Title PML, Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law

§ 1402. Registration. 1. (a) No operator shall administer, manage, or\notherwise make available an interactive fantasy sports platform to\npersons located in New York state unless registered with the commission\npursuant to section fourteen hundred three of this article. A regis…

§ 1403. Scope of registration review. 1. The commission shall\nprescribe the initial form of the application for registration which\nshall require, but not be limited to:\n (a) the full name and principal address of the operator;\n (b) if a corporation, the name of the state in …

§ 1404. Required safeguards, minimum standards. 1. As a condition of\nregistration in New York state, each operator and registrant shall\nimplement the following measures:\n (a) limit each authorized player to one active and continuously used\naccount, and prevent prohibited pla…

§ 1405. Powers and duties of the commission. 1. The commission shall\npromulgate regulations to implement the provisions of and effectuate the\npolicy and objectives of this article as the commission may deem\nnecessary or advisable, including the development of the initial form…

§ 1406. Annual report. 1. Each registrant shall annually submit a\nreport to the commission no later than the thirtieth of June of each\nyear, which shall include the following information as it shall apply to\naccounts held by authorized players located in New York state:\n (a)…

§ 1407. State tax. For the privilege of conducting interactive fantasy\nsports contests in the state, registrants shall pay a tax equivalent to\nfifteen percent of their interactive fantasy sports gross revenue\ngenerated within the state; in addition, registrants shall pay a ta…

§ 1408. Additional regulatory costs. The commission may assess\nannually, in arrears, on each registrant proportional to the interactive\nfantasy sports gross revenue of such registrant in the preceding year\ncompared to the aggregate interactive fantasy sports gross revenue of\…

§ 1409. Disposition of taxes. 1. The commission shall pay into the\nstate lottery fund all taxes imposed by this article; any interest and\npenalties imposed by the commission relating to those taxes; all\npenalties levied and collected by the commission; and the appropriate\nfu…

§ 1410. Determination of tax liability. The commission may perform\naudits of the books and records of an interactive fantasy sports\noperator with a permit or registrant, at such times and intervals as it\ndeems appropriate, for the purpose of determining the sufficiency of tax…

§ 1411. Contests authorized. Interactive fantasy sports contests\nregistered and conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter are\nhereby authorized.\n

§ 1412. Contests prohibited. The conduct of unregistered interactive\nfantasy sports contests is prohibited.\n

§ 201. Incorporation. (a) General requirements. Any number of persons\nmay become a corporation for the purpose of conducting racing at one or\nmore thoroughbred racetracks, conducting pari-mutuel wagering and\nfurthering the raising and breeding and improving the breed of horse…

§ 202. Restriction upon commencement of business. No business\ncorporation organized under the provisions of this article shall engage\nin the prosecution or management of its business until the whole of its\ncapital stock shall have been subscribed, nor until it shall have file…

§ 202-a. Liability of the directors of a franchised corporation. The\ndirectors of a franchised corporation, and any person or persons acting\non their behalf, while acting within the scope of their authority, shall\nbe exempt from any personal liability resulting from carrying …

§ 202-b. No debt of the state. Nothing in this article shall be\nconstrued to accept a liability to or create a debt of the state within\nthe meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision.\n

§ 203. Right to hold race meetings and races. Any corporation formed\nunder the provisions of this article, if so claimed in its certificate\nof organization, and if it shall comply with all the provisions of this\narticle, and any other corporation entitled to the benefits and\…

§ 204. Certificate of payment of stock. Except as provided in this\narticle, no business corporation hereafter organized under this article\nor heretofore organized in pursuance of law for any purpose authorized\nby this article, shall have any of the powers conferred by section…

§ 205. License for running races and steeplechase meetings. Any\nnon-franchised corporation desiring to obtain the benefits of the\nprovisions of section two hundred three of this article, if proposing to\nconduct a race course or race meeting for running races or\nsteeplechases…

§ 206. Franchise for running races and steeplechase meetings. 1. The\nfranchised corporation referred to in this chapter shall be a\nnot-for-profit corporation to be known as The New York Racing\nAssociation, Inc. To the extent that the provisions of the\nnot-for-profit corporat…

* § 207. Board of directors of a franchised corporation. 1. a. The\nboard of directors, to be called the New York racing association\nreorganization board, shall consist of seventeen members, five of whom\nshall be elected by the present class A directors of The New York Racing\…

§ 208. Conditions of franchise award. 1. In consideration of the\nfranchise and in accordance with its franchise agreement, the franchised\ncorporation shall remit to the state, each year, no later than April\nfifth, a franchise fee payment. The franchise fee shall be calculated…

§ 209. Examination of the books and accounts by the state comptroller.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this article, the state\ncomptroller may from time to time examine the books and accounts of such\nfranchised corporation, including its receipts, disbursements,\ncontr…

§ 210. Franchise termination. Upon receiving notification, in\naccordance with the provisions of section two hundred ten-a of this\narticle, from any franchised corporation that it intends to relinquish\nsuch franchise prior to the expiration date of such franchise, or that\nsuc…

§ 210-a. Relinquishment of franchise. 1. No franchised corporation\nshall relinquish a franchise granted to it pursuant to section two\nhundred six of this article at any time within the term of any such\nfranchise without giving separate written notification of its intention\nt…

§ 211. Fair association, when entitled to privileges. Any state,\ncounty or other fair association shall be entitled to the privileges\nconferred by section two hundred four of this article upon filing in the\noffices wherein its certificate of incorporation is filed, a certific…

* § 212. Franchise oversight board. 1. There is hereby created a\nfranchise oversight board which shall consist of five members. Of the\nfive members, three shall be appointed by the governor, one shall be\nappointed by the temporary president of the senate and one shall be\napp…

§ 213. Project labor agreements. 1. For the purposes of this section,\n"project labor agreement" shall mean a pre-hire collective bargaining\nagreement between a contractor and the labor organization, including an\norganization composed of more than one labor union, determined b…

§ 214. Acquisition of racing facilities. Any franchised corporation\ndesiring to acquire racing facilities, including real estate, or the\ncapital stock of one or more racing associations shall apply to the\nfranchise oversight board for approval of such acquisition. If in the\n…

§ 216. Disposition of racing facilities or certain assets. 1. Any\nfranchised corporation desiring to grant, give, devise, or sell any\nassets including tangible and intangible assets, racing facilities and\nreal estate shall apply to the commission and to the franchise oversigh…

§ 217. Revocation of licenses. If any corporation to which a license\nshall be granted shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of\nthis chapter, or with the terms and conditions of its license, or if for\nany other reason the continuance of such license shall not be d…

§ 218. Stewards at race meetings. There shall be three stewards to\nsupervise each running race meeting conducted pursuant to sections two\nhundred five and two hundred six of this article. One of such stewards\nshall be the official steward of the commission, one shall be appoi…

§ 219. Advertising or promotional material. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, rule or regulation nothing herein shall be deemed to\nauthorize the stewards or the commission to promulgate any rule or\nregulation that would prohibit a jockey from wearing any advertising…

§ 220. Licenses for participants and employees at race meetings. * 1.\nFor the purpose of maintaining a proper control over race meetings\nconducted pursuant to sections two hundred five and two hundred six of\nthis article, the commission shall license owners, which term shall …

§ 220-a. Corporations continued. Corporations heretofore formed under\nchapter five hundred seventy of the laws of eighteen hundred\nninety-five, chapter four hundred forty of the laws of nineteen hundred\ntwenty-six, or under article twenty of the membership corporations law,\n…

§ 221. New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. 1. There is\ncreated a not-for-profit corporation to be known as The New York Jockey\nInjury Compensation Fund, Inc. and referred to in this section as "the\nfund". To the extent that the provisions of the not-for-profit\ncor…

§ 221-a. Health insurance for jockeys. 1. a. A franchised corporation\nshall, as a condition of racing, establish a program to administer the\npurchase of health insurance for eligible jockeys.\n Such program shall be funded through the deposit of one and one-half\npercent of th…

§ 221-b. Health insurance for trainers. 1. A franchised corporation\nshall, as a condition of racing, establish a program to administer the\npurchase of health insurance for eligible trainers. Such program shall\nbe funded through the deposit of up to three percent of the gross …

§ 222. Notice to be posted upon grounds. Every corporation to be\norganized under this article or which shall be entitled to exercise any\nof the powers conferred by section two hundred three of this article\nshall cause to be properly posted in conspicuous positions upon the\ng…

§ 223. Special police officers. For the purpose of preserving order\nand preventing offenses against the laws prohibiting gambling, the\ntrustees or directors of any corporation created under or subject to the\nprovisions of this article are hereby authorized to appoint from tim…

§ 224. Penalty for unlawful racing and betting. All racing or trials\nof speed between horses or other animals for any bet, stake or reward,\nexcept such as is allowed by this article or by special laws, is a\npublic nuisance; and every person acting or aiding therein, or making…

§ 225. Registration of race horses. The true name, sex and age, and\nalso the pedigree, unless such pedigree is unknown, of every horse,\nmare, gelding, colt or filly shall be registered with the jockey club,\nUnited States trotting association, American quarter horse associatio…

§ 226. Increased or additional entrance fees. A corporation authorized\nby or entitled to the benefits of this article, conducting a running or\nsteeplechase meeting, shall have the right to charge increased or\nadditional entrance fees for admission to any special portion or\np…

§ 228. Pension plans for backstretch employees. 1. The commission may,\nas a condition of racing, require all trainers and owners engaged in\nracing at meetings of any corporation subject to its jurisdiction to\nparticipate in a pension plan or trust established, or which may be…

§ 229. Backstretch employees drug and alcohol rehabilitation\neligibility. Any licensed not-for-profit organization providing drug and\nalcohol rehabilitation services to backstretch employees shall receive\ninformation concerning available funding and existing programs from a\n…

§ 230. Membership in a national thoroughbred racing association.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a\nmajority of the board of directors of a horsemen's organization\nqualified pursuant to section two hundred twenty-eight of this article\nshall annu…

§ 231. Pari-mutuel betting on horse races legalized. In the exercise\nof the authority vested in it by section nine of article one of the\nstate constitution, as amended by vote of the people at the general\nelection in November, nineteen hundred thirty-nine, the legislature\npr…

§ 232. License to conduct pari-mutuel betting at race meetings for\nrunning races or steeplechases. 1. Any corporation, at the time of\nmaking application to the commission for a license to conduct a race\ncourse or a race meeting for running races or steeplechases, or at such\n…

§ 233. Bond required of corporation conducting pari-mutuel betting. 1.\nEvery corporation franchised or licensed by the commission to conduct\npari-mutuel betting, annually and before the opening of any race\nmeeting, shall execute and file with the state comptroller, a bond to\…

§ 234. Place and manner of conducting pari-mutuel betting. Any\ncorporation licensed or franchised to conduct pari-mutuel betting at a\nhorse race meeting shall provide a place or places within the race\nmeeting grounds or enclosure at which such licensee or franchisee shall\nco…

§ 235. Rules for the conduct of pari-mutuel betting. 1. The commission\nshall make rules regulating the conduct of pari-mutuel betting, as\nauthorized pursuant to this chapter.\n 2. The rules shall provide that all winning pari-mutuel tickets must\nbe presented for payment befor…