BILL NUMBER: AB 2205	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2008

   An act to  amend Section 19549 of   add
Section 19531.2 to  the Business and Professions Code, relating
to horse racing.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2205, as amended, Garrick. Horse racing: racing  days.
  weeks: 22nd District Agricultural Association. 

   Existing law generally creates district agricultural associations,
which are state institutions. 
   Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, generally regulates horse
racing and vests the administration and enforcement of the Horse
Racing Law in the California Horse Racing Board.  Existing law
requires the board to make allocations of racing weeks as it deems
appropriate and specifies the maximum number of racing weeks that may
be allocated for horse racing other than at fairs, including, for
thoroughbred racing, a maximum of 44 weeks per year in the northern
zone, 42 weeks per year in the central zone, and 7 weeks per year in
the southern zone.  
    Existing law permits the board to allocate up to 14 racing days
to a fair each year, with specified exceptions, and provides that
these 14 days shall be during the period in which general fair
activities are conducted. 
   This bill would  make a technical, nonsubstantive change
to this provision   permit the board to authorize the
22nd District Agricultural Association to use allocations of racing
weeks from the central zone and conduct thoroughbred racing
throughout the year, whether or not those racing days coincide with
an annual fair, so long as the aggregate racing weeks conducted in
the southern and central zones do not ex   ceed the total
aggregate racing weeks allocated, as specified  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 19531.2 is added to the 
 Business and Professions Code   , to read:  
   19531.2.  Notwithstanding Section 19531 and any other provision of
law, the board may authorize the 22nd District Agricultural
Association to use allocations of racing weeks from the central zone
and conduct thoroughbred racing throughout the year, whether or not
those racing days coincide with an annual fair, so long as the
aggregate racing weeks conducted in the southern and central zones do
not exceed the total aggregate racing weeks allocated pursuant to
Section 19531.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 19549 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   19549.  Except as provided in Section 19549.1, the maximum number
of racing days which may be allocated to a fair shall be 14 days each
year. Those racing days shall be days during the period in which
general fair activities are conducted. However, any fair racing
association that conducted racing in the central or southern zone
prior to January 1, 1980, shall be entitled to be allocated up to
three weeks of racing. The board shall take public testimony and make
all determinations on the allocation of racing dates during a public
hearing. All discussions of allocating racing dates by the board or
its subcommittees shall be conducted during a public hearing. Nothing
in this section diminishes the authority of the board to establish
racing dates.