BILL NUMBER: AB 707	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section  19427   19596.2
 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 707, as amended, Garrick. Horse racing:  California
Horse Racing Board.   thoroughbred races.  
   Existing law authorizes a thoroughbred racing association or fair
to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results
of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United States
during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a
race meeting, as specified, without the consent of the organization
that represents horsemen participating in the race meeting and
without regard to the amount of purses. Existing law prohibits the
total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs
on a statewide basis, as specified, from exceeding 32 per day on days
when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the
state. Certain well-known races are excluded from this limitation,
including the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes.  
   This bill would increase that limit on the total number of races
from 32 to 60.  
   Existing law provides that the jurisdiction and supervision over
meetings in this state where horse races with wagering on their
results are held or conducted, and over all persons or things having
to do with the operation of those meetings, is vested in the
California Horse Racing Board. Existing law requires the board to
appoint those employees as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions governing horse racing in this state.  
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to the
latter provision. 
   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 19596.2 of the  
Business and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   19596.2.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
except as provided in Section 19596.4, a thoroughbred racing
association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept
wagers on the results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in
the United States during the calendar period the association or fair
is conducting a race meeting, including days on which there is no
live racing being conducted by the association or fair, without the
consent of the organization that represents horsemen participating in
the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses.
Further, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by
associations or fairs on a statewide basis under this section shall
not exceed  32   60  per day on days when
live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state. The
limitation of  32   60  imported races per
day does not apply to any of the following:
   (1) Races imported for wagering purposes pursuant to subdivision
(c).
   (2) Races imported that are part of the race card of the Kentucky
Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes,
the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Travers Stakes, the Arlington Million,
the Breeders' Cup, the Dubai Cup, or the Haskell Invitational.
   (3) Races imported into the northern zone when there is no live
thoroughbred or fair racing being conducted in the northern zone.
   (4) Races imported into the combined central and southern zones
when there is no live thoroughbred or fair racing being conducted in
the combined central and southern zones.
   (b) Any thoroughbred association or fair accepting wagers pursuant
to subdivision (a) shall conduct the wagering in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Sections 19601, 19616, 19616.1, and
19616.2.
   (c) No thoroughbred association or fair may accept wagers pursuant
to this section on out-of-state races commencing after 7 p.m.,
Pacific standard time, without the consent of the harness or quarter
horse racing association that is then conducting a live racing
meeting in Orange or Sacramento Counties. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 19427 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   19427.  The board shall appoint those employees as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.