BILL NUMBER: SB 721	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 5, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 19412 and
 19549.12 of, and to repeal Section 19614.5 of, the Business
and Professions Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 721, as amended, Padilla. Horse  racing: license fee
retention.   racing. 
   (1) Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, generally regulates horse
racing and vests the administration and enforcement of the Horse
Racing Law in the California Horse Racing Board. A violation of the
act, where no other penalty is expressed, is a misdemeanor. Existing
law  authorizes   defines "proposition
parimutuel pool" for purposes of those provisions as the total wagers
under the parimutuel system on propositions approved by the board
that are based on the results of a live quarter horse or harness
horse race or races.  
   This bill would specify that a proposition parimutuel pool also
includes the results of a live thoroughbred horse race or races.

    (2)     Existing law authorizes  any
county or district agricultural association fair conducting racing
meetings for the first time on or after January 1, 1979, to retain
the applicable state license fee for payment of a capital expense
loan incurred for the purpose of preparing its facilities for horse
racing.
   This bill would repeal that authorization. Because this bill would
expand the scope of a crime by removing an exception, it would
create a state-mandated local program.
   The bill would also make conforming changes. 
   (2) 
    (3)  The California Constitution requires the state to
reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs
mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for
making that reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 19412 of the  
Business and Professions Code  is amended to read: 
   19412.  (a) "Conventional parimutuel pool" means the total wagers
under the parimutuel system on any horse or horses in a particular
race to win, place, or show.
   (b) "Exotic parimutuel pool" means the total wagers under the
parimutuel system on the finishing position of two or more horses in
a particular race, such as quinella or exacta wagers, or on horses to
win two or more races, such as daily double wagers, pick six wagers,
or on other wagers approved by the board.
   (c) "Proposition parimutuel pool" means the total wagers under the
parimutuel system on propositions approved by the board that are
based on the results of a live  thoroughbred horse,  quarter
horse  ,  or harness horse race or races.
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 19549.12
of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
   19549.12.  Notwithstanding Sections 19482 and 19549, any weeks of
harness racing or quarter horse racing allocated by the board to be
raced at the facilities of a county fair that conducts its racing
meeting pursuant to Section 19549.3 may be conducted by the fair.
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   Section 19614.5 of
the Business and Professions Code is repealed.
   SEC. 3.   SEC. 4.   No reimbursement is
required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred
by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this
act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or
infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within
the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the
definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII
B of the California Constitution.