BILL NUMBER: SB 1183	CHAPTERED  08/16/04

	CHAPTER  232
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 16, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 16, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 29, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Margett

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2004

   An act to amend Section 19596 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1183, Margett.  Horse racing.
   Existing law provides that the California Horse Racing Board may
authorize a harness racing association in this state to accept wagers
on races conducted by the racing association that conducts the
Breeder's Crown Stakes, if the races are conducted on the same day as
the Breeder's Crown Stakes and if the association in this state that
accepts those wagers is then conducting a live racing meeting.
   This bill would expand this authority to permit a California
harness racing association conducting a live racing meeting to accept
wagers on the full card of races conducted by another racing
association on the day that other association conducts the Breeder's
Crown Stakes, the Meadowlands Pace, the Hambletonian, or the North
American Cup.
   Under existing law, all revenues distributed to the state as
license fees from horse racing are required to be deposited in the
Fair and Exposition Fund and are continuously appropriated to the
Department of Food and Agriculture for various regulatory and general
governmental purposes.
   This bill would authorize additional wagering, and would increase
correspondingly the amount of continuously appropriated license fees,
thereby making an appropriation.  This bill would also result in a
change in state taxes for the purpose of increasing state revenues
within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIII A of the California
Constitution, thereby requiring a 2/3 vote for passage.
   Appropriation:  yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 19596 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19596.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board
may do any of the following:
   (1) Authorize a licensed harness racing association that is
conducting a live racing meeting in this state to accept wagers on
the full card of races conducted by  another racing association on
the day that other association conducts the Breeder's Crown Stakes,
the Meadowlands Pace, the Hambletonian, or the North American Cup.
   (2) Authorize a licensed quarter horse racing association that is
conducting a live racing meeting in this state to accept wagers on
races conducted by the racing association that conducts the American
Quarter Horse Racing Challenge, if the races are conducted on the
same day as the American Quarter Horse Racing Challenge.
   (3) Authorize the inclusion of wagers authorized pursuant to this
section in the parimutuel pools of the out-of-state association that
conducts the races on which the wagers are placed.
   (b) The board authorization may be granted under this section only
if both 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 enclosure and only
within seven days of the running of the out-of-state race.