2015 New York Laws
PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Article 1 - (Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law) SUPERVISION AND REGULATION
101 - Definitions.

 101. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
  have the following meanings:
1.  "Public  officer" shall mean every elected state and local officer
  and every other state and local officer, as defined in  section  two  of
  the  public  officers  law,  whose  duties  relate to pari-mutuel racing
  activities or the taxation thereof, who is required  to  devote  all  or
  substantially  all of his or her time to the duties of his or her office
  for which he or she receives compensation or if employed on a  part-time
  or  other  basis  receives  compensation  in  excess  of twelve thousand
  dollars per annum, a member or  officer  of  the  state  legislature,  a
  member,  director  or  officer  of  the  state gaming commission, or any
  regional  off-track  betting  corporation,  or  a  member  of  a   local
  legislative body.
2.  "Public employee" shall mean every person employed by the state or
  any municipality or other political subdivision thereof or  by  a  local
  legislative body, other than a public officer defined in subdivision one
  of  this  section, who is required to devote all or substantially all of
  his or her time to the duties of his or her employment for which  he  or
  she  receives compensation, or if employed on a part-time basis receives
  compensation in excess of twelve  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  or  an
  employee  of  the  state  legislature or an employee of the state gaming
  commission.
3. "Party officer" shall mean the following members or officers of any
  political party:
(a) a member of a national committee;
(b) a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, treasurer or  counsel  of  a
  state  committee,  or  member  of  the  executive  committee  of a state
  committee;
(c) a county leader, chairman, vice-chairman,  counsel,  secretary  or
  treasurer of a county committee.
4.  "Local  legislative  body"  shall  mean  the legislative body of a
  county; the council, common council or board of aldermen and  the  board
  of  estimate,  the  board  of  estimate  and  apportionment  or board of
  estimate and contract, if there be one, of a city; the town board  of  a
  town and the village board of a village.
5.  "Gaming  activity" shall mean the conduct of any form of legalized
  gaming, including, but not limited to, Class III gaming under the Indian
  Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C.  2701 et seq.,  pari-mutuel  wagering,
  both  on-track  and  off-track, bingo and charitable games of chance and
  the state lottery for education.
6. "Commission" or "state gaming commission" shall mean the  New  York
  state  gaming  commission created pursuant to section one hundred two of
  this article.