BILL NUMBER: SB 2035	CHAPTERED  08/26/02

	CHAPTER  268
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 26, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 24, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 8, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 27, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 24, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 7, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Karnette

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2002

   An act to amend Section 19596.1 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2035, Karnette.  Horse racing.
   Under existing law, the California Horse Racing Board is
authorized to permit a harness or quarter horse association
conducting a race meeting to accept wagers on the results of
out-of-state, out-of-country, and sometimes other harness or quarter
horse races, if specified conditions are met. One of these
conditions is that, the association imports no more than 6 races on
live racing days.  Another is that, subject to specified conditions
and limitations, if only one breed is being raced on a given live
racing day, the live racing association may import additional races
that would otherwise be simulcast by the association which is not
racing.
   This bill would allow an association permitted to import up to 6
races pursuant to the applicable provision above, if it imports fewer
than the  6 races authorized for a given night, to later import
races equal in number to those foregone, provided that no more than 2
races could be reserved or added on a single night of racing.  This
bill would provide that the total number of races imported under
these provisions by an association in a calendar year may not exceed
the total number of imported races authorized by the formulas in
existing law.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 19596.1 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19596.1.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
board may authorize a harness or quarter horse association conducting
a race meeting to accept wagers on the results of out-of-state or
out-of-country harness or quarter horse races and, with the board's
approval and with the concurrence of the horsemen's organization
contracting with the association, other designated harness or quarter
horse races during the period it is conducting the racing meeting,
if all of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The authorization complies with federal laws, including, but
not limited to, Chapter 57 (commencing with Section 3001) of Title 15
of the United States Code.
   (2) Wagering is offered only within the racing inclosure and only
within 36 hours of the running of the out-of-state feature race.
   (3) The association conducts at least seven live races, and
imports not more than six races on those days during a racing meeting
when live races are being run, except as provided in subdivision
(b).
   (4) If only one breed of horse specified in this section is being
raced on a given day, then the association conducting the live racing
may import those races which would otherwise be simulcast by the
association which is not racing, provided that the total number of
harness or quarter horse races imported in a calendar year does not
exceed the number of night races imported in 1998 after 5:30 p.m.
After the usual deductions, including the portion for the racing
association, the portion remaining for purses from these races shall
be distributed equally for purses for harness horsemen and quarter
horse horsemen.
   (b) An association that is authorized to import races pursuant to
subdivision (a) may, at its sole discretion, import fewer than the
maximum number of harness or quarter horse races authorized in
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).  For up to two races per night, for
each race that is not imported under the maximum authorized by
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) on a particular night of racing, the
association may add a race to the number of races allowable under
the maximum authorization on another night of racing. However, no
more than two races may be added under this subdivision to the number
allowable on a single night, and the total number of imported races
over a calendar year may not exceed the total number of imported
races authorized pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision
(a).