SB 1003, as introduced, Evans. Horse racing: out-of-state 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, 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 and horsewomen participating in the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses. Under existing law, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under these provisions shall not exceed 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state, with the exception of specified races.
This bill would instead provide that the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under these provisions shall not exceed 55 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state, with the exception of specified races.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 19596.2 of the Business and Professions
2Code is amended to read:
(a) Notwithstanding any otherbegin delete provision ofend delete law and
4except as provided in Section 19596.4, a thoroughbred racing
5association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept
6wagers on the results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted
7in the United States during the calendar period the association or
8fair is conducting a race meeting, including days on which there
9is no live racing being conducted by the association or fair, without
10the consent of the organization that represents horsemen and
11horsewomen participating in the race meeting and without regard
12to the amount of purses. Further, the total number of thoroughbred
13races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under
14this section shall not exceedbegin delete 50end deletebegin insert
55end insert per day on days when live
15thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state. The
16limitation ofbegin delete 50end deletebegin insert 55end insert imported races per day does not apply to any
17of the following:
18(1) Races imported for wagering purposes pursuant to
19subdivision (c).
20(2) Races imported that are part of the race card of the Kentucky
21Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont
22Stakes, the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Travers Stakes, the
23Arlington Million, the Breeders’ Cup, the Dubai Cup, the Arkansas
24Derby, or the Haskell Invitational.
25(3) Races imported into the northern zone when there is no live
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thoroughbred or fair racing being conducted in the northern zone.
27(4) Races imported into the combined central and southern zones
28when there is no live thoroughbred or fair racing being conducted
29in the combined central and southern zones.
30(b) Any thoroughbred association or fair accepting wagers
31pursuant to subdivision (a) shall conduct the wagering in
32accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 19601,
3319616, 19616.1, and 19616.2.
34(c) No thoroughbred association or fair may accept wagers
35pursuant to this section on out-of-state races commencing after 7
36p.m., Pacific standard time, without the consent of the harness or
P3 1quarter horse racing association that is then conducting a live racing
2meeting in Orange or Sacramento Counties.
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