BILL NUMBER: SB 721	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 5, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Sections  19412   19412,
19531.1,  and 19549.12 of,  to add Section 19549.17 to,
 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.
   (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,   Horse Racing Law,  where no other
penalty is expressed, is a misdemeanor. Existing law 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 the board to allocate racing weeks to
licensed racing associations or fairs, and to specify the racing
days, dates, and hours for horse racing meetings. Existing law
divides the state into 3 geographical zones for purposes of horse
racing, and prohibits the board from allocating racing dates to a
private thoroughbred racing association in the central or southern
zone if a fair racing association is conducting racing in the central
zone on the same dates and if the fair is obligated to make payments
on a capital expense loan incurred to improve its horse racing
facilities.  
   This bill would instead prohibit the board from allocating racing
dates to a thoroughbred racing association in the central or southern
zones if a fair racing association is conducting racing in either
zone on the same dates.  
   (2) 
      (3)  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. 
   (4) Existing law designates a list of fairs and their locations
that are part of the network of California fairs, which includes the
Los Angeles County Fair, held in the City of Pomona.  
   This bill would authorize the Los Angeles County Fair, subject to
approval by the board, to conduct live racing meetings at another
site within or outside of the County of Los Angeles in accordance
with specified provisions.  
    The 
    (5)     This  bill would also make
conforming  and nonsubstantive  changes. 
   (3) 
    (6)  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.
   SEC. 2.    Section 19531.1 of the   Business
and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   19531.1.  Notwithstanding any other  provision of
 law, the board shall not allocate racing dates to a
 private  thoroughbred racing association in the
central or southern zone for the purpose of conducting thoroughbred
racing during daytime or nighttime hours if a fair racing association
is conducting racing in  the central zone  
either zone  on the same  dates and if that fair is
obligated to make payments on a capital expense loan incurred for the
purpose of improving its facilities for horse racing.  
dates. 
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   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. 4.    Section 19549.17 is added to the 
 Business and Professions Code   , to read:  
   19549.17.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may permit
the Los Angeles County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at
another site within or outside the County of Los Angeles. Subject to
approval of the board, the Los Angeles County Fair may conduct its
racing dates at a facility operated by a thoroughbred racing
association licensed to conduct a racing meeting in the southern
zone.
   (b) A racing meeting licensed to the fair pursuant to subdivision
(a) may be operated by the fair, or the fair may contract for the
operation and management of the racing meeting with an individual
racing association that was previously licensed to conduct a racing
meeting. 
   SEC. 3.   SEC. 5.   Section 19614.5 of
the Business and Professions Code is repealed.
   SEC. 4.   SEC. 6.   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.