1/6/16 N.Y. St. Reg. SGC-44-15-00019-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
Addition of sections 4007.7 and 4106.10; and amendment of sections 4105.13 and 4106.1 of Title 9 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law, sections 103(2), 104(1), (19) and 301
Subject:
Reporting requirements for a race horse that has been castrated and is classified as a gelding.
Purpose:
To ensure that the betting public is properly informed that a race horse that was previously an intact male has been castrated.
Text or summary was published
in the November 4, 2015 issue of the Register, I.D. No. SGC-44-15-00019-P.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Text of rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Kristen Buckley, New York State Gaming Commission, One Broadway Center, P.O. Box 7500, Schenectady, New York 12301, (518) 388-3407, email:
gamingrules@gaming.ny.govInitial Review of Rule
As a rule that does not require a RFA, RAFA or JIS, this rule will be initially reviewed in the calendar year 2020, which is no later than the 5th year after the year in which this rule is being adopted
Assessment of Public Comment
The Commission received written comments in support of the amendment from Batavia Downs Gaming, a harness racetrack owned by the Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation. The letter dated October 20, 2015 stated: “Batavia Downs is strongly in favor of this proposal. We feel it is in the best interest of our patrons that the timely notification of the surgical alteration to a racehorse be made public.”
