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                                                                  AB 2205
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          Date of Hearing:   May 7, 2008

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mark Leno, Chair

                   AB 2205 (Garrick) - As Amended:  April 23, 2008 

          Policy Committee:                              Governmental  
          Organization Vote:                            12 - 0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  


          This bill allows the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) to  
          authorize the Del Mar Fair (the 22nd District Agricultural  
          Association) to use allocations of racing weeks from the central  
          zone and conduct thoroughbred racing at Del Mar race track  
          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.


           FISCAL EFFECT  

          There are no significant costs associated with this legislation.

           COMMENTS  

          Purpose  . This bill is proposed in order to allow the Del Mar  
          race track to pick up some of the racing days that are currently  
          allotted to Hollywood Park in anticipation of that track's  
          closure.  Under current law, the southern zone (Del Mar race  
          track) is allowed to conduct thoroughbred races for seven weeks  
          each year.  The central zone, which includes both Santa Anita  
          and Hollywood Park, conducts racing for 42 weeks.  

          In the event Hollywood Park closes down, there is no flexibility  
          in current law that would allow those race weeks to be  
          redistributed.  This bill would allow Del Mar to absorb some of  
          those lost weeks as long as the aggregate number of race weeks  
          in the southern and central zones does not exceed 49 weeks each  








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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081