BILL NUMBER: SB 1072	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to amend Section 19605.73 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1072, as introduced, Calderon. Horse racing: statewide
marketing organization.
   Existing law permits racing associations, fairs, and the
organization responsible for contracting with racing associations and
fairs with respect to the conduct of racing meetings, to form a
private, statewide marketing organization to market and promote
thoroughbred and fair horse racing, and to obtain, provide, or defray
the cost of workers' compensation coverage for stable employees and
jockeys of thoroughbred trainers. Existing law requires the marketing
organization to annually submit to the California Horse Racing Board
a statewide marketing and promotion plan and a thoroughbred trainers'
workers' compensation defrayal plan for thoroughbred and fair horse
racing. A specified percentage of the amount handled by each
satellite wagering facility is required to be distributed to the
marketing organization for the promotion of thoroughbred and fair
horse racing, and for workers' compensation defrayal, as specified.
Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2011.
   This bill would extend the operation of these provisions until
January 1, 2014, when they would be repealed.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19605.73 of the Business and Professions Code
is amended to read:
   19605.73.  (a) Racing associations, fairs, and the organization
responsible for contracting with racing associations and fairs with
respect to the conduct of racing meetings, may form a private,
statewide marketing organization to market and promote thoroughbred
and fair horse racing, and to obtain, provide, or defray the cost of
workers' compensation coverage for stable employees and jockeys of
thoroughbred trainers. The organization shall consist of the
following members: two members, one from the northern zone and one
from the combined central and southern zones, appointed by the
thoroughbred racetracks; two members, one from the northern zone and
one from the combined central and southern zones, appointed by the
owners' organization responsible for contracting with associations
and fairs with respect to the conduct of racing meetings; and two
members, one from the northern zone and one from the combined central
and southern zones, appointed by the organization representing
racing and satellite fairs.
   (b) The marketing organization formed pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall annually submit to the board a statewide marketing and
promotion plan and a thoroughbred trainers' workers' compensation
defrayal plan for thoroughbred and fair horse racing that encompasses
all geographical zones in the state, and which includes the manner
in which funds were expended in the implementation of the plan for
the previous calendar year. The plan shall be implemented as
determined by the organization. The organization shall receive input
from all interested industry participants and may utilize outside
consultants in developing the annual marketing plan.
   (c) In addition to the distributions specified in subdivisions (a)
and (b) of Section 19605.7, and in Sections 19605.71 and 19605.72,
for thoroughbred and fair meetings only, from the amount that would
normally be available for commissions and purses, an amount equal to
0.4 percent of the total amount handled by each satellite wagering
facility shall be distributed to the statewide marketing organization
formed pursuant to subdivision (a) for the promotion of thoroughbred
and fair horse racing and to defray the cost of workers'
compensation coverage for stable employees and jockeys of
thoroughbred trainers. Not more than one-sixth of the total amount
available annually pursuant to this subdivision shall be used to
defray the cost of workers' compensation insurance. Any of the
promotion funds that are not expended in the year in which they are
collected may be expended in the following year. If promotion funds
expended in any one year exceed the amount collected for that year,
the funds expended in the following year shall be reduced by the
excess amount.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2011   2014  , and, as of that date, is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before
January 1,  2011   2014 , deletes or
extends that date. Any moneys held by the organization shall, in the
event this section is repealed, be distributed to the organization
formed pursuant to Section 19608.2, for purposes of that section.