BILL NUMBER: AB 1295	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gray

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1295, as introduced, Gray. Horse racing: out-of-state
thoroughbred races: limitation exception.
   The Horse Racing 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 that law, the total number of thoroughbred races
imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under these
provisions are required to not exceed 50 per day on days when live
thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state, with the
exception of prescribed races, including 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.
   This bill would additionally provide that the limitation of 50
imported races per day does not apply to races imported into the
combined central and southern zones when there is live thoroughbred
or fair racing being conducted in those zones but no live
thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the northern zone.

   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 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 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing
is being conducted in the state. The limitation of 50 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, the Apple
Blossom Handicap, 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. 
   (5) Races imported into the combined central and southern zones
when there is live thoroughbred or fair racing being conducted in
those zones but no live thoroughbred or fair racing is being
conducted in the northern zone. 
   (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.