BILL NUMBER: SB 819	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Governmental Organization (Senators
Wright (Chair), Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella, Correa, De León,
Galgiani, Hernandez, Lieu, Nielsen, and Padilla)

                        MARCH 14, 2013

   An act to amend Section 19605.74 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing  , and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 819, as amended, Committee on Governmental Organization. Horse
racing: Breeders' Cup  World  Championship series: payment
of purses.
   Existing law  , the Horse Racing Law,  generally provides
for the distribution of funds collected from wagers on horse racing
in California. In years that the Breeders' Cup World 
Championship series is conducted at a race meeting in California,
existing law requires that specified amounts that would have
otherwise been distributed to a purse account be made available to
promote and sponsor the Breeders' Cup.  A violation of the Horse
Racing Law, where no other penalty is expressed, is a misdemeanor.

   This bill would instead specify that those amounts shall be made
available to the organization operating the Breeders' Cup  World
 Championship series for the purpose of promoting and supporting
the Breeders' Cup, including the payment of purses in Breeders' Cup
 World  Championship races.  The bill would provide that
the California Horse Racing Board may authorize parimutuel wagering
on Breeders' Cup races to be run at the host venue and on o 
 ne nonthoroughbred race, as specified, and would require amounts
from those wagers to be deducted and distributed in accordance with
specified provisions. Because a violation of the provisions of the
bill would be a misdemeanor, the bill would impose a state-mandated
local program.  
   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.  
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program:  no   yes  .


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19605.74 of the Business and Professions Code
is amended to read:
   19605.74.  For every year that the organization operating the
Breeders' Cup  World  Championship series chooses to conduct
the Breeders' Cup at a race meeting in California, the following,
notwithstanding any other law, shall apply to the race meeting
conducting the Breeders' Cup races on days during which Breeders' Cup
races are conducted:
   (a) The amounts that would have otherwise been distributed to a
purse account pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) of
Section 19601.02 shall be made available to the organization
operating the Breeders' Cup  World  Championship series for
the purpose of promoting and supporting the Breeders' Cup, including
the payment of purses in Breeders' Cup  World  Championship
races.
   (b) The thoroughbred racing association hosting the Breeders' Cup
shall enter into a written agreement, in consultation and cooperation
with the California Tourism Commission and the statewide marketing
organization formed pursuant to Section 19605.73, with the
organization that operates the Breeders' Cup regarding the manner in
which the funds set aside to support and promote the Breeders' Cup
are to be expended.
   (c) Within 90 days after the holding of each Breeders' Cup, a
written report  that includes a parimutuel audit  shall be
made to the board detailing the manner in which the set-aside funds
were utilized to promote and support the Breeders' Cup  ,
including the payment of purses in Breeder's Cup races  . 
   (d) Notwithstanding any other law, on days during which Breeders'
Cup races are conducted in California, the board may authorize
parimutuel wagering on Breeders' Cup races to be run at the host
venue and on one nonthoroughbred race specified in the host venue's
license application approved by the board. Amounts deducted and
distributed pursuant to this chapter from wagering on the specified
nonthroughbred race shall be deducted and distributed as if the
wagers were placed on a thoroughbred race. 
   SEC. 2.    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. 
   SEC. 3.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   In order to implement the necessary changes to the Horse Racing
Law before the 2013 Breeders' Cup World Championship series is held
in California this year, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.