BILL NUMBER: AB 707	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  84
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 15, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 13, 2011
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 1, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 5, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 19596.2 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 707, Garrick. Horse racing: 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 50.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


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 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing
is being conducted in the state. The limitation of 50 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.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to immediately realize the economic benefits to local
economies, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.