§ 1015. Simulcasting of races run by out-of-state harness tracks. 1.\nThe provisions of this section shall govern the simulcasting of races\nconducted at harness tracks located in another state or country during\nthe period July first, nineteen hundred ninety-four through June\nthirtieth, two thousand twenty-six. This section shall supersede all\ninconsistent provisions of this chapter.\n 2. Harness racing associations or corporations subject to a written\nagreement with such association's or corporation's representative\nhorsemen's association and off-track betting facilities are hereby\nauthorized to accept wagers and display the signal of out-of-state\nharness tracks provided that:\n a. the payments to the out-of-state track for accepting wagers and\ndisplaying the live simulcast signals of these races shall not exceed\ntwo percent of total handle for facilities licensed in accordance with\nsection one thousand eight and one thousand nine of this chapter and\nthree percent of total handle for those facilities licensed in\naccordance with section one thousand seven of this chapter.\n b. all off-track betting branches are permitted to accept such wagers\nand that all simulcast facilities licensed in accordance with sections\none thousand eight and one thousand nine of this article are permitted\nto display the live simulcast signal under the same terms and conditions\nas facilities licensed in accordance with section one thousand seven of\nthis article;\n c. on any day on which a harness track is conducting a racing program,\nit shall offer its signal to all off-track betting facilities authorized\nto receive such signals under terms and conditions no less favorable\nthan those in effect on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred\nninety-three; and that in addition to any out-of-state simulcasting\nprogram, the track shall accept wagers and display the signal from at\nleast one in-state harness track;\n d. on any day on which a harness association or corporation is not\nconducting a racing program, it shall accept the signal from not fewer\nthan two in-state harness tracks conducting a program except this\nrequirement may be waived by the written consent of those harness tracks\nconducting the race meeting;\n e. every off-track betting branch office and simulcast facility\nlicensed in accordance with sections one thousand eight and one thousand\nnine of this article, as a condition to accepting out-of-state wagers\nand displaying the live simulcast signal of such races, shall accept\nwagers and display the simulcast signal of its regional harness track at\nall locations at which out-of-state wagers are accepted or the signal\ndisplayed. If the regional harness track is not conducting a race\nmeeting but another harness association in the state is conducting a\nmeeting, the off-track betting facilities as a condition of accepting\nout-of-state wagers shall accept wagers and display the signal from at\nleast one in-state harness track;\n f. No off-track betting facility shall accept wagers or display the\nsimulcast signal from an out-of-state harness track without an agreement\nwith the regional track, provided, however, that off-track betting\nfacilities shall have the right to display any simulcast signal\ndisplayed by a regional harness track and any such agreement shall not\nunreasonably be withheld.\n 3. Any facility authorized to accept wagers on out-of-state tracks\nshall distribute all sums deposited in any pari-mutuel pool to the\nholders of any tickets therein provided such tickets are presented for\npayment prior to April first of the year following the year of their\npurchase less nineteen percent of total deposits in pools resulting from\nregular bets, less twenty-one percent of total deposits of pools\nresulting from multiple bets, less twenty-seven percent of total\ndeposits of pools resulting from exotic bets, less thirty-six percent of\ntotal deposits of pools resulting from super exotic bets plus the bre
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