N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 205: License for running races and steeplechase meetings

§ 205. License for running races and steeplechase meetings. Any

non-franchised corporation desiring to obtain the benefits of the

provisions of section two hundred three of this article, if proposing to

conduct a race course or race meeting for running races or

steeplechases, may annually apply to the commission for a license to

conduct running races and race meetings or steeplechases and

steeplechase meetings, as the case may be. If, in the judgment of such

commission the public interest, convenience or necessity will be served

thereby and a proper case for the issuance of such license is shown

consistent with the purposes of this article and the best interest of

racing generally, the commission may grant such license, for a term

within the calendar year, which shall specify the dates and period of

time during which, and the place where, the licensee may operate. The

fee for such license shall be one hundred dollars for each racing day,

payable upon issuance of license. In considering an application for a

license under this section, the commission may give consideration to the

number of licenses already granted and to the location of the tracks

previously licensed. Every such license shall contain a condition that

all running races or race meetings conducted thereunder shall be subject

to such reasonable rules and regulations from time to time prescribed by

the commission, designated as the "rules of racing". Before promulgating

such rules of racing or modifying or abrogating any of them, the

commission shall give the jockey club, a corporation organized under the

laws of the state of New York, an opportunity to submit recommendations

relative to such rules for running races and race meetings, and to the

national steeplechase and hunt association, a corporation organized

under the laws of the state of New York, an opportunity to submit

recommendations relative to such rules for steeplechases and

steeplechase meetings, and the commission may adopt, to the extent that

it deems appropriate, any rules so submitted by either of such

corporations or by any other nationally recognized association or

corporation that has for its purpose the improvement of the breed.