Penalties
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- Executive Department
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- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Jul 15, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Jun 6, 2026
(a)The penalties for violation of the rules of the commission shall be as follows:
(1)denial, revocation or suspension of license;
(2)monetary fines not exceeding $25,000 for each violation;
(3)suspension from one or more activities at one or more tracks;
(4)expulsion from pari-mutuel harness racing in New York State;
(5)forfeiture or return of purses won.
(b)The penalties provided above, where applicable, shall be exacted from all persons, whether licensed by the commission or not.
(c)Penalties for violation of any rule of the commission may be imposed by the commission, the track steward or the judges presiding at each licensed harness race meeting.
(d)Suspension or exclusion of a person shall apply in each instance to the spouse of the person.
(e)Payment of a fine directly or indirectly by a person other than the person upon whom it is imposed is prohibited, and such prohibition applies to the person upon whom the fine is imposed and the person paying said fine.
(f)Where, for violation of any racing rule herein, a penalty is assessed in the form of license suspension for days certain, and the person affected requests a hearing to review said action, and in connection therewith requests the commission to assess a fine in substitution of said penalty of suspension, the commission may, in its discretion, order such substitution, and reinstate the license of said person upon payment of said substituted fine.