BILL NUMBER: AB 2538	CHAPTERED  08/23/04

	CHAPTER  278
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 23, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 23, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 1, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 28, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Strickland

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   An act to amend  Section 19406 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2538, Strickland.  Horse racing:  harness horse races.
   Existing law provides for a California Standardbred Sire Stakes
Program that, among other things, enhances the purses in certain
races for the California standardbred horses.
   This bill would change the definition of a California standardbred
horse for these purposes to a standardbred foal conceived in
California by a stallion registered with the California Standardbred
Sire Stakes Program, deleting the requirements in existing law that
the mare drop the horse in California after the conception.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


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
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.

  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order that foals of mares bred in 2004 may attain
California-bred status without regard to place of birth, it is
necessary this bill take effect immediately.