Amended in Assembly April 13, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2808

Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson

February 19, 2016

An act to begin delete repeal end delete begin insert amend end insert Section 19604.7 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2808, as amended, Gipson. Horse racing: exchange wagering: begin delete repeal deletion. end delete begin insert operative extension. end insert

The Horse Racing Law authorizes exchange wagering, as provided, and authorizes the California Horse Racing Board to recover any costs associated with the licensing or regulation of exchange wagering by imposing an assessment on the exchange wagering licensee in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable costs associated with the licensing or regulation of exchange wagering. Existing law requires any racing association or racing fair receiving distributions from any exchange provider’s exchange revenues to distribute a portion of that revenue to the official registering agency in a specified manner. Existing law makes these exchange wagering provisions inoperative on May 1, 2016, and repeals them on January 1, 2017. Violations of the Horse Racing Law are generally misdemeanors.

This bill would begin delete delete end delete begin insert e end insert begin insert xtend end insert those inoperative and repeal begin delete dates. end delete begin insert dates to May 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021, respectively. end insert The bill, by begin delete permanently end delete extending these requirements, the violation of which is a crime, would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 19604.7 of the Business and Professions
Code is repealed.

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 19604.7 of the end insert begin insert Business and Professions
Code end insert begin insert is amended to read: end insert

19604.7.  

This article shall become inoperative on May 1, begin delete 2016, end delete
begin insert 2020, end insert and, as of January 1, begin delete 2017, end delete begin insert 2021, end insert is repealed, unless a later
enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1,
begin delete 2017, end delete begin insert 2021, end insert deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes
inoperative and is repealed.

SEC. 2.  

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.