2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 5 - Regional Off-Track Betting Corporations › 502-A - Special Provisions With Regard to the Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation.

* §  502-a.  Special  provisions  with  regard to the western regional
  off-track  betting  corporation.  1.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent
  provision  of  this  article,  on the effective date of this section the
  appointments of all members of the western  regional  off-track  betting
  corporation  appointed  prior  to the effective date of this section are
  deemed terminated, and each such vacant board position shall be replaced
  with the new appointments made pursuant to this section.
2.  The  western  regional  off-track  betting  corporation  board  of
  directors  shall be composed of seventeen members, one each to represent
  each participating county within the western off-track  betting  region,
  and one each to represent the city of Rochester and the city of Buffalo.
  Each  city  representative  shall  be appointed by the mayor of the city
  such  member  represents,  and  each  county  representative  shall   be
  appointed  by the county executive of the county such member represents;
  provided however, in the case of a county that does not  have  a  county
  executive,  such  county's  board  of  supervisors  shall  appoint  such
  county's representative.
3. No action shall be taken by the corporation except pursuant to  the
  favorable  vote  of  fifty-one  percent  of  the total authorized voting
  strength of the board of directors. The total authorized voting strength
  of the board of directors shall be the sum total of the votes  specified
  in subdivisions four and seven of this section.
4.  The  representatives  of  each  of  the participating counties and
  cities shall each have the following number of votes: the representative
  of the county of Niagara shall have eight votes, the  representative  of
  the  county  of  Chautauqua shall have five votes, the representative of
  the county of Oswego shall have four votes, the  representative  of  the
  county  of  Steuben  shall  have  three votes, the representative of the
  county of Wayne shall have three votes, the representative of the county
  of Cattaraugus shall have three votes, the representative of the  county
  of  Cayuga  shall  have three votes, the representative of the county of
  Livingston shall have two votes, the representative  of  the  county  of
  Genesee  shall  have  two  votes,  the  representative  of the county of
  Wyoming shall have one vote, the representative of the county of Orleans
  shall have one vote, the representative of the county  of  Seneca  shall
  have  one  vote, the representative of the county of Schuyler shall have
  one  vote,  the  representative  of  the  county  of  Erie  shall   have
  twenty-four votes, the representative of the county of Monroe shall have
  twenty  votes,  the representative of the city of Buffalo shall have ten
  votes, and the representative of the city of Rochester shall have  eight
  votes.
5.  Each  member of the corporation appointed pursuant to this section
  shall be appointed for a term of four years; provided  however,  that  a
  member's term shall not be terminated except for good cause shown.
6. Members representing a majority of the total voting strength of the
  board  of  directors  then  in  office shall constitute a quorum for the
  transaction of any  business  or  the  exercise  of  any  power  of  the
  corporation.  Except  as  otherwise  specified  in this section, for the
  transaction of any  business  or  the  exercise  of  any  power  of  the
  corporation,  the  corporation shall have the power to act by a majority
  vote of the total voting strength present at  any  meeting  at  which  a
  quorum is in attendance.
7.  The  members  of  the  board  of  directors shall elect from their
  membership, by a majority vote of the total voting strength of the board
  of directors, a chairperson. Such chairperson shall serve as chairperson
  for the duration of their term on the board of directors, or until  such
  chairperson's  resignation  or  upon  removal  by a majority vote of the
  total voting strength of the board of directors.  In  addition  to  such

  chairperson's  voting strength possessed by virtue of such chairperson's
  representation of a municipality which is a member of  the  board,  such
  chairperson shall also have one additional vote.
* NB Repealed May 3, 2027