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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1579
Author: Senate Governmental Organization Committee
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMM. : 13-0, 04/24/12
AYES: Wright, Anderson, Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella,
Corbett, De Le�n, Evans, Hernandez, Padilla, Walters,
Wyland, Yee
SUBJECT : Horse racing
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes technical, nonsubstantive
changes to an existing provision of California Horse Racing
Law relating to the general administration of race meetings
by the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB).
ANALYSIS : Article IV, Section 19(b) of the Constitution
of the State of California provides that the Legislature
may provide for the regulation of horse races and horse
race meetings and wagering on the results. Existing law
grants the CHRB the authority to regulate the various forms
of horse racing authorized in this state.
This bill is intended to be the vehicle for various code
maintenance and clean-up changes that are necessary in
existing Horse Racing Law. Senate Governmental
Organization Committee staff indicates they are working
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with CHRB staff to compile the list of changes that will be
added to this bill as it moves through the legislative
process.
Related Legislation
SB 1523 (Strickland), 2011-12 Session, diverts monies
currently deposited in the Fund for Retired California Race
Horses for a new program to be established by the CHRB with
a nonprofit and the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation for the rehabilitation and retraining of
retired California race horses.
SB 1227 (Negrete McLeod), 2011-12 Session, modifies a
provision of Horse Racing Law which currently provides for
a one percent deduction from wagers at fair racing meets
for deposit into the Fair and Exposition Fund for specified
purposes and instead diverts the distribution of the one
percent license fee equally between the fair that conducted
the racing meet (as commissions) and to the horsemen and
horsewomen who participated in the racing meet (as purses).
SB 1418 (Berryhill), 2011-12 Session, among other things,
deletes the current calendar period restriction (only
between June 1 and October 31) during which the CHRB may
allocate combined fair horse racing meetings thus allowing
the CHRB greater flexibility in allocation of racing dates.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
DLW:nl 4/25/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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