New York A 6968: Relates to the transfer of the regional state park police to the division of state police; repealer

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A06968 Summary:

BILL NOA06968 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORVanel

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COSPNSRJacobson

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 41-A §1030, Gen Bus L

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Requires every entity responsible for the broadcast rights of a sports team which is part of a national or international professional sports league to ensure that every publicly broadcast game played by such sports team which is played in a facility that is benefitting or has benefitted from state funds, tax subsidies, eminent domain, or another valuable benefit that was made at a cost to the state, shall be made available to view at no cost within the county such facility is situated in and its adjoining counties.

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BILL NOA06968 

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03/18/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6968

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to providing local
 professional sports broadcasts at no cost

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "open and unrestricted right to see team athletic displays for
 3 inhabitants of unique markets act".
 4 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 41-A
 5 to read as follows:

 6 ARTICLE 41-A
 7 NO-COST SPORTS BROADCASTS

 8 Section 1030. No-cost sports broadcasts.
 9 § 1030. No-cost sports broadcasts. 1. As used in this section the
 10 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 11 (a) "No-cost broadcaster" shall mean the entity that is responsible
 12 for disseminating a live athletic competition in any widely available
 13 audiovisual format to the public.
 14 (b) "National or international professional sports league" shall mean
 15 any organized athletic league that is comprised of multiple teams from
 16 multiple states or countries in which athletes are compensated by their
 17 respective teams or the league and who compete against one another in
 18 athletic competition.
 19 (c) "Broadcast" shall mean to disseminate live content in an audiovis-
 20 ual format.
 21 2. (a) Every entity responsible for the broadcast rights of a sports
 22 team which is part of a national or international professional sports
 23 league shall ensure that every publicly broadcast athletic competition

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09319-03-5

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 1 played by such sports team which is played in a facility that is bene-
 2 fitting or has benefitted from state funds, tax subsidies, eminent
 3 domain, or another valuable benefit that was made at a cost to the
 4 state, shall be made available to view at no cost to every household
 5 within the county such facility is situated in and its adjoining coun-
 6 ties, or if such sports team is affiliated with New York, but the facil-
 7 ity in which such team's athletic competitions are played in is not
 8 located within the state, such athletic competitions shall be made
 9 available to view at no cost to all households located within any county
 10 within the state with a population of one million or more.
 11 (b) For purposes of this section, an athletic competition shall
 12 presumptively be deemed to be made available to view at no cost to all
 13 households located within the area required by this subdivision where
 14 the entity responsible for the broadcast rights of a sports team
 15 provides one or more reasonably accessible broadcasts of the athletic
 16 competition that is reasonably calculated to reach the same number of
 17 households that a paid option would have.
 18 3. (a) A broadcast made available to view at no cost pursuant to
 19 subdivision two of this section shall be either the same audiovisual
 20 broadcast of such athletic competition wh