BILL NUMBER: AB 2226	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bigelow

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 19605 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 1.  Section 19605 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19605.  (a) Notwithstanding any other  provision of
 law, the board may authorize an association licensed to
conduct a racing meeting in the northern zone to operate a satellite
wagering facility for wagering on races conducted in the northern
zone at its racetrack inclosure subject to all of the conditions
specified in Section 19605.3, and may authorize an association
licensed to conduct a racing meeting in the central or southern zone
to operate a satellite wagering facility for wagering on races
conducted in the central or southern zone at its racetrack inclosure
subject to the conditions specified in subdivisions (a) to (e),
inclusive, of Section 19605.3 and the conditions and limitations set
forth in Section 19605.6.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other  provision of  law,
no satellite wagering facility, except a facility that is located at
a track where live racing is conducted, shall be located within 20
miles of any existing satellite wagering facility or of any track
where a racing association conducts a live racing meeting. However,
in the northern zone, a racing association or any existing satellite
wagering facility may waive the prohibition contained in this
subdivision and may consent to the location of another satellite
wagering facility within 20 miles of the facility or track.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the Department of Food and
Agriculture may approve not more than three satellite wagering
facilities that are licensed jointly to the 1a District Agricultural
Association and the 5th District Agricultural Association and that
are located on the fairgrounds of the 1a District Agricultural
Association or within the boundaries of the City and County of San
Francisco. Before a satellite wagering facility may be licensed for
the 1997 and subsequent calendar years under this subdivision, the
department shall conduct a one-year test at the proposed site in
order to determine the impact of the proposed facility on total state
parimutuel revenues and on attendance and wagering at existing
racetracks and fair satellite wagering facilities in the Counties of
Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano. Notwithstanding Section
19605.1, a satellite wagering facility may be located on property
leased to one or both fairs. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of  law, the fairs may 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 two or more racing associations  or fairs 
that are licensed to conduct thoroughbred meetings within the
northern zone.
   (d) Subdivision (b) shall not be construed to prohibit the
location of satellite wagering facilities within 20 miles of any
existing or proposed satellite facility established pursuant to
subdivision (c).