BILL NUMBER: AB 2201	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Coto

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2201, Coto. Horse racing: harness racing: 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, the 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.


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 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.