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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 2792
Author: Assembly Governmental Organization Committee
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORG. COMMITTEE : 8-0, 6/29/10
AYES: Wright, Harman, Calderon, Florez, Negrete McLeod,
Padilla, Price, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Denham, Oropeza, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 62-0, 5/28/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Horse racing law intent: licenses
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill provides technical clean-up to Horse
Racing Law to ensure the law reflects changes made through
the enactment of SB 16XX (Ashburn), Chapter 12, Statutes of
2009-10, Second Extraordinary Session.
ANALYSIS : Article IV, Section 19(b) of the California
Constitution provides that the Legislature may provide for
the regulation of horse races and horse race meetings and
wagering on the results.
Existing law provides that the intent of California's Horse
Racing Law is to allow parimutuel wagering on horse racing
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while:
1. Assuring protection of the public.
2. Encouraging agriculture and the breeding of horses in
this state.
3. Supporting the network of California fairs.
4. Providing for maximum expansion of horse racing
opportunities in the public interest.
5. Providing uniformity of regulation for each type of
horse racing.
Existing law requires all licenses granted under the Horse
Racing Law to, among other things, contain such conditions
as are deemed necessary or desirable by the California
Horse Racing Board for the purposes of the Horse Racing
Law.
Background
California voters passed a constitutional amendment, in
1933, authorizing parimutuel wagering on horse racing. The
commitment to use a percentage of the wagers to establish a
continuous funding source for the fairs, while at the same
time, relieving the state's General Fund of the funding
burden became socially and politically palatable in 1933 as
the country began to recover from the Great Depression.
For more than 75 years, this relationship existed between
horse racing and the fairs until the enactment of SB 16XX,
which authorizes the appropriation of $32 million a year
from the state's General Fund in support of the fairs and
relieves the horse racing industry of its obligation to
fund the fairs from license fees assessed on horse racing
wagers. This bill modifies the stated policy purpose of
the Horse Racing Law to reflect the changes brought about
by SB 16XX.
Prior/Related Legislation
SB 16XX (Ashburn), Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009-10, Second
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Extraordinary Session, among other things, provided that
beginning on July 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, $32
million shall be appropriated from the state's General Fund
and paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund for the
financial support of the network of California fairs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Block,
Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero,
Charles Calderon, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, DeVore,
Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey, Hayashi,
Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jones, Knight, Lieu,
Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning,
Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Ruskin, Saldana, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, John
A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill,
Blakeslee, Carter, Chesbro, De La Torre, De Leon,
Emmerson, Eng, Furutani, Hall, Jeffries, Salas, Silva,
Smyth, Audra Strickland, Vacancy
TSM:mw 8/4/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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