BILL NUMBER: AB 2205	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 14, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2008
	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   19532.1
 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2205, as amended, Garrick. Horse racing: racing weeks:
allocations. 
   Existing law generally creates district agricultural associations,
which are state institutions.  
   Existing law, the 
    The  Horse Racing Law  ,  generally
regulates horse racing and vests the administration and enforcement
of  the Horse Racing Law   its provisions 
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   authorize
the board, if  a venue used for thoroughbred racing by an
association  or racing fair  licensed to conduct
thoroughbred racing in the central zone in 2008 is not available for
racing in 2009 or thereafter,  authorize the board 
to allocate the dates formerly allocated to that venue to 
other   licensed  associations or  racing 
fairs  that conducted licensed race meetings in 2008
 in the southern or central zone  in accordance with
specified requirements, including, among others, that a certain
agreed upon, plan of allocation be submitted annually to the board
and that the aggregate racing   . The bill would provide
that, upon allocation of dates pursuant to these provisions, no
association or   racing fair licensed to conduct
thoroughbred racing in the southern or central zones may receive more
than 25  weeks  conducted   of
thoroughbred racing  in the  combined  southern and
central zones  do not exceed the total aggregate racing weeks
allocated, as specified  .  The bill would prohibit the
aggregate allocation of racing weeks conducted in the southern and
central zones from exceeding the total aggregate racing weeks
permitted to be run in those zones, 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   19532.1 
is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
    19531.2.   19532.1.    (a) 
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  in
the event   excluding venues under construction for the
purpose of expanded year-round stabling and training for thoroughbred
race horses, if  a venue used for thoroughbred racing by an
association  or racing fair  licensed to conduct
thoroughbred racing in the central zone in 2008 is not available for
racing in 2009 or thereafter, the dates formerly allocated to that
venue shall be available for allocation  to other
associations or fairs, and those associations and fairs that
conducted licensed race meetings in 2008 in the southern or central
zone may conduct additional racing using an allocation of those
unused dates from the central zone in accordance with all of the
following:  
   (a) Absent its consent to accept a lesser allocation, an
association or fair that conducted licensed race meetings in 2008 in
the southern or central zone shall be entitled to an allocation of
not less than the dates allocated to it during 2007 or 2008,
whichever is greater. 
    (b)     An association
or fair continuing to conduct racing in 2009 and beyond, together
with the organization representing thoroughbred horsemen, shall
annually, on a date set by the board, submit an agreed-upon plan of
allocation that the board may adopt. In the event an agreed-upon plan
of allocation is not presented to the board in any year, the board
shall determine the appropriate allocation for the year following.
  by the board to licensed associations or racing fairs
in the southern or central zone.  
   (b) Upon allocation of dates pursuant to this section, no
association or racing fair licensed to conduct thoroughbred racing in
the southern or central zones may receive more than 25 weeks of
thoroughbred racing when aggregated among the combined southern and
central zones. 
   (c)  The   Notwithstanding subdivisions (a)
and (b), the  aggregate allocation of racing weeks conducted in
the southern and central zones shall not exceed the total aggregate
racing weeks permitted to be run in the southern and central zones by
Section 19531.
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