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                                        254--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on  Racing  and Wagering -- recommitted to the Committee on Racing and
         Wagering in accordance with Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
         relation to prohibiting certain claims from being finalized in  claim-
         ing races
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding  law  is
    2  amended by adding a new section 104-a to read as follows:
    3    S  104-A.  PROHIBITION  AGAINST  FINALIZING CERTAIN CLAIMS IN CLAIMING
    4  RACES. NO CLAIM FOR A HORSE IN  A  CLAIMING  RACE  SHALL  BE  FINALIZED,
    5  UNLESS  SUCH  HORSE  FINISHES  THE  RACE UNASSISTED AND IS EXAMINED BY A
    6  VETERINARIAN, LICENSED TO PRACTICE VETERINARY  MEDICINE  IN  THIS  STATE
    7  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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