BILL NUMBER: AB 2287	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wilk

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 19596.3 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2287, as introduced, Wilk. Horse racing: satellite wagering:
out-of-country 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-country thoroughbred races during the calendar period the
association or fair is conducting a race meeting, without the consent
of the participating horsemen's organization. These imported races
are subject to specified conditions, including the condition that a
thoroughbred association or fair may not accept wagers on
out-of-country races commencing after 5:30 p.m., Pacific standard
time, without the consent of the harness or quarter horse racing
association that is then conducting a live racing meeting.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   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 19596.3 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19596.3.  Notwithstanding any other  provision of
 law, a thoroughbred racing association or fair may
distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of
out-of-country thoroughbred races during the calendar period the
association or fair is conducting a race meeting, without the consent
of the organization that represents horsemen participating in the
race meeting. Out-of-country races shall be imported under the
following conditions:
   (a) A thoroughbred association or fair shall conduct the wagering
in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 19601,
19616, 19616.1, and 19616.2.
   (b)  No   A    thoroughbred
association or fair  may   shall not 
accept wagers pursuant to this section on out-of-country races
commencing after 5:30 p.m., Pacific standard time, without the
consent of the harness or quarter horse racing association that is
then conducting a live racing meeting.
   (c) A thoroughbred racing association or fair distributing the
audiovisual signal and accepting wagers on the results of
out-of-country races pursuant to this section may execute an
agreement with an association that conducts thoroughbred races in the
southern zone to allow that association to distribute the signal and
accept wagers on the results of out-of-country thoroughbred races,
except that the license fees paid to the state shall be double the
amount paid by a quarter horse racing association specified in
subdivision (b) of Section 19605.7.