BILL NUMBER: AB 2201	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Coto

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to  add Section 19549.8 to   amend
Section 19596 o   f  the Business and Professions Code,
relating to horse racing.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2201, as amended, Coto. Horse racing: harness racing: 
California Exposition and State Fair.   the Cane Pace.
 
   Existing law provides that the California Horse Racing Board may
authorize 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, Kentucky Futurity, or the North American Cup. 

   This bill would authorize the board 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 Cane Pace. The bill
would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes.  
   Existing law provides that the California Horse Racing Board shall
have the authority to allocate racing weeks and provides that the
maximum number of racing weeks that may be allocated for harness
racing, other than at fairs, in the northern zone is 25 weeks per
year. Existing law also provides that the maximum number of racing
weeks that may be allocated to a fair shall be 4 weeks each year,
except as provided, including that the board may allocate additional
weeks of harness racing to the California Exposition and State Fair
in Sacramento or its lessee, to be raced at that fair. 

   This bill would provide that in the event the California
Exposition and State Fair in Sacramento is not available for harness
racing, or chooses not to conduct harness racing, in any given year,
then 52 weeks of harness racing shall be available that year to any
racing venue in the northern zone, subject to allocation by the
board. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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 
 Breeders'  Crown Stakes, the Meadowlands Pace, the
Hambletonian,  the Cane Pace, the  Kentucky Futurity, 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. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 19549.8 is added to the
Business and Professions Code, to read:
   19549.8.  In the event the California Exposition and State Fair in
Sacramento is not available for harness racing, or chooses not to
conduct harness racing, in any given year, then 52 weeks of harness
racing shall be available that year to any racing venue in the
northern zone, subject to allocation by the board.