BILL NUMBER: AB 840	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section 19401 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 840, as introduced, Garrick. Horse racing.
   Existing law expresses the Legislature's intent of the Horse
Racing Law is to allow parimutuel wagering on horse races, while
assuring protection of the public, among other matters.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19401 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19401.  The intent of this chapter is to allow parimutuel wagering
on horse races, while:
   (a)  Assuring   Ensuring  protection of
the public.
   (b) Encouraging agriculture and the breeding of horses in this
state.
   (c) Supporting the network of California fairs.
   (d) Providing for maximum expansion of horse racing opportunities
in the public interest.
   (e) Providing uniformity of regulation for each type of horse
racing.