A 741: Requires the installation and use of surveillance cameras in all racetracks; provides cameras shall be capable of monitoring human and equine traffic in and out of individual stalls, barns and surrounding areas; provides video footage shall be available for review for no less than three years from the date of surveillance.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 741 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation to requiring the installation and use of surveillance cameras in all racetracks The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law is 2 amended by adding a new section 907 to read as follows: 3 § 907. Surveillance cameras. 1. High definition state-of-the-art 4 surveillance cameras with quality sound capability shall be installed, 5 kept properly maintained and operated and utilized in all racetracks, 6 including, but not limited to, the entire stable area and be capable of 7 monitoring human and equine traffic twenty-four hours a day, seven days 8 a week, in and out of individual stalls, barns and surrounding areas. 9 The video footage including sound shall be able to be viewed and 10 listened to in real time and shall be stored and available for detailed 11 subsequent review for no less than three years from the date of surveil- 12 lance as provided for under this section. 13 2. Any racetrack that fails to implement the provisions of this 14 section shall be subject to a fine of ten thousand dollars per day of 15 noncompliance. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 17 law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02266-01-5