BILL NUMBER: AB 762	CHAPTERED  10/13/01

	CHAPTER  848
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 13, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 12, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 17, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Papan
   (Coauthor: Senator Speier)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2001

   An act to add Section 19549.14 to the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 762, Papan.  Horse racing.
   Existing law provides that if a track specified in a license
becomes unsuitable for racing, the board may specify another track in
the same area for the conduct of the licensee's horse racing
meeting.
   This bill would permit the California Horse Racing Board to issue
a license to the San Mateo County Fair allowing it to conduct its
horse racing meetings at another location, either within or outside
the county, when its present site, Bay Meadows, closes.  This bill
would also provide that the provisions presently applicable to the
San Mateo County Fair's conduct of live horse racing meetings shall
apply to its conduct of races at any other location, within or
outside of San Mateo County.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 19549.14 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   19549.14.  (a) Notwithstanding, Section 19489 or any other
provision of this chapter, the board may permit the San Mateo County
Fair to conduct live racing meetings at another site within or
outside San Mateo County if its present site, Bay Meadows, closes.
   (b) Live horse racing meetings conducted by the San Mateo County
Fair, whether they are conducted within or outside of San Mateo
County, shall be subject to the same provisions as are presently
applicable to the San Mateo County Fair's conduct of live horse
racing meetings at Bay Meadows.