BILL NUMBER: AB 763	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Section 19596.21 to the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 763, as introduced, Chesbro. Horse racing: Humboldt County
Fair.
   (1) Existing law provides for the operation of live horse racing
by associations and fairs, and for wagering thereon, and for the
operation of satellite wagering facilities, subject to regulation and
oversight by the California Horse Racing Board, as specified.
   This bill would, during calendar periods when a thoroughbred
association or fair in the northern zone and the Humboldt County Fair
simultaneously conduct live race meetings, permit the Humboldt
County Fair and a thoroughbred association in the southern zone when
conducting a live race meeting to accept wagers on the result of
out-of-state thoroughbred horse races, if specified conditions are
met.
   (2) Under existing law, all revenues distributed to the state as
license fees from horse racing are required to be deposited in the
Fair and Exposition Fund and are continuously appropriated to the
Department of Food and Agriculture for various regulatory and general
governmental purposes.
   This bill would authorize additional wagering, and would increase
the amount of continuously appropriated license fees, thereby making
an appropriation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19596.21 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   19596.21.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during
calendar periods when a thoroughbred association or fair in the
northern zone and the Humboldt County Fair simultaneously conduct
live race meetings, the Humboldt County Fair and a thoroughbred
association in the southern zone when conducting a live race meeting
may accept wagers on the result of out-of-state thoroughbred horse
races, if all of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The authorization complies with federal laws, including, but
not limited to, Chapter 57 (commencing with Section 3001) of Title 15
of the United States Code.
   (2) The Humboldt County Fair conducts at least six live races, and
the fair and the thoroughbred association in the southern zone
import not more than eight out-of-state races on those days during a
racing meeting when live races are being run.
   (3) The Humboldt County Fair and thoroughbred association in the
southern zone shall accept wagers on out-of-state thoroughbred races
commencing before 4:30 p.m., Pacific standard time, without the
consent of an association that is then conducting a live racing
meeting in this state.
   (b) The Humboldt County Fair may contract with the thoroughbred
association or fair in the southern zone to distribute the signal
statewide on its behalf.
   (c) Any thoroughbred association or fair accepting wagers pursuant
to this section shall conduct the wagering in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Sections 19601, 19616, 19616.1, and 19616.2,
except that subdivision (i) of Section 19601 shall not be applicable
for the purpose of fulfilling the authorization described in this
section.