S3290-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
• Feb 15, 2011: REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

S3290-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3290

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation
to establishing an account to promote the standardbred breeding industry

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To provide a secure, stable funding stream from the Agriculture and
New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund to support the
education, promotion and protection of the standardbred breeding
industry.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 332 Racing, Pari-mutuel Wagering and Breeding law is amended
to provide a percentage of funding from the Agriculture and New York
State Horse Breeding Development Fund to enhance the educational,
administrative and promotional efforts of the Harness Horse Breeders
of New York state.

JUSTIFICATION:
The New York Sire Stakes program established in 1961, was created by
the Harness Horse Breeders of New York State (HHBNY) and was the
first program of its kind developed in North America and later became
the model for state-bred racing programs in nearly all of the major
harness racing states and provinces on the continent. HHBNY was also
instrumental in establishing the Agriculture and New York State Horse
Breeding Development Fund, which collects a portion of handle to
redistribute to state-bred horses through the New York Sire Stakes
program. Under the leadership of the Fund and in concert with HHBNY,
purses for the New York Sire Stakes have grown from $300,000 in 1961
to over $13 million today.

HHBNY has a longstanding history of planning and managing the New York
Sire Stakes racing program, while working to educate the public about
standardbred breeding and racing in New York. For almost 50 years,
the Fund has contracted with the organization to perform many of
these critical functions, but the annual contracting process has
become time consuming,cumbersome and has led to drastically reduced
funding for HHBNY. This in turn has forced the organization to layoff
staff and curtail their crucial duties. This bill seeks to remove
HHBNY from yearly contract uncertainty and provide a steady, secure
funding stream from the Fund to the organization so that they can
best fulfill their longstanding and critical duties.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S7437
04/09/10 REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
06/08/10 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
None to the General Fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S3290-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3290
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 February 15, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- 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 establishing an account to promote the standardbred breed
 ing industry
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 332 of the racing, pari-mutuel
 wagering and breeding law is amended by adding a new paragraph j to read
 as follows:

 J. AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWO PERCENT THEREOF IN AN ACCOUNT DESIGNATED "TO
 EDUCATE, PROMOTE,  ADVERTISE  AND  PROTECT"  THE  STANDARDBRED  BREEDING
 INDUSTRY  BY  THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT TRADE ORGANIZATION, GOVERNED BY A BOARD
 OF DIRECTORS ELECTED BY ITS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, REPRESENTING THE MAJORI
 TY OF STANDARDBRED HORSE BREEDERS IN NEW YORK.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07557-01-1

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