New York A 5270: Makes permanent the provisions of chapter 396 of the laws of 2012, amending the education law, relating to services to out-of-state school districts by boards of cooperative educational services

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A05270 Summary:

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Relates to the right to hold race meetings and races after sunset at Belmont Park, only at the main track in its current configuration, but only if such races conclude before 10:30 P.M. and only occur on Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays.

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02/12/2025referred to racing and wagering

01/07/2026referred to racing and wagering

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5270

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- 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 right to hold race meetings and races at Belmont Park;
 and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
 of

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

 1 Section 1. Section 203 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breed-
 2 ing law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 § 203. Right to hold race meetings and races. 1. Any corporation
 5 formed under the provisions of this article, if so claimed in its
 6 certificate of organization, and if it shall comply with all the
 7 provisions of this article, and any other corporation entitled to the
 8 benefits and privileges of this article as hereinafter provided, shall
 9 have the power and the right to hold one or more running race meetings
 10 in each year, and to hold, maintain and conduct running races at such
 11 meetings. At such running race meetings the corporation, or the owners
 12 of horses engaged in such races, or others who are not participants in
 13 the race, may contribute purses, prizes, premiums or stakes to be
 14 contested for, but no person or persons other than the owner or owners
 15 of a horse or horses contesting in a race shall have any pecuniary
 16 interest in a purse, prize, premium or stake contested for in such race,
 17 or be entitled to or receive any portion thereof after such race is
 18 finished, and the whole of such purse, prize, premium or stake shall be
 19 allotted in accordance with the terms and conditions of such race. Races
 20 conducted by a franchised corporation shall be permitted only between
 21 sunrise and sunset.
 22 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a fran-
 23 chised corporation shall be permitted to conduct races after sunset at

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09162-01-5

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 1 the Belmont Park racetrack, only on the main track in its current
 2 configuration, but only if such races conclude before half past ten
 3 o'clock post meridian and only if such races occur on Thursdays, Fridays
 4 or Saturdays. The franchised corporation shall coordinate with a harness
 5 racing association or corporation authorized to operate in Westchester
 6 county to ensure that the starting times of all such races are stag-
 7 gered.
 8 3. A track first licensed after January first, nineteen hundred nine-
 9 ty, shall not conduct the simulcasting of thoroughbred races within
 10 district one, in accordance with article ten of this chapter on days
 11 that a franchised corporation is not conducting a race meeting. In no
 12 event shall thoroughbred races conducted by a track first licensed after
 13 January first, nineteen hundred ninety be conducted after eight o'clock
 14 post meridian.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 16 deemed repealed 4 years after the first night of racing conducted after
 17 sunset pursuant to this act; provided that the New York Racing Associ-
 18 ation shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission of the date
 19 of such night of racing in order that the commission may maintain an
 20 accurate and timely effective data base of the official tex