BILL NUMBER: SB 738	CHAPTERED  06/26/03

	CHAPTER  24
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 26, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 25, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 19, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 8, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Karnette

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to amend Section 19406 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 738, Karnette.  Horse racing:  California-bred horses.
   Existing law provides for special races for California-bred
horses, with minimum purse money allocated to those races.  Existing
law also establishes a California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program
to promote the breeding of standardbred horses in the state that
includes special stakes races for these horses.  Existing law defines
a "California-bred standardbred horse" for these purposes as a
standardbred foal dropped by a mare in California after being
conceived in California and remaining in California until the foal is
weaned, or any standardbred foal which is conceived in California on
or after January 1, 1984.
   This bill would redefine a California-bred standardbred horse as a
standardbred foal dropped by a mare in California after being
conceived in California by a stallion registered with the California
Standardbred Sires Stakes Program.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 19406 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19406.  (a) A "California-bred horse" is a foal dropped by a mare
in California after being conceived in California and remaining in
California until the foal is weaned.
   (b) A "California-bred thoroughbred" is a horse dropped by a mare
in California after being conceived in California, or any
thoroughbred horse dropped by a mare in California if the mare
remains in California to be next bred to a thoroughbred stallion
standing in California.  If the mare cannot be bred for two
successive breeding seasons but remains in California during that
period, her foal shall be considered to be a California-bred
thoroughbred.
   (c) A "California-bred quarter horse" is a quarter horse foal
conceived in California by a stallion standing in California at the
time of conception.
   (d) A "California-bred standardbred horse" is a standardbred foal
dropped by a mare in California after being conceived in California
by a stallion registered with the California Standardbred Sires
Stakes Program.
   (e) A "California-bred Appaloosa horse" is a horse dropped by a
mare in California after being conceived in California, or any
Appaloosa horse dropped by a mare in California if the mare remains
in California to be next bred to an Appaloosa stallion standing in
California.  If the mare cannot be bred for two successive breeding
seasons but remains in California during that period, her foal shall
be considered to be a California-bred Appaloosa horse.
   (f) A "California-bred paint horse" is a registered paint horse
foal conceived in California by a stallion standing in California at
the time of the conception, or by a registered paint horse stallion.