BILL NUMBER: AB 2655	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 30, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 15, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 19596.2 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2655, Hall. Horse racing: out-of-state thoroughbred races:
Apple Blossom Handicap.
   Existing law authorizes a thoroughbred racing association or fair
to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results
of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United States
during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a
race meeting, including days on which there is no live racing being
conducted by the association or fair, without the consent of the
organization that represents horsemen and horsewomen participating in
the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses. Under
existing law, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by
associations or fairs on a statewide basis under these provisions
shall not exceed 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair
racing is being conducted in the state, with the exception of
prescribed races, including races imported that are part of the race
card of the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes,
the Belmont Stakes, the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Travers Stakes, the
Arlington Million, the Breeders' Cup, the Dubai Cup, the Arkansas
Derby, or the Haskell Invitational.
   This bill would exempt from the 50 imported race per day
limitation, races imported that are part of the race card of the
Apple Blossom Handicap.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19596.2 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19596.2.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided
in Section 19596.4, a thoroughbred racing association or fair may
distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of
out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United States
during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a
race meeting, including days on which there is no live racing being
conducted by the association or fair, without the consent of the
organization that represents horsemen and horsewomen participating in
the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses.
Further, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by
associations or fairs on a statewide basis under this section shall
not exceed 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing
is being conducted in the state. The limitation of 50 imported races
per day does not apply to any of the following:
   (1) Races imported for wagering purposes pursuant to subdivision
(c).
   (2) Races imported that are part of the race card of the Kentucky
Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes,
the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Travers Stakes, the Arlington Million,
the Breeders' Cup, the Dubai Cup, the Arkansas Derby, the Apple
Blossom Handicap, or the Haskell Invitational.
   (3) Races imported into the northern zone when there is no live
thoroughbred or fair racing being conducted in the northern zone.
   (4) Races imported into the combined central and southern zones
when there is no live thoroughbred or fair racing being conducted in
the combined central and southern zones.
   (b) Any thoroughbred association or fair accepting wagers pursuant
to subdivision (a) shall conduct the wagering in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Sections 19601, 19616, 19616.1, and
19616.2.
   (c) No thoroughbred association or fair may accept wagers pursuant
to this section on out-of-state races commencing after 7 p.m.,
Pacific standard time, without the consent of the harness or quarter
horse racing association that is then conducting a live racing
meeting in Orange or Sacramento Counties.