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

§ 329. Penalties. 1. The failure of any witness, when duly subpoenaed, to attend, give testimony or produce other evidence shall be punishable by the supreme court in the same manner as such failure is punishable by such court in a case therein pending. 2. Any person who shall f…

§ 330. Agriculture and New York state horse breeding development fund. 1. There is hereby created within the state gaming commission the "agriculture and New York state horse breeding development fund". Such fund shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefi…

§ 331. Powers. The fund shall have power: 1. To sue and be sued. 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure. 3. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate purposes. 4. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs. 5. To invest o…

§ 332. Resources of fund. The fund is authorized and directed: 1. To collect and receive in each calendar year amounts to be paid to the fund by the persons or corporations licensed to conduct pari-mutuel betting at harness racing tracks, an amount equal to three-fifths of one p…

§ 333. New York state exposition harness racing. The fund is authorized and empowered to disburse annually as purses, prizes or premiums the moneys contained in the account designated in paragraph d of subdivision one of section three hundred thirty-two of this article, to owner…

§ 334. New York-bred harness horse events. 1. The fund is further\nauthorized and directed to conduct each year, at the New York state\nexposition, with the approval of the director of the exposition, or at\nany licensed pari-mutuel track in New York state, with a preference\ngi…

§ 335. County and town agricultural society harness racing events. The fund is further authorized and directed in each year, in cooperation with each town and county agricultural society, qualified therefor under rules and regulations established by the fund, to provide for the …

§ 336. Actions against fund. Except in an action for wrongful death, no action against the fund founded upon tort shall be commenced (a) prior to the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the notice of claim upon which the action is founded, served pursuant to section…

§ 401. General powers of commission. 1. Pursuant to the provisions of sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter, the commission shall have power to supervise generally all quarter horse race meetings in this state at which pari-mutuel betting is …

§ 402. Incorporation. Any number of persons, not less than five, may become a corporation for the purpose of conducting quarter horse race meetings at which pari-mutuel betting will be conducted, with all the general powers of corporations created under the laws of this state, b…

§ 403. Filing of information concerning stock transfers; necessity for commission approval. 1. Whenever there is a transfer of stock of any association or corporation that is licensed under this article, or of any association or corporation that leases to such licensee the track…

§ 404. Right to hold quarter horse race meetings and races. Any corporation formed under the provisions of the pari-mutuel revenue law, and any corporation and association that shall have conducted quarter horse race meetings during two years prior to the enactment of the pari-m…

§ 405. Pari-mutuel betting at quarter horse races. No more than five corporations or associations shall be licensed by the commission in any one year to conduct a pari-mutuel meet or meets. Said pari-mutuel betting conducted at such meetings shall be under the general supervisio…

§ 407. Licenses for quarter horse race meetings. 1. Any association or corporation desiring to conduct quarter horse race meetings at which pari-mutuel betting shall be permitted may apply annually to the commission for a license so to do. If, in the judgment of the commission t…

§ 408. Officials at quarter horse race meetings. At all quarter horse race meetings licensed by the commission in accordance with provisions of sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter, qualified judges and starters shall be designated by the co…

§ 409. Licenses for participants and employees at quarter horse race meetings. 1. For the purpose of maintaining a proper control over quarter horse race meetings conducted pursuant to sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter, the commission may…

§ 410. Power of commission to impose fines and penalties. The\ncommission, in addition to its powers to suspend or revoke licenses\ngranted by it, is hereby authorized and empowered to impose monetary\nfines upon any corporation, association or person participating in any\nway i…

§ 411. Refunds. Moneys received by the commission pursuant to this article may within one year from the receipt thereof be refunded to the party for whose account the same were received on proof satisfactory to the commission that: 1. such moneys were in excess of the amount req…

§ 412. Special police officers. 1. For the purpose of preserving order and preventing offenses against the laws prohibiting gambling, the officers or directors of any corporation or association created under or subject to the provisions of this article are hereby authorized to a…

§ 413. Place and manner of conducting pari-mutuel betting. Any corporation or association licensed to conduct pari-mutuel betting at a quarter horse race meeting shall provide a place or places within race meeting grounds or enclosure at which such licensee shall conduct the par…

§ 414. Construction. Nothing in sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter shall be construed to preclude the American Quarter Horse Association from independently licensing or disciplining any of its members or performing any function heretofore …

§ 415. Bond required of corporation or association conducting pari-mutuel betting. Every corporation or association licensed by the commission to conduct quarter horse race meetings at which pari-mutuel betting shall be permitted, annually and before the opening of any race meet…

§ 416. Books and records of pari-mutuel betting. Every corporation or association conducting a quarter horse race meeting at which pari-mutuel betting is authorized shall keep its books and records so as to clearly show by a separate record the total amount of money contributed …

§ 417. Filing of certain agreements with commission. Every association or corporation licensed to conduct quarter horse race meetings at which pari-mutuel betting is permitted shall promptly after entering into any lease, agreement concerning any concession, labor management rel…

§ 418. Disposition of pari-mutuel pools. 1. Every association or corporation authorized under section four hundred five of this article to conduct pari-mutuel betting at a quarter horse race meeting on races run thereat shall distribute all sums deposited in any pari-mutuel pool…

§ 419. Revocation of license. The commission may revoke or suspend a license for the conduct of quarter horse race meetings at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted: 1. for any cause that would permit or require the commission to refuse to issue a license, or 2. if the commissi…

§ 420. Hearing of refusal or revocation of license. If the commission refuses to grant a license applied for under sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter, or revokes or suspends such license granted by it, or imposes a monetary fine upon a par…

§ 421. Approval of plans of corporation or association. The commission shall not grant to a corporation or association hereafter formed pursuant to sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter, a license to conduct a quarter horse race meeting at wh…

§ 422. Free or reduced fee passes, cards or badges. A corporation or association licensed to conduct pari-mutuel betting on quarter horse races run at its racetrack may issue free passes, cards or badges to any qualified person. A qualified person shall include, but need not be …

§ 423. County, town and agricultural fairs and quarter horse race meetings not licensed to conduct pari-mutuel betting. Pari-mutuel betting on quarter horse races at any county, town, agricultural or other fair held within the state, shall not be authorized and no lottery, pool-…

§ 424. Employees at quarter horse race meetings. At least eighty-five per centum of the persons employed each day in the operation and conduct of pari-mutuel betting at quarter horse race meets licensed pursuant to sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five of th…

§ 425. Membership in a labor union or labor organization. 1. Membership in a labor union or a labor organization shall not be, or be made, a condition of employment or a preference in employment nor a condition of, or a preference in, the continuation of employment of any person…

§ 426. Disposition of unpaid money due on account of pari-mutuel tickets not presented. The sum held by any corporation or association authorized to conduct pari-mutuel betting for payment of outstanding winning pari-mutuel tickets and for refunding the price of pari-mutuel tick…

§ 427. Penalties. 1. The failure of any witness, when duly subpoenaed, to attend, give testimony or produce other evidence shall be punishable by the supreme court in the same manner as such failure is punishable by such court in a case therein pending. 2. Any person who shall f…

§ 428. Construction. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special, or local law or ordinance, the provisions of sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter and the rules and regulations and requirements of the commission relating to the t…

§ 429. Quarter horse racing defined. The term "quarter horse racing", as used in this article, shall be construed to mean only horse racing in which the horses participating are mounted by a jockey and are registered by the American Quarter Horse Association.

§ 430. Definitions. As used in sections four hundred thirty-one through four hundred thirty-five of this article, the following terms shall mean and include: 1. "Fund." The New York state quarter horse breeding and development fund corporation established by section four hundred…

§ 431. New York state quarter horse breeding and development fund. 1. A corporation to be known as the "New York state quarter horse breeding and development fund corporation" is hereby created. Such corporation shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit…

§ 432. Powers of the fund. The fund shall have power: 1. To sue and be sued. 2. To have a seal and to alter the seal at its pleasure. 3. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs. 4. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate purpo…

§ 433. Resources of fund. 1. The fund is authorized and directed to collect and receive in each calendar year to be paid to the fund by quarter horse racing associations or corporations or regional off-track betting corporations ten percent of the breaks derived from on-track wa…

§ 434. Annual audit. The comptroller or his legally authorized representative is authorized to and shall from time to time but at least annually examine the accounts and books of the fund, including its receipts and disbursements.

§ 435. Annual report. The fund shall annually make during the month of January a report to the governor setting forth in detail: 1. Its operations and accomplishments during the preceding year; and 2. Its receipts and disbursements during the preceding year.

§ 436. Actions against fund. Except in an action for wrongful death, no action against the fund founded upon tort shall be commenced (a) prior to the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the notice of claim upon which the action is founded, served pursuant to section…

§ 501. Definitions. As used in this article, in addition to the definitions set forth in section one hundred one of this chapter, the following terms shall mean and include: 1. "Board of directors." The board of directors of a corporation as such board is constituted pursuant to…

§ 502. Establishment of regional off-track betting corporations. 1. a. A regional off-track betting corporation is hereby established for each region, except the New York city region for which the New York city off-track betting corporation established pursuant to and subject to…

* § 502-a. Special provisions with regard to the western regional off-track betting corporation. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, on the effective date of this section the appointments of all members of the western regional off-track betting corpora…

§ 503. Powers of regional corporations. Subject to the general and specific limitations of sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter and the authority of the commission pursuant to articles one and five-a of this chapter, each corporation shall h…

§ 503-a. Additional powers of the regional off-track betting corporations. 1. In addition to the powers enumerated in section five hundred three of this article, financially insolvent regional off-track betting corporations, as determined by the commission upon review of certifi…

§ 504. Policing off-track betting. 1. For the purpose of preserving order and preventing offenses against the laws prohibiting gambling and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter, the officers …

§ 505. Acquisition or leasing of property. 1. A participating county may, in accordance with the provisions of law governing the acquisition or leasing of real property by such county, acquire real property in the name of such county by purchase or condemnation for use by the co…