BILL NUMBER: SB 1003	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Evans

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2014

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1003, as introduced, Evans. Horse racing: out-of-state
thoroughbred races.
   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
specified races.
   This bill would instead provide that the total number of
thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide
basis under these provisions shall not exceed 55 per day on days when
live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state,
with the exception of specified races.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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  provision of
 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
  55  per day on days when live thoroughbred or
fair racing is being conducted in the state. The limitation of
 50   55  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, 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.