BILL NUMBER: SB 662 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 24, 2009
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 14, 2009
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 13, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Senator Yee
( Coauthors: Senators Liu,
Romero, and Wiggins )
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
Adams, Fong, Bonnie Lowenthal,
Ma, Ruskin, Smyth, and Torlakson
)
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
An act to amend Sections 19440 and 19616.51 of the
Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing.
relating to domestic violence, making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 662, as amended, Yee. Horse racing: parimutuel
wagering: real time monitoring. Domestic violence:
funding.
Existing law provides for the indemnification of victims and
derivative victims of specified types of crimes from the Restitution
Fund, which is continuously appropriated to the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board for these purposes.
Existing law requires the Maternal and Child Health Branch of the
State Department of Public Health to administer a comprehensive
shelter-based services grant program to battered women's shelters, as
prescribed.
This bill would, notwithstanding existing law, appropriate
$16,300,000 from the Restitution Fund to the State Department of
Public Health to be allocated for purposes of funding this program.
Existing law provides that the California Horse Racing Board shall
have all necessary powers to carry out the purposes of the Horse
Racing Law and specifies certain responsibilities of the board.
This bill would include, within those responsibilities of the
board, providing real time transactional monitoring of all parimutuel
wagering on California horse races and maintaining independent
technology services for specified purposes.
Existing law, effective July 1, 2009, provides that,
notwithstanding any other provision of law and in lieu of any license
fee payable to the state prescribed for or referred to in specified
provisions of the Horse Racing Law, any association or fair that
conducts a racing meeting shall pay a license fee to fund the
California Horse Racing Board and the equine drug testing program in
accordance with a formula devised by the board in consultation with
the industry, as provided.
This bill would also require any association or fair that conducts
a racing meeting to pay a license fee to the state to fund real time
transactional monitoring of all parimutuel wagering on California
horse races, as specified.
Vote: majority 2/3 . Appropriation:
no yes . Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding Section 13964 of the
Government Code, there is hereby appropriated the sum of sixteen
million three hundred thousand dollars ($16,300,000) from the
Restitution Fund to the State Department of Public Health for
purposes of funding Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 124250) of
Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 1. Section 19440 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
19440. (a) The board shall have all powers necessary and proper
to enable it to carry out fully and effectually the purposes of this
chapter. Responsibilities of the board shall include, but not be
limited to, all of the following:
(1) Adopting rules and regulations for the protection of the
public and the control of horse racing and parimutuel wagering.
(2) Administration and enforcement of all laws, rules, and
regulations affecting horse racing and parimutuel wagering.
(3) Adjudication of controversies arising from the enforcement of
those laws and regulations dealing with horse racing and parimutuel
wagering.
(4) Licensing of each racing association and all persons, other
than the public at large, who participate in a horse racing meeting
with parimutuel wagering.
(5) Allocation of racing dates to qualified associations in
accordance with law.
(6) Providing real time transactional monitoring of all parimutuel
wagering on California horse races.
(7) Maintaining independent technology services to provide for
capturing, saving, transmitting, receiving, and otherwise
disseminating technology resources, and the board may contract with
the Department of Technology Services or seek suitable accommodations
with vendors of the board's choosing for the purpose of furthering
the board's chosen business objectives.
(b) The board may delegate to stewards appointed pursuant to
Article 5 (commencing with Section 19510) any of its powers and
duties that are necessary to carry out fully and effectuate the
purposes of this chapter.
SEC. 2. Section 19616.51 of the Business and
Professions Code, as added by Section 4 of Chapter 12 of the Statutes
of 2009 of the Second Extraordinary Session, is amended to read:
19616.51. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in
lieu of any license fee payable to the state prescribed for or
referred to in Section 19491, 19491.5, 19596.3, 19601, 19601.2,
19602, 19603, 19604, 19605.25, 19605.35, 19605.45, 19605.6, 19605.7,
19605.71, 19606.5, 19606.6, 19610.8, 19611, 19612, 19614, 19616,
19616.1, 19616.2, or 19641, any association or fair that conducts a
racing meeting shall only pay a license fee to the state to fund the
board, real time transactional monitoring of all parimutuel wagering
on California horse races, and the equine drug testing program as
follows:
(1) All racing associations and fairs including all breeds of
racing shall participate in the funding of the board in accordance
with a formula devised by the board in consultation with the
industry.
(2) The baseline funding for the board and equine drug testing
program in the first fiscal year after the enactment of this section
shall be the amount approved in the 2008-09 Budget Act.
(3) Adjustments to the funding in subsequent budget years may only
be made by an act of the Legislature.
(b) The license fee reductions resulting from subdivision (a),
after payments to fund the board, real time transactional monitoring
of all parimutuel wagering on California horse races, and the equine
drug testing program, shall be distributed as follows:
(1) For thoroughbred racing only, 3 percent of the amount of the
reduction shall be deposited with the official registering agency
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2, and shall thereafter
be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of
Section 19617.2. The remaining amount shall be distributed to the
association that conducts the racing meeting and to horsemen
participating in that racing meeting as follows:
(A) Fifty percent to the association as commissions.
(B) Fifty percent to the horsemen as purses.
(2) For quarter horse racing, 2.5 percent of the amount of the
reduction shall be deposited with the official registering agency
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.7, and shall thereafter
be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c), (d), (e), and (f)
of Section 19617.7, the remaining amount shall be distributed to the
association that conducts the racing meeting and to horsemen
participating in that racing meeting as follows:
(A) Fifty percent to the association as commissions.
(B) Fifty percent to the horsemen as purses.
(3) For harness racing, 6 percent of the amount of the reduction
shall be distributed as specified in Section 19617.6, the remaining
amount shall be distributed to the association that conducts the
racing meeting and to horsemen participating in that racing meeting
as follows:
(A) Fifty percent to the association as commissions.
(B) Fifty percent to the horsemen as purses.
(4) For all other breeds, the remaining amount shall be
distributed to the association that conducts the racing meeting and
to horsemen participating in that racing meeting as follows:
(A) Fifty percent to the association as commissions.
(B) Fifty percent to the horsemen as purses.
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