New York Laws
Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding
203 - Right to Hold Race Meetings and Races.

ยง 203. Right to hold race meetings and races. Any corporation formed
under the provisions of this article, if so claimed in its certificate
of organization, and if it shall comply with all the provisions of this
article, and any other corporation entitled to the benefits and
privileges of this article as hereinafter provided, shall have the power
and the right to hold one or more running race meetings in each year,
and to hold, maintain and conduct running races at such meetings. At
such running race meetings the corporation, or the owners of horses
engaged in such races, or others who are not participants in the race,
may contribute purses, prizes, premiums or stakes to be contested for,
but no person or persons other than the owner or owners of a horse or
horses contesting in a race shall have any pecuniary interest in a
purse, prize, premium or stake contested for in such race, or be
entitled to or receive any portion thereof after such race is finished,
and the whole of such purse, prize, premium or stake shall be allotted
in accordance with the terms and conditions of such race. Races
conducted by a franchised corporation shall be permitted only between
sunrise and sunset. A track first licensed after January first, nineteen
hundred ninety, shall not conduct the simulcasting of thoroughbred races
within district one, in accordance with article ten of this chapter on
days that a franchised corporation is not conducting a race meeting. In
no event shall thoroughbred races conducted by a track first licensed
after January first, nineteen hundred ninety be conducted after eight
o'clock post meridian.

Structure New York Laws

New York Laws

PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law

Article 2 - Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding

201 - Incorporation.

202 - Restriction Upon Commencement of Business.

202-A - Liability of the Directors of a Franchised Corporation.

202-B - No Debt of the State.

203 - Right to Hold Race Meetings and Races.

204 - Certificate of Payment of Stock.

205 - License for Running Races and Steeplechase Meetings.

206 - Franchise for Running Races and Steeplechase Meetings.

207 - Board of Directors of a Franchise Corporation.

208 - Conditions of Franchise Award.

209 - Examination of the Books and Accounts by the State Comptroller.

210 - Franchise Termination.

210-A - Relinquishment of Franchise.

211 - Fair Association, When Entitled to Privileges.

212 - Franchise Oversight Board.

213 - Project Labor Agreements.

214 - Acquisition of Racing Facilities.

216 - Disposition of Racing Facilities or Certain Assets.

217 - Revocation of Licenses.

218 - Stewards at Race Meetings.

219 - Advertising or Promotional Material.

220 - Licenses for Participants and Employees at Race Meetings.

220-A - Corporations Continued.

221 - New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc.

221-A - Health Insurance for Jockeys.

221-B - Health Insurance for Trainers.

222 - Notice to Be Posted Upon Grounds.

223 - Special Police Officers.

224 - Penalty for Unlawful Racing and Betting.

225 - Registration of Race Horses.

226 - Increased or Additional Entrance Fees.

228 - Pension Plans for Backstretch Employees.

229 - Backstretch Employees Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Eligibility.

230 - Membership in a National Thoroughbred Racing Association.

231 - Pari-Mutuel Betting on Horse Races Legalized.

232 - License to Conduct Pari-Mutuel Betting at Race Meetings for Running Races or Steeplechases.

233 - Bond Required of Corporation Conducting Pari-Mutuel Betting.

234 - Place and Manner of Conducting Pari-Mutuel Betting.

235 - Rules for the Conduct of Pari-Mutuel Betting.

236 - Disposition of Pari-Mutuel Pools; Percentage Payable to State as a Tax; Authority of Counties of Certain Cities to Impose a Tax.

237 - Capital Improvements.

238 - Disposition of Pari-Mutuel Pools of the Franchised Corporation; Percentage Payable to State as a Tax; Authority of Counties or Certain Cities to Impos

239 - Books and Records of Pari-Mutuel Betting.

240 - Yearly Audit.

241 - Disposition of Unpaid Money Due on Account of Pari-Mutuel Tickets Not Presented.

242 - Races for Horses Bred in the State.

243 - Free or Reduced Fee Passes, Cards or Badges.

244 - Revocation of License or Franchise.

245 - Hearing on Refusal or Revocation of License or Franchise.

246 - Approval of Plans of Corporation.

247 - Racing Zones.

248 - Racing Season; Allotment of Dates for Racing.

249 - Pari-Mutuel Employees to Be Citizens and Residents.

250 - Power of Commission to Impose Penalties.

251 - Definitions.

252 - New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund.

253 - Powers of the Fund.

254 - Resources of Fund.

255 - Annual Audit.

256 - Annual Report.

257 - Actions Against Fund.