N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4000.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 4000.3 - Definitions

(a) Association or racing association means any corporation or franchised corporation authorized by the Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law, whether or not duly licensed by the commission.

(b) Bookmaking or making book means the acceptance or solicitation of a wager as defined by article 225 of the Penal Law.

(c) Commission means the New York State Gaming Commission or, when referring to other jurisdictions, the governmental body having authority over the horse racing and wagering activities in the jurisdiction.

(d) Racetrack operator means the corporation, association or other business entity that is licensed, franchised or otherwise permitted to man- age and operate a race track at which pari-mutuel thorough bred horse racing is conducted in New York State.

(e) Owner or stable, as applied to the racing of a horse, shall include a managing owner, a racing owner, a part owner, a lessor and a lessee and may comprise one or more natural persons in a partnership or in any other authorized form of collective ownership or control and such entity, as more fully defined in Part 4026 of this Subchapter.

(f) Race track or track shall mean any and all parts of the plant of a racing association, including but not limited to: the racing strip, the approaches and entrances, the stands and all other accommodations and facilities afforded to the public, the stables, barns, paddocks, quarters of jockeys and others employed in or about the track, judges' and stewards' boxes, photo finish and film patrol plants, pari-mutuel offices, facilities and equipment, totalisator and public annunciator system.

(g) Rules and regulations shall be deemed to include all rules of the commission applicable to administration and racing unless other meaning is clearly indicated.

(h) Stewards shall mean the steward of the commission, the steward appointed by The Jockey Club, and the steward appointed by the racing association conducting the meeting, or their deputies or substitutes, acting together or such of them as may be acting at the time.

(i) Unless another meaning is clearly indicated, words of any gender shall include the masculine, feminine, and neuter and refer to natural persons and legal entities, including a State department, agency, instrumentality, and governmental subdivision, and words of number shall include the singular and plural.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4000.3

Amended New York State Register January 8, 2019/Volume XLII, Issue 01, eff. 1/8/2020