N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 243: Free or reduced fee passes, cards or badges

§ 243. Free or reduced fee passes, cards or badges. A corporation

licensed or franchised to conduct pari-mutuel betting on races run on

its racetrack may issue free passes, cards or badges to any qualified

person. A qualified person shall include, but need not be limited to,

officers and employees of the corporation conducting the race meeting,

members, officers and employees of the commission, members and employees

of the jockey club, members and employees of the national steeplechase

and hunt association, members of turf organizations of other states and

foreign countries, public officers engaged in the performance of their

duties, persons actually employed and accredited by the press to attend

such meetings, owners, stable managers, trainers, jockeys, jockey

managers, grooms, concessionaires, spouses, domestic partners and

children of owners, trainers and jockeys, other persons whose actual

duties require their presence at such racetrack, and any other person or

guest deemed appropriate by such corporation. In addition, free or

reduced fee passes, cards or badges may be issued to the general public

or segments of the general public in connection with any promotional

campaign or marketing program sponsored by such corporation to increase

attendance at live race meets. The issuance of free passes, cards or

badges shall be under the rules and regulations of the commission.