BILL NUMBER: AB 897	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 19596 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 897, as introduced, Hall. Horse racing: quarter horse racing.
   Existing law vests jurisdiction and supervision over horse racing
in this state in the California Horse Racing Board. Existing law
permits the board to authorize a licensed quarter horse racing
association that is conducting a live racing meeting to accept wagers
on certain races conducted by the racing association that conducts
the American Quarter Horse Racing Challenge, if the races are
conducted on the same day as the American Quarter Horse Racing
Challenge, as specified.
   This bill would additionally permit the board to authorize a
licensed quarter horse racing association that is conducting a live
racing meeting to accept wagers on the full card of races conducted
by another racing association on the day that other association
conducts the Texas Classic Futurity and Remington Park Futurity, as
specified.
   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 19596 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19596.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board
may do any of the following:
   (1) Authorize a licensed harness racing association that is
conducting a live racing meeting in this state to accept wagers on
the full card of races conducted by another racing association on the
day that other association conducts the Breeders' Crown Stakes, the
Meadowlands Pace, the Hambletonian, the Cane Pace, the Kentucky
Futurity, or the North American Cup.
   (2) Authorize a licensed quarter horse racing association that is
conducting a live racing meeting in this state to accept wagers on
 races conducted   either of the following:

    (A)     Races conducted  by the racing
association that conducts the American Quarter Horse Racing
Challenge, if the races are conducted on the same day as the American
Quarter Horse Racing Challenge. 
   (B) The full card of races conducted by another racing association
on the day that other association conducts the Texas Classic
Futurity and Remington Park Futurity. 
   (3) Authorize the inclusion of wagers authorized pursuant to this
section in the parimutuel pools of the out-of-state association that
conducts the races on which the wagers are placed.
   (b) The board authorization may be granted under this section only
if both of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The authorization complies with federal laws, including, but
not limited to, Chapter 57 (commencing with Section 3001) of Title 15
of the United States Code.
   (2) Wagering is offered only within the racing enclosure and only
within seven days of the running of the out-of-state race.