Amendment ID: S21-29-R1

Redraft Amendment 29

Racing simulcasting

Messrs. Pacheco and Kennedy move to amend the amendment by inserting after section 43 the following section:-

“SECTION 43A. Notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 128C of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts gaming commission may, by regulation, reduce or eliminate the premium to be paid by the greyhound dog racing meeting licensee located in Suffolk county, the greyhound dog racing meeting licensee located in Bristol county, the harness horse racing meeting licensee located in Norfolk county and the running horse racing meeting licensee located in Suffolk county, for interstate  simulcasts received, over and above the costs of obtaining such simulcasts, to the horsemen at the race track licensee where the premiums were received and paid to the horsemen as purses.  In determining the premium, the commission shall consider all factors it deems necessary to provide for the best interest of all interested stakeholders, including but not limited to regional equity, payment equity, the licensees’ economic viability, local economic impacts and the amount necessary to provide sufficient funding to the purse accounts of the horsemen.  Annually, not later than July 1, the commission shall file with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and with the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies, a report on the status and sufficiency of the premiums to support the horsemen as purses.”; and

by inserting after section 46 the following section:-

“SECTION 46A.  Section 43A shall expire on July 31, 2016.”