Relates to the distribution of surcharges on off-track winnings for the period of September 1, 2022 until August 31, 2027; allows for the allocation of specific surcharge revenues to the same racetrack to continue for another five year period.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9962
SPONSOR: Pretlow TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to the distribution of surcharges on off-track winnings
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To extend the current authorization for the distribution of surcharge
revenues which will otherwise expire on August 31, 2022.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill would allow the allocation of specific surcharge revenues to
the same racetrack to continue for another five year period.
EFFECT ON
CURRENT LAW:
Changes the expiration date from August 31, 2022 to August 31, 2027, in
keeping with the length of previous extensions.
JUSTIFICATION:
This is more a matter of "housekeeping" than anything else. Every five
years, the provision for the distribution of surcharge earnings from
off-track winning bets has expired. This year, 2022, is the year during
which the last five year extension expires necessitating another exten-
sion in order to continue to implement earlier agreements. Passage of
the last extension was accomplished without a negative vote.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Chapter 365 of 2009 restored an inadvertent omission of the five year
extension provision from a renumbering and re-ordering of several racing
law provisions.
2017 - A7686/S6522 - Signed Chap. 201
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
September 1, 2022.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9962
IN ASSEMBLY
April 21, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Racing and Wagering
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to the distribution of surcharges on off-track winnings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of
2 section 532 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as
3 amended by chapter 243 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 (vi) for the period of September first, two thousand [seventeen] twen-
6 ty-two until August thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-two] twenty-seven
7 and where the track conducting the race on which the bet was placed is a
8 harness track located in the county of Erie, to such track.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2022.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15419-01-2
