BILL NUMBER: AB 1316	CHAPTERED  09/26/02

	CHAPTER  872
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 25, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dickerson

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to amend Sections 19540 and 19701 of, and to add Section
19605.52 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse
racing, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1316, Dickerson.  Horse racing:  satellite wagering facilities.

   (1) Existing law requires that in order to encourage and develop
the racing of all horses in California, regardless of breed, whenever
a state designated fair conducts a program of horse races on which
there is parimutuel wagering, the fair, so far as practicable,
provide a program of racing that includes thoroughbred racing,
quarter horse racing, Arabian racing, and Appaloosa racing, if a
sufficient number of horses are available to provide competition in
one or more races.
   This bill would eliminate the requirement that the fair be
state-designated.
   (2) Existing law permits any fair in San Joaquin, Humboldt, or
Fresno County, with the approval of the Department of Food and
Agriculture and the authorization of the board, to operate one
satellite wagering facility on leased premises within the boundaries
of that fair.
   This bill would permit Shasta County, with the approval of the
department and the authorization of the board, to operate one
satellite wagering facility within the boundaries of that fair.
   (3) Existing law permits mule races to be conducted by any county
fair, district agricultural association fair, or citrus fruit fair.
   This bill would permit mule races to be conducted by any fair.
Under existing law, all revenue distributed to the state as license
fees from mule racing is required to be deposited in the Fair and
Exposition Fund and is continuously appropriated to the Department of
Food and Agriculture for various regulatory and general governmental
purposes.  This bill would, by increasing the number of permissible
meetings, increase the amount of continuously appropriated license
fees, thereby making an appropriation.  The bill would also authorize
the imposition of a state tax for purposes of Article XIII A of the
California Constitution.
   Appropriation:  yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 19540 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19540.  In order to encourage and develop the racing of all horses
in California, regardless of breed, whenever a fair conducts a
program of horse races on which there is parimutuel wagering, the
fair, so far as practicable, shall provide a program of racing that
includes thoroughbred racing, quarter horse racing, Arabian racing,
and Appaloosa racing, if a sufficient number of horses are available
to provide competition in one or more races.
  SEC. 2.  Section 19605.52 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   19605.52.  Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 19605, and
Section 19605.1, any fair in Shasta County may, with the approval of
the Department of Food and Agriculture and the authorization of the
board, subject to the conditions specified in Section 19605.3,
operate one satellite wagering facility within the boundaries of that
fair.
  SEC. 3.  Section 19701 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19701.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a mule racing
meeting or mule races may be conducted by any fair.