BILL NUMBER: SB 819	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  438
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
	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, 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 one 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.



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 Breeders' 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
nonthoroughbred 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.