NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8533
SPONSOR: Pretlow TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to allowing New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired by
New York state stallions; and to repeal certain provisions of such law
relating thereto
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To further ensure the effectiveness of chapter 506 of the laws of
2023(Approval Memo 10) permitting New York State's expansion of sire
stakes eligibility for foals sired by New York State stallions.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill makes the following changes to chapter 506 of the
laws of 2023:
*Requires that colts and fillies admitted be dropped from a mare bred in
this state;
*Establishes that the fund may establish a system that distinguishes
between foals sired by a stallion standing in this state and bred within
this state; foals sired by a stallion standing in this state and with a
mare bred outside this state; and foals sired by a stallion standing in
this state and dropped from a mare who was bred, and resided, in this
state for at least one hundred eighty days in the year of conception;
and
*Establishes that the fund shall provide bonus payments to those foals
bred within the state that meet other conditions imposed by the fund.
Section 2 repeals subdivision 3-a of section 334 of the racing, pari-mu-
tuel wagering and breeding law, as added by a chapter of the laws of
2023 amending the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law relating
to allowing New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired by New York
state stallions.
Section 3 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The number of mares bred in New York State has decreased significantly
since 2020. Chapter 506 of the.laws of 2023 broadened the requirements
for colts and fillies to be eligible for sire stakes. This bill makes
amendments to that chapter to further ensure the effectiveness and effi-
ciency of the expansion of sire stake eligibility.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This bill is a amendment to chapter 506 of the laws of 2023.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the racing, pari-mutuel wagering
and breeding law relating to allowing New York sire stakes eligibility
for foals sired by New York state stallions, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, takes effect.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8533
IN ASSEMBLY
January 5, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- 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 allowing New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired
by New York state stallions; and to repeal certain provisions of such
law relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 of
2 section 334 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as
3 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the racing, pari-mutu-
4 el wagering and breeding law relating to allowing New York sire stakes
5 eligibility for foals sired by New York state stallions, as proposed in
6 legislative bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, are amended to read as
7 follows:
8 The fund is further authorized and directed to conduct each year, at
9 the New York state exposition, with the approval of the director of the
10 exposition, or at any licensed pari-mutuel track in New York state, with
11 a preference given to any available licensed pari-mutuel track that is
12 five-eighths of a mile long or larger, colt, stake and overnight events
13 for standardbred horses to provide contests for two year old and three
14 year old colts and fillies at each gait of trotting and pacing. The
15 colt, stake and overnight events so conducted for two year old and three
16 year old colts and fillies at each gait of trotting and pacing hereunder
17 shall be conditioned to admit only those colts and fillies dropped from
18 a mare bred in this state and sired by a stallion owned or leased and
19 permanently standing for service at and within this state at the time of
20 the said foal's conception, provided, however, that such mare, stallion,
21 and foal shall be microchipped with such microchip information which the
22 commission may request be provided and made available pursuant to
23 section two hundred twenty-five of this chapter. Such colt, stake and
24 overnight events shall be opened for nomination not earlier than the
25 first day of January in the year the event is to be held and only colts
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 and fillies and horses complying with the following standards shall be
2 eligible for such nomination:
3 2. The fund is further authorized and directed in each year, in coop-
4 eration with each licensee harness track in this state, to provide for
5 the running of stake events conditioned to admit only two year old and
6 three year old colts and fillies sired by a stallion owned or leased and
7 permanently standing for service at and within this state at the time of
8 the said foal's conception, at each gait of trotting and pacing, to be
9 known as "New York sire stakes" and to contribute to the purses, stakes
10 or prizes to be awarded in such "New York sire stakes", such sums as the
11 fund shall deem advisable. The fund may establish a system that distin-
12 guishes between (a) foals sired by a stallion standing in this state and
13 bred within this state, (b) foals sired by a stallion standing in this
14 state and with a mare bred outside this state, and (c) foals sired by a
15 stallion standing in this state and dropped from a mare who was bred,
16 and resided, in this state for at least one hundred eighty days in the
17 year of conception. The fund shall provide bonus payments to those foals
18 bred within the state that meet other conditions imposed by the fund.
19 The fund may prescribe a starting fee for such "New York-bred harness
20 horse stakes" but in no event shall such fee be less than two per centum
21 of the estimated purse for each entry. The fee prescribed shall be added
22 to the purses awarded.
23 § 2. Subdivision 3-a of section 334 of the racing, pari-mutuel wager-
24 ing and breeding law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending
25 the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law relating to allowing
26 New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired by New York state stal-
27 lions, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, is
28 REPEALED.
29 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
30 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the racing, pari-mutuel
31 wagering and breeding law relating to allowing New York sire stakes
32 eligibility for foals sired by New York state stallions, as proposed in
33 legislative bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, takes effect.
