BILL NUMBER: AB 2592	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Chesbro and Levine

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 19530 of  , and to add Section 19549
  .5 to,  the Business and Professions Code, relating
to horse racing.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2592, as amended, Chesbro. California Horse Racing Board:
 racing dates:   fair horse racing calendar:
 economic analysis.
   Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, provides for the operation of
live horse racing in this state and for wagering thereon, and for the
operation of satellite wagering facilities, subject to regulation
and oversight by the California Horse Racing Board. That law also
requires the board to allocate racing weeks to  an applicant,
to specify racing days, dates, and hours for horse racing meetings
as will be in the public interest, and provides that the decision of
the board is subject to change, limitation, or restriction only by
the board   a fair and to hold a public hearing and take
testimony when making all determinations on the allocation of racing
dates to a fair  .
   This bill would require the board, when it receives a proposal
 from an applicant  to make a substantial change, as
defined, to the number of  racing dates allocated to a fair
or racetrack,   days a fair conducts races or to the
weeks in the horse racing calendar allocated to that fair to
conduct  an   a specified  economic
analysis of the proposal's effect on other  
those  fairs  and racetracks    
whose horse racing calendar would be impacted  and to consider
all proposed alternative racing dates based on that economic analysis
before the board votes on the proposal or any alternative option to
the original proposal.  The bill would make other, nonsubstantive
changes to the Horse Racing Law. 
   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 19530 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19530.   (a)    The board shall
have the authority to allocate racing weeks to an applicant or
applicants pursuant to the provisions of this article and Article 6.5
(commencing with Section 19540) and to specify those racing days,
dates, and hours for horse racing meetings as will be in the public
interest, and will subserve the purposes of this chapter. The
decision of the board as to racing days, dates, and hours shall be
subject to change, limitation, or restriction only by the board. A
municipality or county shall not adopt or enforce any ordinance or
regulation that has or may have the effect of directly or indirectly
regulating, limiting, or restricting the racing days and dates of
horse racing meetings. 
   (b) When the board receives a proposal from an applicant to make a
substantial change to the number of racing dates allocated to a fair
or racetrack, the board shall conduct an economic analysis of the
proposal's effect on other fairs and racetracks and shall consider
all proposed alternative racing dates based on that economic analysis
before the board votes on the proposal or any alternative option to
the original proposal.  
   (c) As used in this section, "substantial change" means any race
date change that changes the dates more than three days from the
prior year's horse racing dates. 
   SEC.   2   .    Section 19549.5 is
added to the   Business and Professions Code   , to
read:  
   19549.5.  (a) When the board considers a proposal to make a
substantial change to the number of days a fair conducts races or to
the weeks in the horse racing calendar allocated to that fair, the
board shall conduct an economic analysis of the proposal's effect on
those fairs whose horse racing calendar would be impacted. The
economic analysis shall include, but is not limited to, all of the
following:
   (1) The financial loss or gain to each fair impacted by the
proposed fair horse racing calendar changes, including the impact on
fair admissions, concessions, and sponsorship.
   (2) Jobs generated or lost due to the proposed fair horse racing
calendar changes.
   (3) Availability of seasonable workers as a result of the fair
horse racing calendar changes.
   (4) Impact on agricultural education programs, if applicable.
   (5) Financial impact on the community at large due to the changes
to the fair horse racing calendar.
   (b) The board shall consider all proposed alternative racing dates
based on that economic analysis before the board votes on the
proposal or any alternative option to the original proposal.
   (c) As used in this section, "substantial change" means any change
within the fair horse racing calendar that changes the allocation of
racing dates to that fair by more than three days from the prior
year's horse racing dates.