BILL NUMBER: AB 241	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 12, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Price

                        JANUARY 31, 2007

   An act to amend Section 19410 of, and to add  Section
  Sections 19605.25 and  19605.37 to, the Business
and Professions Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 241, as amended, Price.  Horse racing. 
   Existing law generally regulates horse racing, including satellite
wagering on horse races.  
   This bill would authorize and additional 5 satellite wagering
facilities in the County of Los Angeles, as specified. 
   Existing law generally regulates horse racing and defines
"inclosure" for purposes of wagering as all areas of the racing
association's or fair's grounds and locations, as designated by the
racing association or fair licensed to conduct a live racing meeting
and approved by the board, excluding the public parking lot.
   This bill would delete the parking lot exclusion from that
definition. The bill would also authorize a racing association or
fair to conduct satellite wagering at commercial establishments
situated within the inclosure.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19410 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19410.  "Inclosure" means all areas of the racing association's or
fair's grounds and locations, as designated by the racing
association or fair licensed to conduct a live racing meeting and
approved by the board.
   SEC. 2.    Section 19650.25 is added to the 
 Business and Professions Code  , to read:  
   19650.25.  (a) In addition to any authorized satellite wagering
facility, the board, with the approval of the Department of Food and
Agriculture, may authorize any fair or racing association in the
central zone to operate a satellite wagering facility pursuant to
this section, if it finds that it is in the best interests of horse
racing.
   (b) (1) The racing associations situated in the central zone and
southern zone may join together with the Los Angeles County Fair, the
50th Agricultural District, or the 51st Agricultural District to
site an additional five satellite wagering facilities in Los Angeles
County. The location of each of these satellite facilities shall be
mutually agreed upon by all of the entities that have a race track or
satellite facilities within 20 miles of the proposed location of the
new facility. However, the 50th Agricultural District may invest in
a satellite facility which is within the 51st Agricultural District.
   (2) Any of these entities that has a race track or satellite
facility located within 30 miles of the proposed location of one of
the five facilities in the central and southern zones shall have the
opportunity to invest in the ownership and operation of that facility
at the time of approval of that facility by the board. The
organizations representing thoroughbred owners and thoroughbred
trainers may also be a party to the ownership and operation of these
proposed facilities.
   (3) If the proposed satellite wagering facility is situated in an
existing business, within 20 miles of a race track situation in the
City of Inglewood, that business, with the approval of the board, may
be licensed to conduct satellite wagering with the consent of the
racing associations in the central and southern zones.
   (c) The distribution of the handle may, with the consent of the
affected horsemen's associations and racing associations, be based on
an agreement among the parties described in subdivision (b), rather
than the usual satellite distribution. Any change in the distribution
shall only affect the portions that are intended for purses and
commissions, and shall be agreed to by all of the racing
associations, fair racing associations, and horsemen's organizations
in the central and southern zones. 
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   Section 19605.37 is
added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
   19605.37.  The racing association or fair may conduct satellite
wagering at commercial establishments situated within the inclosure.