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2021 New York Laws
PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation
103 - Organization and Divisions.

Universal Citation: NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 103 (2021)
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§ 103. Organization and divisions. 1. The commission shall establish a
plan  of  organization and may incur expenses within the limits of funds
available to it.  An  executive  director  shall  be  appointed  by  the
governor,  with the advice and consent of the senate, who shall serve at
his or her pleasure. The executive director shall be responsible for the
conduct of the administrative affairs of the commission.
  2. The commission shall establish  and  supervise  four  divisions  to
respectively  carry  out responsibilities relating to the regulation and
enforcement of the following: lottery, charitable  gaming,  gaming,  and
horse  racing  and  pari-mutuel  wagering.  Each  such division shall be
supervised by a division director, each to serve in such capacity at the
pleasure of the governor.
  (a) Division of lottery. The division of lottery shall be  responsible
to operate and administer the state lottery for education, as prescribed
by  article  thirty-four  of the tax law, excepting responsibilities for
video lottery gaming. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the division  shall
retain  the  responsibility  for  all  aspects of promotional activities
related to video lottery gaming.
  (b) Charitable gaming. The division  of  charitable  gaming  shall  be
responsible  for  the  supervision  and  administration  of the games of
chance licensing law, bingo licensing  law  and  bingo  control  law  as
prescribed  by  articles  nine-A and fourteen-H of the general municipal
law and nineteen-B of the executive law.
  (c) Gaming. The division  of  gaming  shall  be  responsible  for  the
appropriate  administration, regulation or oversight of Indian gaming as
defined by tribal-state compacts in effect pursuant to the Indian Gaming
Regulatory  Act,  25  U.S.C.  §  2701,  et  seq.,  and   operation   and
administration  of  video  lottery  gaming,  as  prescribed  by  article
thirty-four of the tax law.
  (d) Horse racing and  pari-mutuel  wagering.  The  division  of  horse
racing   and   pari-mutuel   wagering   shall  be  responsible  for  the
supervision, regulation and  administration  of  all  horse  racing  and
pari-mutuel  wagering  activities, as prescribed by articles two through
eleven of this chapter.
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