New York S 3580: Relates to theft protection warranties

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S03580 Summary:

BILL NOS03580 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03250

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §107, RWB L

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Clarifies certain provisions regarding conflicts of interest of certain public employees regarding the licensing of a participant in horse racing activities.

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BILL NOS03580 

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

01/07/2026REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3580

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
 ing

 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
 relation to conflicts of interest of certain public employees

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 6, 7 and 8 of section 107 of the racing,
 2 pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as added by section 1 of part A
 3 of chapter 60 of the laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
 4 6. (a) The following public employees are prohibited from holding any
 5 license from the commission:
 6 [(a)] (i) an employee of the commission; any director or employee of a
 7 regional off-track betting corporation employed in a management, confi-
 8 dential or supervisory capacity for purposes of their position with
 9 off-track betting; or
 10 [(b)] (ii) an employee of the state legislature; provided, however,
 11 that an employee of the state legislature whose duties in such position
 12 do not relate to gaming activities shall not be subject to the prohibi-
 13 tions of this section if [he or she] such employee held a license from
 14 the former state racing and wagering board while employed by the state
 15 legislature prior to July first, nineteen hundred eighty; or
 16 [(c)] (iii) an employee of any local legislative body whose duties
 17 involve gaming activities; or
 18 [(d)] (iv) an employee of any state or local board, agency, authority
 19 or other state or local governmental body, the duties of which relate to
 20 gaming activities or the taxation thereof.
 21 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for
 22 the purpose of this section the term "gaming activity" shall mean to
 23 direct or take part in the operation or management of any form of legal-
 24 ized gaming, including, but not limited to, Class III gaming under the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07329-01-5

 S. 3580 2

 1 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., pari-mutuel
 2 wagering, both on-track and off-track, bingo and charitable games of
 3 chance and the state lottery for education.
 4 7. (a) No public officer, public employee or party officer shall:
 5 [(a)] (i) own or hold, directly or indirectly, any proprietary inter-
 6 est, stock or obligation of any firm, association or corporation [(i)]
 7 (1) which is licensed by the commission to conduct video lottery gaming
 8 or horse racing activities, or [(ii)] (2) which conducts its occupation,
 9 trade, or business at a racetrack at which pari-mutuel race meets are
 10 conducted or facility where video lottery gaming activity is conducted
 11 whether or not a license is required, or [(iii)] (3) which owns or leas-
 12 es to any enfranchised or licensed association or corporation a race-
 13 track at which pari-mutuel racing is conducted or facility where video
 14 lottery gaming activity is conducted, or [(iv)] (4) which participates
 15 in the management of any franchise holder or licensee conducting video
 16 lottery gaming or horse racing activities; or
 17 [(b)] (ii) hold any office or employment with any firm, association or
 18 corporation specified in [paragraph (a) of this subdivision] subpara-
 19 graph (i) of this paragraph, except as provided in subdivision eight of
 20 this section; or
 21 [(c)] (iii) sell, or be a member of a firm, o