BILL NUMBER: SB 1523	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Strickland

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 19640 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1523, as amended, Strickland. Horse racing: fund for retired
race horses.
   Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, generally regulates horse
racing and vests the administration and enforcement of the Horse
Racing Law in the California Horse Racing Board. Existing law
provides that all money representing penalties or fines imposed by
the stewards of a horse race meeting shall be collected by the
licensee of the meeting and paid to the board within 10 days after
its close. Existing law requires the board to deposit the money in
the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund. Existing law
also requires  that various fees are payable to the state as
license fees, such as the fees imposed upon fair associations for
every live racing meeting conducted by the associations 
 persons who participate in   horse racing, including
horse owners, jockeys, drivers, apprentices, grooms, and valets, to
be licensed by the board, and to pay license fees pursuant to the
rules and regulations adopted by the board  .
   This bill would require the board to deposit all money
representing penalties or fines imposed by the stewards of a horse
race meeting and all  money representing license 
fees paid to the board  for occupational licenses  into the
Fund for Retired California Race Horses, which would be established
by the bill as a continuously appropriated fund, thereby making an
appropriation  , for purposes of financing a program for the
rehabilitation and retraining of retired California race horses in
state prisons  .  The bill would require the program to be
developed by the board and implemented in partnership with a
nonprofit organization that operates rehabilitation and retirement
services in the state for retired Cali   fornia race horses.
The bill would require the nonprofit organization to be approved by
the board and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. 
The bill would require the board to adopt regulations for the
management and distribution of funds deposited in the Fund for
Retired California Race Horses  that would   .
The bill would require the regulations to  establish a 
grant request  process  under which a portion of the
funds collected would be allocated to   for the
distribution of those moneys to the nonprofit organization and for
the distribution of moneys received by the  nonprofit 
organizations   organization   that operate
rehabilitation and retirement facilities located in this state for
the care of retired California race horses. The bill would also
authorize the board to enter into an agreement with   to
 the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation  for
the rehabilitation and retraining of retired California race horses
  for services provided by prisoners for the rehabilit
  ation and retraining of retired California race horses
pursuant to the program. The bill would require the nonprofit
organization and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to
submit an annual budget and quarterly financial statements to the
board  .
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19640 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19640.  (a) All money representing penalties or fines imposed by
the stewards of a horse race meeting shall be collected by the
licensee of the meeting and paid to the board within 10 days after
its close, and the board shall deposit all  such 
 of the  money in  the State Treasury to the credit
of  the Fund for Retired California Race Horses, which is
hereby established  in the State Treasury. All fees paid to the
board for occupational licenses, as specified in Section 1481 of
Article 4 of Division 4 of Title 4 of the California Code of
Regulations, shall also be deposited by the board into the fund 
.  Notwithstanding 
    (b)     Notwithstanding  Section 13340
of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund shall be continuously
appropriated to the board for  the  purposes 
of funding the program  described in this section. 
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law, all money representing license
fees paid to the board shall be deposited by the board into the fund.
 
   (c) The board shall adopt regulations for the management and
distribution of moneys deposited in the Fund for Retired California
Race Horses. Those regulations shall establish a grant request
process and conditions under which a portion of the funds collected
as provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be allocated to
board-approved nonprofit organizations that operate rehabilitation
and retirement facilities located in this state for the care of
retired California race horses. The board may also enter into an
agreement with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for
the rehabilitation and retraining of retired California race horses.
 
   (c) The board shall establish a program for the rehabilitation and
retraining of retired California race horses in state prisons. The
program shall be developed by the board and shall be implemented in
partnership with a nonprofit organization that operates
rehabilitation and retirement facilities in the state for the care of
retired California race horses. The nonprofit organization shall be
approved by the board and the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.  
   (d) The board shall adopt regulations for the management and
distribution of moneys in the Fund for Retired California Race
Horses. The regulations shall also establish a process for the
distribution of those moneys to the nonprofit organization and for
the distribution of moneys received by the nonprofit organization to
the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for services
provided by prisoners for the rehabilitation and retraining of
retired California race horses pursuant to the program.  
   (e) The nonprofit organization and the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation shall submit a budget for the ensuing calendar
year at the board's November meeting each year, and shall file
quarterly financial statements with the board.