Legislative Bill Drafting Commission - 12263-01-6

       Legislative Bill Drafting Commission
                    12263-01-6
 
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      IN SENATE--Introduced by Sen
 
      --read twice and ordered printed,
      and when printed to be committed
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      IN ASSEMBLY--Introduced by M. of A.
 
      with M. of A. as co-sponsors
 
 
      --read once and referred to the
      Committee on
 
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                     AN ACT
 
      to  amend  the  racing,  pari-mutuel
      wagering   and   breeding   law,  in
      relation to  the  non-profit  racing
      association oversight board
 
        The  People of  the  State of New
      York ,  represented in  Senate   and
      Assembly, do enact as follows:
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   1    Section  1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 208-b of the racing, pari-
 
   2  mutuel wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 354 of the laws of
 
   3  2005, are amended to read as follows:
 
   4    1. [There is hereby created a non-profit racing association  oversight
 
   5  board   consisting  of  five  members  appointed  by the governor, herein
 
   6  referred  to in this section as the board. Of the five members, one shall
 
   7  be  appointed upon the recommendation of the temporary president  of  the
 
   8  senate  and one shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the speaker
 
   9  of   the  assembly. Each member shall serve for a term of four years. The
 
  10  governor  shall designate the chair from among the  sitting  members  who
 
  11  shall  serve as such at the pleasure of the governor.
 
  12    2.   The members shall serve without compensation for their services as
 
  13  members , but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary
 
  14  expenses  incurred in the performance of their duties.] There  is hereby
 
  15  created   a  corporation to be known as the non-profit racing association
 
  16  oversight  board, herein referred to in this section as the  board.  Such
 
  17  board shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting a public bene-
 
  18  fit  corporation.  The  board shall consist of five members appointed by
 
  19  the  governor. Of the five members,  one  shall  be  appointed  upon  the
 
  20  recommendation  of the temporary president of the senate and one shall be
 
  21  appointed   upon  the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly. Each
 
  22  member  shall serve for a term of four years. The governor  shall  desig-
 
  23  nate  the chair from among the sitting members who shall serve as such at
 
  24  the  pleasure of the governor.
 
  25    2.   The members shall serve without compensation for their services as
 
  26  members , but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary
 
  27  expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.  The  state  shall
 
  28  save   harmless  and  indemnify  members  of  the  board and any officer,
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   1  employee, agent or other person or persons pursuant to section seventeen
 
   2  of  the public officers law against any claim, demand, suit  or  judgment
 
   3  arising  by reason of any act or omission to act by such member, officer,
 
   4  employee,  agent  or  person  occurring  in  the discharge of his or her
 
   5  duties  and within the scope of his or  her  service  on  behalf  of  the
 
   6  board .
 
   7    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 
   8  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1,  2005  provided
 
   9  that the amendments to section 208-b of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering
 
  10  and  breeding  law  made by section one of this act shall be repealed on
 
  11  the same date as such section is repealed pursuant to chapter 354 of the
 
  12  laws of 2005, as amended.