BILL NUMBER: SB 1288	CHAPTERED  07/09/04

	CHAPTER  122
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 9, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 8, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 24, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 17, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Karnette

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2004

   An act to amend Section 19606 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1288, Karnette.  Horse racing:  distributions.
   Existing law requires that the total percentage deducted from
wagers at satellite wagering facilities in the northern, central, and
southern zones be the same as deductions for wagers at the racetrack
where the racing meeting is being conducted.  From this amount,
existing law provides for specified distributions, including a
distribution of 0.4% of the amount handled at satellite wagering
facilities on standardbred races for the California Standardbred
Sires Stakes Program.  After specified distributions, existing law
provides that the balance of the deduction from wagers on harness
races at satellite wagering facilities be divided equally between
commissions for the association that conducts the harness racing
meeting and purses for the horsemen participating in that racing
meeting.
   This bill would require an additional amount equal to 0.1% of the
amount handled at satellite facilities on harness race wagers to be
distributed to the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program out
of the share of the deduction dedicated to purses for harness
horsemen as specified above.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 19606 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19606.  (a) For harness, quarter horse, Appaloosa, Arabian, mixed
breed, and fair meetings, the funds remaining after the distribution
of the amounts set forth in Sections 19605.7 and 19605.71 shall be
distributed 50 percent as commissions to the association that
conducts the racing meeting and 50 percent to the horsemen
participating in the racing meeting in the form of purses.  However,
owners' premiums shall be paid from the amount distributed for purses
in the same relative percentage as owners' premiums are paid at the
racing meeting, except that for thoroughbred races the owners'
premiums shall be as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 19605.8.

   (b) In addition to funds distributed under Sections 19605.7 and
19605.71, from the amount that would be distributed to harness racing
horsemen in the form of purses under this section, an amount equal
to 0.1 percent of the amount handled on conventional and exotic
wagers on standardbreds at satellite wagering facilities in
California shall be distributed for the California Standardbred Sires
Stakes Program pursuant to Section 19619.