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Senator · Senate District 42
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Signed chap.43
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.215
- Substituted for A5037A
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.402
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- Referred to racing, gaming and wagering
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Relates to certain payments to the horsemen's organization
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor J. Gary Pretlow
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4618
Title of bill
An act to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation to certain payments to the horsemen's organization
Purpose
The purpose of this legislation is to extend the authority of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association to receive an additional 1.0% of purse funds for the support of additional medical and mental health services for backstretch employees.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends the opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 228 of the Racing Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law to extend, for one year, the authorization for the horsemen's organization to receive an additional 1.0% of purse monies collected from race meetings at Aqueduct, Saratoga, and. Belmont racetracks until August 31, 2014.
Section 2. Effective date.
Existing law
The current authorization is due to expire on August 31, 2013.
Justification
For over half a century, the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA) has represented the interests of horse owners and trainers at New York Racing Association (NYRA) tracks. NYTHA was founded with, the objective of serving as a collective voice for the broad interests of Thoroughbred owners and trainers and to improve and increase the effectiveness, of its constituents in the day-to-day activities of racing. Today, NYTHA serves as the New York State Gaming Commission recognized representative of owners and trainers and has taken a primary role in the New York horseracing industry. NYTHA strives to protect the economic interests of all horsemen and to gain public recognition of horseracing as a vital form of entertainment, deserving support, protection and preservation. In the past, additional purse monies received by NYTHA have been used to provide funding support for the Equine Drug Testing program. This bill would also allow the organization to continue providing much needed health and dental benefits for backstretch employees.
Prior legislative history
Similar bills extending this authority were passed in 2011 and 2012.
Fiscal implications
None to State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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