AB 2226, as introduced, Bigelow. Horse racing: satellite wagering facilities: fairs.
The Horse Racing Law permits the California Horse Racing Board to authorize an association licensed to conduct a racing meeting to also operate a satellite wagering facility at its racetrack inclosure, under specified conditions that differ between the northern zone and the central and southern zones, and provides specific guidelines for the operation and location of these facilities. That law also authorizes fairs to contract for the operation and management of a satellite wagering facility with an individual racing association or a partnership, joint venture, or other affiliation of 2 or more racing associations that are licensed to conduct thoroughbred meetings within the northern zone.
This bill would authorize a fair to contract with 2 or more fairs that are licensed to conduct thoroughbred meetings within the northern zone for the operation and management of a satellite wagering facility.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 19605 of the Business and Professions
2Code is amended to read:
(a) Notwithstanding any otherbegin delete provision ofend delete law, the
4board may authorize an association licensed to conduct a racing
5meeting in the northern zone to operate a satellite wagering facility
6for wagering on races conducted in the northern zone at its
7racetrack inclosure subject to all of the conditions specified in
8Section 19605.3, and may authorize an association licensed to
9conduct a racing meeting in the central or southern zone to operate
10a satellite wagering facility for wagering on races conducted in
11the central or southern zone at its racetrack inclosure subject to
12the conditions specified in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of
13Section 19605.3 and the conditions and limitations set forth in
14Section
19605.6.
15(b) Notwithstanding any otherbegin delete provision ofend delete law, no satellite
16wagering facility, except a facility that is located at a track where
17live racing is conducted, shall be located within 20 miles of any
18existing satellite wagering facility or of any track where a racing
19association conducts a live racing meeting. However, in the
20northern zone, a racing association or any existing satellite
21wagering facility may waive the prohibition contained in this
22subdivision and may consent to the location of another satellite
23wagering facility within 20 miles of the facility or track.
24(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the Department of Food
25and Agriculture may approve not more than three satellite wagering
26facilities that are licensed jointly to the 1a District Agricultural
27Association and the 5th
District Agricultural Association and that
28are located on the fairgrounds of the 1a District Agricultural
29Association or within the boundaries of the City and County of
30San Francisco. Before a satellite wagering facility may be licensed
31for the 1997 and subsequent calendar years under this subdivision,
32the department shall conduct a one-year test at the proposed site
33in order to determine the impact of the proposed facility on total
34state parimutuel revenues and on attendance and wagering at
35existing racetracks and fair satellite wagering facilities in the
36Counties of Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano.
37Notwithstanding Section 19605.1, a satellite wagering facility may
38be located on property leased to one or both fairs. Notwithstanding
P3 1any otherbegin delete provision ofend delete law, the fairs may contract for the operation
2and management of a satellite wagering facility with an individual
3racing association or a partnership, joint
venture, or other affiliation
4of two or more racing associationsbegin insert or fairsend insert that are licensed to
5conduct thoroughbred meetings within the northern zone.
6(d) Subdivision (b) shall not be construed to prohibit the location
7of satellite wagering facilities within 20 miles of any existing or
8proposed satellite facility established pursuant to subdivision (c).
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