BILL NUMBER: AB 2205	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2008

   An act to 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 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.
   This bill would  , in the event a venue used for thoroughbred
racing by an association licensed to conduct thoroughbred racing in
the central zone in 2008 is not   available for racing in
2009 or thereafter,  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 exceed the total aggregate racing weeks
allocated, as specified.
   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 19531.2 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   19531.2.  Notwithstanding Section 19531 and any other provision of
law,  in the event a venue used for thoroughbred racing by an
association licensed to conduct thoroughbred racing in the central
zone in 2008 is not available for racing in 2009 or thereafter, 
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.