.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 436 - Actions Against Fund.

§  436.  Actions against fund. Except in an action for wrongful death,
  no action against the fund founded upon  tort  shall  be  commenced  (a)
  prior to the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the notice
  of  claim  upon  which the action is founded, served pursuant to section
  fifty-e of the general municipal law, was presented to a member  of  the
  board  of  directors of the fund or other officer thereof designated for
  such purpose nor (b) more than one year and ninety days after the  cause
  of  action  therefor  shall have accrued. An action against the fund for
  wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim
  and time limitation provisions of title eleven of article  nine  of  the
  public authorities law.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 501 - Definitions.

§  501.  Definitions.  As  used  in  this  article, in addition to the
  definitions set forth in section one hundred one of  this  chapter,  the
  following terms shall mean and include:
1.  "Board  of  directors." The board of directors of a corporation as
  such board is constituted pursuant to section five hundred two  of  this
  article.
2.  "Corporation."  Each  regional  off-track  betting corporation, as
  created by section five hundred two of this article.
3. "Participating county." Any of the counties in a region which  have
  elected to join a corporation in the manner provided for in section five
  hundred two of this article.
4.  "Bonds  and  notes." Bonds and notes, respectively, authorized and
  issued by the corporation pursuant to this article.
5. "Cost of corporation's functions." All costs and expenses  incurred
  by  the  corporation  in  connection  with carrying out the functions as
  described by this article, including,  but  not  limited  to,  operating
  expenses  of  the corporation, the costs of acquisition, construction or
  equipment of branch offices and other facilities of the corporation, and
  interest and principal on bonds,  notes  or  other  obligations  of  the
  corporation issued to finance the acquisition, construction or equipment
  of such offices, facilities or premises.
6. "Region." The several regions defined by subdivision one of section
  five hundred nineteen of this chapter.
7.  "Track."  The  grounds  or  enclosure within which horse races are
  conducted by any person, association or corporation lawfully  authorized
  to conduct such races.
8. "Governing body." The appropriate county legislative body.
9.  "Branch  office."  An establishment maintained and operated by the
  corporation, where off-track, pari-mutuel betting on horse races may  be
  placed  in  accordance with the terms and conditions of this article and
  the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto.
10. "Enabling legislation."  A  local  law,  ordinance  or  resolution
  subject  to  a permissive referendum pursuant to the municipal home rule
  law.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 503-A - Additional Powers of the Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations.

§   503-a.   Additional  powers  of  the  regional  off-track  betting
  corporations. 1. In addition to the powers enumerated  in  section  five
  hundred  three of this article, financially insolvent regional off-track
  betting corporations, as determined by the  commission  upon  review  of
  certified  financial  statements, are hereby authorized and may file any
  petition with any United States district court or  court  of  bankruptcy
  under  any provision of laws of the United States for the composition or
  adjustment of  municipal  indebtedness,  provided  such  corporation  is
  authorized  by  a  resolution adopted by a majority of the participating
  counties to such region, or, for a corporation wholly  contained  within
  one  county,  by  a resolution adopted by such county. The provisions of
  this subdivision shall not  apply  to  the  Suffolk  regional  off-track
  betting corporation until April first, two thousand fourteen.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 504 - Policing Off-Track Betting.

§  504.  Policing  off-track betting. 1. For the purpose of preserving
  order and preventing offenses against the laws prohibiting gambling  and
  the  rules  and regulations promulgated pursuant to sections two hundred
  twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter, the  officers  or
  directors  of each corporation subject to the provisions of this article
  are hereby authorized to appoint  from  time  to  time,  special  police
  officers, and the same to remove at pleasure, who, when appointed, shall
  within  any  office  of  a  corporation  and  within  five  hundred feet
  therefrom be vested with the powers of peace officers, as set  forth  in
  section  2.20 of the criminal procedure law, whose duty, when appointed,
  shall be to preserve  order  within  and  around  the  offices  of  said
  corporation,  to  protect  the  property  within, to eject or arrest all
  persons who shall be improperly within the office of such corporation or
  who shall be guilty of disorderly  conduct,  or  who  shall  neglect  or
  refuse to observe the rules prescribed by said corporation; and it shall
  be  the  further duty of said police officers, when appointed to prevent
  all violations of law with reference  to  pool-selling,  bookmaking  and
  other   gambling  and  all  violations  of  the  rules  and  regulations
  promulgated pursuant to sections two hundred  twenty-two  through  seven
  hundred  five  of this chapter having the force of law 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 magistrate having jurisdiction of such  offense,  to  be  dealt
  with  according  to  law.  The appointment of special police officers in
  pursuance of this section shall not be deemed to supersede  in  any  way
  the  authority  of peace officers or police officers of the jurisdiction
  within which the offices of the corporation are located.
2. Any appointment of a special police  officer  under  this  section,
  shall  be made only with the approval of the commission. Application for
  such approval shall be  in  such  form  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the
  commission  and  shall  contain  such  other  information or material or
  evidence as the commission requires. In acting  on  an  application  for
  such  approval the commission shall consider the background, experience,
  integrity, and competence of the candidate for appointment,  the  public
  interest,  convenience  or  necessity  and  the  interests  of legalized
  wagering generally. The commission in its discretion may set the term of
  any such appointment, terminate any existing appointment at any time and
  prescribe conditions and rules for the conduct of such office.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 506 - Loans and Contributions by a Participating County to a Corporation.

§  506.  Loans  and  contributions  by  a  participating  county  to a
  corporation.  1. A participating county shall  have  power  to  loan  or
  contract to loan money to a corporation in such amounts, upon such terms
  and conditions and for such period or periods of time as in the judgment
  of the county are necessary or appropriate for the accomplishment of the
  corporate purpose of the corporation.
2.  Subject to any prior pledge of or lien upon the revenues or moneys
  of the corporation, the  county  shall  have  a  first  lien  upon  such
  revenues or moneys for the repayment of any such loan, which lien:
a.  Shall  attach  upon  receipt  of  such  revenues  or moneys by the
  corporation, without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and
b. Shall have priority over any  other  claim  or  lien  against  such
  revenues or moneys, and
c.  Shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of
  any kind  in  tort,  contract  or  otherwise  against  the  corporation,
  irrespective of whether such parties have notice of such lien.
3.  A  participating county shall have power to contribute or contract
  to contribute money or personal  property  to  a  corporation,  in  such
  amounts,  for  such  period  or  periods of time and upon such terms and
  conditions  as  in  the  judgment  of  such  county  are  necessary   or
  appropriate  for  the  accomplishment  of  the  corporate purpose of the
  corporation.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 507 - Contracts of Corporations.

§  507.  Contracts  of  corporations.  1.  Each  corporation shall let
  contracts for construction or any other work, including  the  furnishing
  of  materials  or  supplies  incident  thereto,  and  contracts  for the
  purchase or procurement of equipment, materials or supplies: (i) in  the
  manner  provided by law with respect to the letting of such contracts by
  counties except that where the estimated expense of a contract does  not
  exceed  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  such  contract  may be entered into
  without public letting, provided, however, that  where  the  corporation
  determines  with  respect  to  any  contract that it would not be in the
  public interest to comply with this section and the  governing  body  of
  each  county,  by  resolution, rule or regulation adopted by the vote of
  two-thirds of the whole number of votes authorized to be cast by all  of
  the  members  of  such  body, concurs in such determination, then it may
  enter into such contract without public letting as  authorized  by  said
  resolution,  rules and regulations; (ii) in conjunction with one or more
  regional off-track betting corporations pursuant  to  this  section;  or
  (iii) in the manner provided in section six hundred nine of this chapter
  if in conjunction with the New York city off-track betting corporation.
2.  The  corporation  may  make  rules  and  regulations governing the
  qualifications of bidders entering into such a contract where  the  cost
  of  such  a  contract  exceeds  ten thousand dollars. The bidding may be
  restricted to those who shall have qualified prior  to  the  receipt  of
  bids according to standards fixed by the corporation; provided, however,
  that  notice  or  notices  for the submission of qualifications shall be
  published in a newspaper with a general circulation  in  the  region  at
  least  once,  not  less  than  ten  days prior to the date fixed for the
  filing of qualifications.
3. It shall be a misdemeanor for a director of the corporation  or  an
  officer,  agent,  executive  or  other  employee  retained,  employed or
  appointed by the corporation to be in  any  manner  or  way  interested,
  directly or indirectly, as principal, surety or otherwise in a contract,
  the  expense  or  consideration  whereof  is payable out of funds of the
  corporation.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 510 - State and Participating Counties Not Liable on Bonds and Notes.

§ 510. State and participating counties not liable on bonds and notes.
  The  bonds,  notes  or other obligations of a corporation shall not be a
  debt of either the state of New York or of any participating county  and
  neither the state nor any county shall be liable thereon, nor shall they
  be payable out of any funds other than those of the corporation.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 511 - State's Right to Require Redemption of Bonds.

§  511. State's right to require redemption of bonds.  Notwithstanding
  and in addition to any provisions for the redemption of bonds which  may
  be  contained  in  any contract with the holders of the bonds, the state
  may, upon furnishing sufficient funds therefor, require a corporation to
  redeem, prior to maturity, as  a  whole,  any  issue  of  bonds  on  any
  interest  payment  date not less than twenty years after the date of the
  bonds of such issue at one hundred five per centum of their  face  value
  and  accrued  interest  or  at  such  lower  redemption  price as may be
  provided in the bonds in case of the redemption thereof as  a  whole  on
  the  redemption date. Notice of such redemption shall be published in at
  least two newspapers published  and  circulating  in  the  participating
  counties  at  least  twice,  the first publication to be at least thirty
  days before the date of redemption.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 513 - Exemption From Taxation.

§  513.  Exemption from taxation.   1. The moneys and property of each
  corporation  and  any  property  under  its  jurisdiction,  control   or
  supervision,  and  all  of its activities and operations shall be exempt
  from taxation. Provided, however, no exemption is granted from the taxes
  imposed under article five-a of this chapter and no exemption is granted
  from real property taxation  on  real  property  not  owned  by  such  a
  corporation.  Where  real  property  owned  by  the  corporation is used
  partially for the corporate purpose of the corporation and partially for
  purposes unrelated to its corporate purpose, that portion used for  such
  unrelated purposes shall be subject to real property taxes in accordance
  with  the  real  property tax law and any other applicable provisions of
  law.
2. The state covenants with the purchasers of and with all  subsequent
  holders  and  transferees  of  bonds  and  notes issued by a corporation
  pursuant to sections two hundred twenty-two through seven  hundred  five
  of  this  chapter, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for
  the said bonds and notes, that the said bonds and notes and  the  income
  therefrom,  and  all  moneys, funds and revenue pledged to pay or secure
  the payment of such bonds and notes shall at  all  times  be  free  from
  taxation, except for estate and gift taxes and taxes on transfers.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 514 - Notice of Claim; Action Against Corporation.

§ 514. Notice of claim; action against corporation. 1. In every action
  against  a  corporation  for  damages,  for injuries to real or personal
  property, or for the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries,  the
  complaint  shall  contain  an  allegation that at least thirty days have
  elapsed since notice of claim was presented to the corporation and  that
  the  corporation  has  neglected  or  refused  to  make an adjustment or
  payment thereof for thirty days after such presentment.
2. The notice of claim shall be in writing, sworn to by or  on  behalf
  of the claimant, and shall set forth:
a.  The  name  and post office address of each claimant, and of his or
  her attorney if any;
b. The nature of the claim;
c. The time when, the place where and the manner in  which  the  claim
  arose; and
d.  The  items of damage or injuries claimed to have been sustained so
  far as then practicable to determine.
3. The notice shall be served on the corporation by delivering a  copy
  thereof,  in duplicate, personally or by registered mail, to an officer,
  director or to any other agent authorized by appointment to receive such
  service.
4. The corporation may require any person presenting  a  claim  to  be
  sworn  before a person authorized by the laws of the state to administer
  oaths, and when so sworn, to answer orally as to any facts  relative  to
  the claim.
5.  Except  in  an  action  for  wrongful  death,  an action against a
  corporation shall not be commenced more than one year  and  ninety  days
  after  the  cause  of  action  thereof  shall have accrued, nor unless a
  notice of claim as required in subdivisions one and two of this  section
  and  served as set forth in subdivision three of this section shall have
  been served upon the corporation within ninety days after such cause  of
  action  shall  have  accrued.  An  action  against  the  corporation for
  wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim
  and time limitation provisions of title eleven of article  nine  of  the
  public authorities law.
6.  All  actions  against  the corporation of whatever nature shall be
  brought and the place of trial shall be in the county in which the cause
  of action arose, in no event shall an action against  a  corporation  be
  brought or the trial be held in a small claims part.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 515 - Bonds and Notes as Legal Investments.

§  515. Bonds and notes as legal investments. The bonds and notes of a
  corporation are hereby made securities in which all public officers  and
  bodies  of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions,
  all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying  on
  an  insurance  business,  all  banks,  bankers, trust companies, savings
  banks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations,
  building and loan associations, investment companies and  other  persons
  carrying   on   a   banking  business,  all  administrators,  guardians,
  executors,  trustees  and  other  fiduciaries,  and  all  other  persons
  whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds
  or  in  other  obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest
  funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 517 - Annual Reports.

§  517. Annual reports. In addition to the reports required by article
  five-a of this chapter, within one hundred twenty days after the end  of
  the  fiscal  year of the corporation, the directors thereof shall submit
  to the participating counties, the commission, and the state comptroller
  a complete and detailed audited report setting forth:
1. its operations and accomplishments during such fiscal year;
2. its receipts and expenditures during such fiscal year in accordance
  with categories or classifications established by  the  corporation  for
  its own operating and capital outlay purposes;
3. its assets and liabilities at the end of such fiscal year including
  a  schedule  of  its bonds, notes or other obligations and the status of
  reserves, depreciations, special, sinking or other funds;
4. details of branch offices being planned or in the process of  being
  constructed  or  otherwise established and branch offices that have been
  constructed or established; and
5.  such  other  information  relating  to  the  operations   of   the
  corporation   as  shall  be  deemed  pertinent  by  the  directors,  the
  participating counties, the commission, and the state comptroller.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5-A - Off-Track Pari-Mutuel Betting › 518 - Off-Track Pari-Mutuel Betting; Objectives.

§  518.  Off-track pari-mutuel betting; objectives. In the exercise of
  the power vested in it by subdivision one of section nine of article one
  of the  state  constitution,  the  legislature  hereby  prescribes  that
  off-track  pari-mutuel  betting  on  horse  races,  conducted  under the
  administration of the commission  in  the  manner  and  subject  to  the
  conditions   provided   for   in   this   article,   shall   be  lawful,
  notwithstanding the provisions of any other  law,  general,  special  or
  local,   including   any   law  prohibiting  or  restricting  lotteries,
  pool-selling or bookmaking or any other kind of gambling; it  being  the
  purpose  of  this  article to derive from such betting, as authorized by
  this article, a reasonable revenue for the support of government, and to
  prevent and curb unlawful  bookmaking  and  illegal  wagering  on  horse
  races. It is also the intention of this article to ensure that off-track
  betting  is  conducted in a manner compatible with the well-being of the
  horse racing and breeding industries in this state, which industries are
  and should continue to be major sources of revenue to  state  and  local
  government and sources of employment for thousands of state residents.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5-A - Off-Track Pari-Mutuel Betting › 519 - Definitions.

§ 519. Definitions. The following terms shall mean and include:
1.  "Region."  One or more of the following named regions comprised of
  the counties indicated:
a. Suffolk: Suffolk county;
b. Nassau: Nassau county;
c. New York city: the five counties comprising the city of New York;
d. Catskill: Broome, Chemung, Chenango,  Delaware,  Orange,  Rockland,
  Sullivan,  Tioga,  Dutchess,  Tompkins,  Westchester,  Putnam and Ulster
  counties;
e. Capital  District:  Albany,  Clinton,  Columbia,  Cortland,  Essex,
  Franklin,  Fulton,  Greene,  Hamilton,  Herkimer,  Madison,  Montgomery,
  Oneida,  Otsego,  Rensselaer,  Saratoga,  Schenectady,  Schoharie,   St.
  Lawrence, Warren and Washington counties;
f. Central: Lewis and Onondaga counties;
g.  Western: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee,
  Jefferson,  Livingston,  Monroe,  Niagara,  Ontario,  Orleans,   Oswego,
  Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates counties;
h.  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subdivision, when and
  if the Central regional off-track betting corporation is established, it
  shall include, in addition to the counties listed in  paragraph  f,  the
  following:  Cayuga,  Chenango,  Cortland, Franklin, Herkimer, Jefferson,
  Madison, Oneida, Oswego, Otsego and Tompkins counties.
2. "Exotic bet" or "exotic wager." A single bet or wager on  three  or
  more  horses,  evidenced by a single ticket and representing an interest
  in a single betting pool.
3. "Multiple bet" or "multiple wager." A single bet or  wager  on  two
  horses,  evidenced  by a single ticket and representing an interest in a
  single betting pool.
4. "Article". As used in this article may also refer to articles  five
  and six.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5-A - Off-Track Pari-Mutuel Betting › 520 - General Jurisdiction.

§  520.  General  jurisdiction.  1.  The commission shall have general
  jurisdiction over the operation  of  all  off-track  betting  facilities
  within  the  state.  The commission shall issue rules and regulations in
  accordance with the provisions of this article in order  to  ensure  the
  accomplishment  of the purposes set out in section five hundred eighteen
  of this article.
2.  The  commission  shall  own  or  lease   all   communication   and
  transmission  facilities  used  to transmit wagering information between
  regions, as provided by and subject to the exceptions  in  section  five
  hundred  twenty-five of this article and may establish a data processing
  center, within the  amounts  appropriated  therefor,  and  provide  data
  processing  services  to  regional  corporations,  on  a transaction fee
  basis.
3. Without limiting the generality of the  foregoing,  the  commission
  shall  establish  such  general  regulations  to  limit  the  access  to
  off-track  betting  establishments  of  persons  not  permitted  to  bet
  therein,  the  availability or use of publications, written materials or
  communications equipment therein as the commission determines to  be  in
  the  interest  of  public order and the furtherance of the objectives of
  this article and shall prohibit the sale of food and  beverages  in  all
  facilities  where  bets may be placed. The commission shall also provide
  for the methods for the results of races to be communicated to  regional
  corporations and disseminated thereby.
2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5-A - Off-Track Pari-Mutuel Betting › 525 - Statewide Transmission.

§  525.  Statewide transmission. Subject to the general limitations of
  this article, the provisions of its plan of operation and the rules  and
  regulations of the commission, each regional corporation may provide for
  direct  transmission of off-track wagering information to a track within
  its region for the purpose of creating  a  joint  or  combined  pool  as
  required by section five hundred twenty-three of this article.