BILL NUMBER: SB 830	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Governmental Organization (Senators
Wright (Chair), Benoit, Calderon, Denham, Florez, Harman, Negrete
McLeod, Oropeza, Padilla, Romero, Wiggins, Wyland, and Yee)

                        MARCH 19, 2009

   An act to amend Section 19401 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 830, as introduced, Committee on Governmental Organization.
Horse racing law: intent.
   Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature to authorize
parimutuel wagering on horse races while, among other things,
supporting the network of California fairs.
   This bill would delete from that expression of legislative intent
supporting the network of California fairs.
   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 19401 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19401.  The intent of this chapter is to allow parimutuel wagering
on horse races, while:
   (a) Assuring protection of the public.
   (b) Encouraging agriculture and the breeding of horses in this
state. 
   (c) Supporting the network of California fairs.  

   (d) 
    (c)  Providing for maximum expansion of horse racing
opportunities in the public interest. 
   (e) 
    (d)  Providing uniformity of regulation for each type of
horse racing.