BILL NUMBER: AB 2790	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  141
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 13, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 13, 2010
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 2, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Governmental Organization (Coto (Chair),
Anderson (Vice Chair), Bradford, Chesbro, Evans, Galgiani, Hall,
Hill, Jeffries, Lieu, Mendoza, Portantino, V. Manuel Perez, Silva,
Torres, and Tran)

                        MARCH 17, 2010

   An act to amend Section 19596.2 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2790, Committee on Governmental Organization. Horse racing:
out-of-state thoroughbred races: the Arlington Million.
   Existing law authorizes a thoroughbred horse racing association or
fair to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the
results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United
States during the calendar period the association or fair is
conducting a race meeting, including days on which there is no live
racing being conducted by the association or fair, without the
consent of the organization that represents horsemen participating in
the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purse. Existing
law prohibits the total number of thoroughbred races imported by
associations or fairs on a statewide basis from exceeding 32 per day
on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in
the state. However, that limitation excludes imported races that are
part of the race card of the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, and other
specified races.
   This bill would add races that are part of the race card of the
Arlington Million to the list of imported races not subject to the
limitation of 32 races per day.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19596.2 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19596.2.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
except as provided in Section 19596.4, a thoroughbred racing
association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept
wagers on the results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in
the United States during the calendar period the association or fair
is conducting a race meeting, including days on which there is no
live racing being conducted by the association or fair, without the
consent of the organization that represents horsemen participating in
the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses.
Further, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by
associations or fairs on a statewide basis under this section shall
not exceed 32 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing
is being conducted in the state. The limitation of 32 imported races
per day does not apply to any of the following:
   (1) Races imported for wagering purposes pursuant to subdivision
(c).
   (2) Races imported that are part of the race card of the Kentucky
Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes,
the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Travers Stakes, the Arlington Million,
the Breeders' Cup, the Dubai Cup, or the Haskell Invitational.
   (3) Races imported into the northern zone when there is no live
thoroughbred or fair racing being conducted in the northern zone.
   (4) Races imported into the combined central and southern zones
when there is no live thoroughbred or fair racing being conducted in
the combined central and southern zones.
   (b) Any thoroughbred association or fair accepting wagers pursuant
to subdivision (a) shall conduct the wagering in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Sections 19601, 19616, 19616.1, and
19616.2.
   (c) No thoroughbred association or fair may accept wagers pursuant
to this section on out-of-state races commencing after 7 p.m.,
Pacific standard time, without the consent of the harness or quarter
horse racing association that is then conducting a live racing
meeting in Orange or Sacramento Counties.