RWB-30-12-00001-A Procedures and Penalties for the Testing of Thoroughbred and Harness Race Horses for the Presence of Excess TCO2 Levels

10/17/12 N.Y. St. Reg. RWB-30-12-00001-A

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIV, ISSUE 42

October 17, 2012

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

RACING AND WAGERING BOARD

NOTICE OF ADOPTION

 

I.D No. RWB-30-12-00001-A

Filing No. 992

Filing Date. Oct. 01, 2012

Effective Date. Oct. 17, 2012

Procedures and Penalties for the Testing of Thoroughbred and Harness Race Horses for the Presence of Excess TCO2 Levels

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:

Action taken:

Amendment of sections 4043.8(a), (b) and (e), 4043.9(a) and (b), 4120.13(a), (b) and (e), 4120.14(a) and (b); and addition of sections 4043.9(c) and 4120.14(c) to Title 9 NYCRR.

Statutory authority:

Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law, sections 101(1), 301(1), (2)(a) and 902(1)

Subject:

Procedures and penalties for the testing of thoroughbred and harness race horses for the presence of excess TCO2 levels.

Purpose:

To revise the TCO2 testing rule to reflect current scientific developments and revise penalties to best deter violations.

Text or summary was published

in the July 25, 2012 issue of the Register, I.D. No. RWB-30-12-00001-P.

Final rule as compared with last published rule:

No changes.

Text of rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:

John Googas, New York State Racing and Wagering Board, One Broadway Plaza, Suite 600, Schenectady, New York 12305-2553, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Assessment of Public Comment

The agency received no public comment.