New York S 9385: Relates to additional qualifications for the board members of regional off-track betting corporations

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S09385 Summary:

BILL NOS09385A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10240-B

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SPONSORZELLNER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§502 & 502-a, RWB L; amd Part JJ §2, Chap 56 of 2023

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Establishes additional qualifications for the board members of regional off-track betting corporations.

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BILL NOS09385A

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03/06/2026REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

03/26/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

03/26/2026PRINT NUMBER 9385A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9385--A

 IN SENATE

 March 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ZELLNER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
 ing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
 relation to additional qualifications for the board members of
 regional off-track betting corporations; and to amend section 2 of
 part JJ of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023 amending the racing, pari-
 mutuel wagering and breeding law, relating to the membership of the
 board of directors of the western regional off-track betting corpo-
 ration, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the racing, pari-mutuel
 2 wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 710 of the laws of
 3 1990, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. a. A regional off-track betting corporation is hereby established
 5 for each region, except the New York city region for which the New York
 6 city off-track betting corporation established pursuant to and subject
 7 to article six of this chapter shall constitute the regional corporation
 8 and such article six shall govern such New York city off-track betting
 9 corporation. Each regional corporation shall be a body corporate and
 10 politic constituting a public benefit corporation. Each corporation
 11 shall be administered by a board of directors consisting of two members
 12 from each participating county containing a city of over one hundred
 13 fifty thousand in population, according to the last federal census, and
 14 one member from each other participating county. Notwithstanding any
 15 other provision of law to the contrary, the members shall be appointed
 16 by the county governing body, and may, at the discretion of such govern-
 17 ing body of counties which have a population of less than two hundred
 18 thousand, include sitting members of such governing body. A member of a
 19 governing body who is appointed a director after July first, nineteen
 20 hundred ninety shall not be compensated by the regional corporation;
 21 provided, however, that the mayor of a city of over one hundred fifty

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14846-08-6

 S. 9385--A 2

 1 thousand that has elected to participate in the management of a corpo-
 2 ration pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall, with the
 3 approval of the city's legislative body, appoint one of the members to
 4 which the county containing such city is entitled. In the case of the
 5 corporation established for the Suffolk region and Nassau region, the
 6 board of directors of each corporation shall consist of three members
 7 appointed by the governing body of each county, not more than two of
 8 whom shall be members of the same political party. Each director shall
 9 serve at the pleasure of the governing body or mayor appointing [him]
 10 such director, as the case may be. A [chairman] chair shall be elected
 11 by the members to serve a term of one year.
 12 b. No person who has served as a board member or officer of the corpo-
 13 ration shall within a period of ten years after such person's termi-
 14 nation of such service, regardless of the reason for termination, (i) be
 15 appointed or qualified as a member of the corporation; or