BILL NUMBER: AB 2637	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 19599 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2637, as introduced, Hall. Horse racing: parimutuel wagering.
    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 as specified.
That law authorizes an association or fair to offer any form of
parimutuel wagering, as defined, and authorizes the board to prohibit
any form of parimutuel wagering if it determines that the proposed
wagering would compromise the honesty and integrity of racing in the
state.
   This bill would correct an outdated cross-reference.
   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 19599 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19599.  An association or fair may offer any form of parimutuel
wagering, as defined by regulations adopted by the board, or as
defined by Chapter  9   4  , Pari-Mutuel
Wagering,  Uniform   Model  Rules of
Racing, as published by the Association of Racing Commissioners
International. The board may prohibit any form of parimutuel wagering
if it determines that the proposed wagering would compromise the
honesty and integrity of racing in the state. Each racing association
or fair shall include the types of conventional exotic and other
wagering it proposes to offer on its application to conduct a horse
racing meeting.