N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 250
Power of commission to impose penalties
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Current — January 1, 2021
As of January 1, 2015
§ 250. Power of state racing and wagering board to impose penalties.\nIn addition to its power to suspend or revoke occupational licenses,\nlicenses to conduct running races and race meetings or steeplechases and\nsteeplechase meetings and licenses to conduct pari-mutuel betting at a\nrace course or race meeting for running races or steeplechases issued by\nit, the state racing and wagering board is hereby authorized to impose\ncivil penalties upon any such licensee or franchisee for a violation of\nany provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated\npursuant thereto, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars for each\nviolation, which penalties shall be paid into the state treasury. Each\nday upon which such violation continues may be considered by the board\nas a separate violation in assessing the amount of civil penalty to be\nimposed. Any penalty so imposed shall be sued for by the attorney\ngeneral in the name of the people of the state of New York, if so\ndirected by the board. The amount of the penalty collected by the board\nor recovered in any such action, or paid to the board upon a compromise\nas hereinafter provided, shall be paid by the board into the state\ntreasury and credited to the general fund. The board, for cause shown\nand in its discretion, may extend the time for the payment of such\npenalty and, by compromise may accept less than the amount of such\npenalty as imposed in settlement thereof. The powers granted by this\nsection shall not be affected by the circumstances that any such license\nshall have expired by its terms prior to the imposition of such penalty.\n
§ 250. Power of commission to impose penalties. The commission, in\naddition to its power to suspend or revoke occupational licenses,\nlicenses to conduct running races and race meetings or steeplechases and\nsteeplechase meetings and licenses to conduct pari-mutuel betting at a\nrace course or race meeting for running races or steeplechases issued by\nthe commission, is authorized to impose civil penalties upon any such\nlicensee or franchisee for a violation of any provision of this chapter\nor the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, not exceeding\nthe amounts set forth in section one hundred sixteen of this chapter,\nwhich penalties shall be paid into the state treasury. Each day upon\nwhich such violation continues may be considered by the commission as a\nseparate violation in assessing the amount of civil penalty to be\nimposed. Any penalty so imposed shall be sued for by the attorney\ngeneral in the name of the people of the state of New York, if so\ndirected by the commission. The amount of the penalty collected by the\ncommission or recovered in any such action, or paid to the commission\nupon a compromise as hereinafter provided, shall be paid by the\ncommission into the state treasury and credited to the general fund. The\ncommission, for cause shown and in its discretion, may extend the time\nfor the payment of such penalty and, by compromise may accept less than\nthe amount of such penalty as imposed in settlement thereof. The powers\ngranted by this section shall not be affected by the circumstances that\nany such license has expired by its terms prior to the imposition of\nsuch penalty.\n
Official source: NYS Open Legislation (New York State Senate). Reproduced from public-domain New York statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.