BILL NUMBER: AB 616	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to  amend Section 19424 of   add
Section 19531.2 to  the Business and Professions Code, relating
to horse racing.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 616, as amended, Garrick. Horse racing:  California
Horse Racing Board.   southern zone. 
   Existing law provides that jurisdiction and supervision over
meetings in this state where horse races with wagering on their
results are held or conducted, and over all persons or things having
to do with the operation of those meetings, is vested in the
California Horse Racing Board.  Existing law provides that no
board member is disqualified from receiving a share of any purse
awarded him or her as the result of any horse race as an owner of a
horse or as a breeder of a California-bred horse.  
Existing law divides the state into 3 geographical zones for horse
racing, including the southern zone consisting of the Counties of
Imperial, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego. Existing law prohibits
the board from allocating racing dates to a private thoroughbred
racing association in the southern zone for   purposes of
conducting thoroughbred racing under specified circumstances. 

   This bill would provide that any change of ownership or governance
affecting a racetrack in the southern zone be structured so that the
real property and applicable personal property encompassed in that
change continue to be used exclusively for live horse racing and
associated activities and revenue generated from horse racing
operations be reinvested in capital projects directly supporting
horse racing.  
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to the
latter provision. 
   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 19531.2 is added to the 
 Business and Professions Code   , to read:  
   19531.2.  Any change of ownership or governance affecting a
racetrack in the southern zone shall be structured to ensure both of
the following:
   (a) The real property and applicable personal property encompassed
in that change continue to be used exclusively for live horse racing
and associated activities.
   (b) Revenue generated from horse racing operations will be
reinvested in capital projects directly supporting horse racing.
 
  SECTION 1.    Section 19424 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   19424.  No board member is disqualified from receiving a share of
any purse awarded him or her as the result of any horse race as an
owner of a horse or as a breeder of a California-bred horse.