N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 205

§ 205. License for running races and steeplechase meetings. Any\nnon-franchised corporation desiring to obtain the benefits of the\nprovisions of section two hundred three of this article, if proposing to\nconduct a race course or race meeting for running races or\nsteeplechases, may annually apply to the state racing and wagering board\nfor a license to conduct running races and race meetings or\nsteeplechases and steeplechase meetings, as the case may be. If, in the\njudgment of such board the public interest, convenience or necessity\nwill be served thereby and a proper case for the issuance of such\nlicense is shown consistent with the purposes of this article and the\nbest interest of racing generally, it may grant such license, for a term\nwithin the calendar year, which shall specify the dates and period of\ntime during which, and the place where, the licensee may operate. The\nfee for such license shall be one hundred dollars for each racing day\npayable upon issuance of license. In considering an application for a\nlicense under this section, the state racing and wagering board may give\nconsideration to the number of licenses already granted and to the\nlocation of the tracks previously licensed. Every such license shall\ncontain a condition that all running races or race meetings conducted\nthereunder shall be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations\nfrom time to time prescribed by the board, designated as the "rules of\nracing". Before promulgating such rules of racing or modifying or\nabrogating any of them, the board shall give the jockey club, a\ncorporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, an\nopportunity to submit recommendations relative to such rules for running\nraces and race meetings, and to the national steeplechase and hunt\nassociation, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New\nYork, an opportunity to submit recommendations relative to such rules\nfor steeplechases and steeplechase meetings, and the board may adopt, to\nthe extent that it deems appropriate, any rules so submitted by either\nof such corporations or by any other nationally recognized association\nor corporation which has for its purpose the improvement of the breed.\n