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AB 173 |
Dymally |
Horse racing. |
I-01/23/2003 |
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Existing law prohibits any person from furnishing a tape of a quarter
horse race occurring in this state for a commercial purpose, including its
use in a video game, and from using one of these tapes, without permission
from the organization conducting the meeting, the horsemen participating in
the meeting, and the California Horse Racing Board. Existing law gives any of
those persons authority to file for an injunction against the violation of
this prohibition in superior court. This bill would expand the prohibition to
cover videos as well as tapes, and all horse races rather than merely quarter
horse races. It would also specifically prohibit the selling those tapes and
videos of horse races. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. |
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Strickland |
Horse racing: satellite wagering facilities. |
I-02/14/2003 |
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04/28/2003-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (April 28). |
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Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, provides for the regulation of horse
racing in this state, by the California Horse Racing Board. This bill, while
leaving intact several authorizations for the board to permit named fairs to
operate satellite wagering facilities, would repeal the provisions authorizing
the board to permit fairs generally to operate satellite wagering facilities.
The bill would instead give the board authority, with the approval of the
Department of Food and Agriculture, to authorize any fair or racing
association to operate a satellite wagering facility, if it finds that it is
in the best interest of horse racing. Under this new authority, a satellite
facility could be located by a fair anywhere within the boundaries of the
fair's district, and by any other racing association anywhere within the
association's racing zone. However, no facility would be located under these
provisions within 20 miles of an existing satellite wagering facility or
racetrack without the consent of the existing facility or racetrack.
Conditions detailed in the existing general authorizations for the board to
permit fairs to operate satellite wagering facilities would not be explicitly
applicable to satellite wagering facilities permitted by the board under this
new authorization, although some restrictions in other provisions of the
Horse Racing law would continue to apply. This bill contains other existing
laws. |
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Strickland |
Horse racing: deductions. |
A-04/08/2003 |
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04/22/2003-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (April 21). |
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Existing law specifies the percentages to be deducted by a racing
association or fair from the parimutuel pools for horse race wagering, and
amount of these deductions varies based on the type of bet and type of
racing. Existing law provides for the payment of license fees to the state in
amounts that vary depending on the type of racing, the type of bet, whether
the racing meeting is a fair meeting, and other considerations. Existing law
provides for the distribution of the amount deducted from the parimutuel pool
to various entities based on the type of racing, and other factors. This bill
would permit the California Horse Racing Board, notwithstanding these
statutory percentages, to set the deduction for any new type of wager
introduced after January 1, 2004, in an amount of not less than 10 nor more
than 30% at the joint request of the association or fair and the horsemen's
organization for the meeting of the association or fair accepting the new
wager. It would also set a fixed state license fee of 3% for these new types
of wagers, and provide for the distribution of the funds deducted, as
specified. This bill contains other existing laws. |
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Horton, Jerome |
Horse racing: satellite wagering facilities. |
I-02/14/2003 |
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04/22/2003-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (April 21). |
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Existing law permits the California Horse Racing Board to authorize a
fair to operate a satellite wagering facility at the fairgrounds, under
certain circumstances. Existing law permits any fair in Shasta, San Joaquin,
Humboldt, or Fresno County, with the approval of the Department of Food and
Agriculture and the authorization of the board, to operate one satellite
wagering facility on leased premises within the boundaries of that fair,
subject to specified conditions. This bill would permit a fair located in the
City of Sacramento, with the approval of the department and the authorization
of the board, to operate one satellite wagering facility within the
boundaries of that fair in addition to any facility otherwise authorized at
its fairgrounds, under the same conditions as apply in Shasta, San Joaquin,
Humboldt, or Fresno County. This bill contains other existing laws. |
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Horton, Jerome |
Horse racing: out-of-country thoroughbred races. |
I-02/18/2003 |
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04/28/2003-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (April 28). |
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Existing law provides that a thoroughbred racing association or fair may
distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of
out-of-state and out-of-country thoroughbred races during the calendar period
the association or fair is conducting a race meeting, provided that the total
number of thoroughbred races on which wagers are accepted statewide in any
given year does not exceed the total number of thoroughbred races on which
wagers were accepted in 1998. Existing law permits this without the consent
of the organization that represents horsemen participating in the race
meeting, but subject to other limitations, including a limitation of 23 races
per day, except as provided. State license fees on this wagering are provided
for in existing law. This bill would amend those provisions with the 23 race
per day limitation to apply only to out-of-state races in the United States.
It would add separate provisions to permit a thoroughbred racing association
or fair to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results
of out-of-country thoroughbred races on similar conditions, without a daily
limit on races, and subject to a different state license fee. This bill
contains other existing laws. |
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Yee |
Horse racing. |
A-04/21/2003 |
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04/22/2003-Re-referred to Com. on G.O. |
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Existing law, operative until July 1, 2004, permits racing associations,
fairs, and the organization responsible for contracting with racing
associations and fairs with respect to the conduct of racing meetings, to
form a private, statewide marketing organization to market and promote
thoroughbred and fair horse racing and to obtain, provide, or defray the cost
of workers' compensation coverage for stable employees and jockeys of
thoroughbred trainers. Among other specified functions, this law requires the
marketing organization to annually submit to the California Horse Racing
Board a statewide marketing and promotion plan and a thoroughbred trainers'
workers' compensation defrayal plan for thoroughbred and fair horse racing.
This bill would require the annual plan to be submitted by April 1st, and
would require that the plan also be submitted to the appropriate select
committees of the Legislature. |
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Horton, Jerome |
Horse racing: racetrack workers welfare. |
I-02/19/2003 |
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02/20/2003-From printer. May be heard in committee March 22. |
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Existing law for horse racing provides for the deduction of a portion of
the parimutuel pool, and provides for the allocation of the purse money and
money for commissions from this deduction. Under existing law, no horse
owner's license or license to conduct a race meeting may be issued unless the
applicant's liability for workers' compensation is secured. Existing law
provides that any termination of liability coverage results in the immediate
automatic suspension of the license during the period of that termination,
and is also a ground for revocation of the license. Existing law provides
that, with respect to a harness race meeting, a portion of the money
allocated for purses may be used to pay for obtaining, providing, or
defraying the cost of workers' compensation coverage for stable employees and
drivers of licensed standardbred trainers. This bill would require every
association that conducts a horse racing meeting to distribute an unspecified
percentage of the deduction for commissions to a collectively bargained
health and welfare trust to cover costs associated with collective healthcare
and disability benefits for designated racetrack workers. |
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Harman |
horse racing. |
I-02/19/2003 |
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04/10/2003-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
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Existing law generally requires every licensee conducting a horse racing
meeting to provide for the running of at least one race each racing day
limited to California-bred horses, or featuring California-bred horses, to be
known as the "California-bred race." Existing law requires for
thoroughbred and quarter horse racing that the total amount distributed to
horsemen and horsewomen for California-bred stakes races from the purse
account to be not less than 10% of the total amount distributed for all
stakes races from the purse account at that racing meeting. Existing law
defines a "California-bred quarter horse" as a quarter horse foal
conceived in California by a stallion standing in California at the time of
conception. This bill would change that definition to require the stallion to
be standing in California at the approximate time of conception. |
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Committee on Governmental Organization |
Horse racing. |
I-02/19/2003 |
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02/27/2003-Referred to Com. on G.O. |
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Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, is written with a set of basic
definitions near the beginning that govern the constructions of that law. The
terms "handle," "takeout," and "advance deposit
wagering" are not defined there, and of those terms, only "advance
deposit wagering" is defined anywhere in the Horse Racing Law, and by
its terms that definition only applies to the section of law authorizing that
type of wagering. This bill would add to those definitions placed at the
beginning of the Horse Racing Law, and governing its construction,
definitions for the terms "handle," "takeout," and
"advance deposit wagering." This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. |
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Strickland |
Horse racing: racing days and weeks. |
I-02/19/2003 |
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04/10/2003-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
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Existing law defines "racing weeks" for the purposes of the
Horse Racing Law as 7 consecutive days during which a licensed racing
association is authorized by the California Horse Racing Board to conduct
horse racing for a minimum of 5 racing days. Existing law permits the board
to authorize a licensed racing association or fair to conduct horse racing on
a minimum of 4 racing days during a racing week if the racing association or
fair and the organization representing horsemen jointly petition the board to
do so. Existing law also provides for fractional weeks of 4 days or less that
can be authorized by the board at the beginning or end of a racing meeting,
and under certain other circumstances. This bill would redefine "racing
week" as 7 consecutive days during which an association is authorized to
conduct horse racing for a minimum of 4, instead of 5, racing days, and would
authorize less than 4 in response to a joint petition as described above. It
would also specify that fractional racing weeks of 3 days or less can be
authorized by the board on the terms now applicable to fractional racing
weeks of 4 days or less. |
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Wyland |
Horse racing: charity days. |
I-02/19/2003 |
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04/21/2003-In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. |
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Existing law requires each licensed racing association to designate a
certain number of racing days to be conducted as charity days for the purpose
of the distribution of the net proceeds therefrom to beneficiaries. Existing
law also requires that beneficiaries of these proceeds be exempt or entitled
to exemption from state and federal income taxes, involved in specified
beneficial activities, and approved by the California Horse Racing Board.
Existing law requires that at least 20% of the distribution from charity day
racing go to charities associated with the horse racing industry, and
provides for other, more specific distributions for some, but not all of the
balance of this distribution. This bill would require that 20% of the
distribution from charity day racing go to a nonprofit corporation that cares
for retired race horses. It would also require the board to maintain a list
of these charities, and adopt regulations to ensure the proper expenditure of
this money. The bill would reduce the minimum amount required to go to
charities associated with the horse racing industry that are not further
specified in these provisions to 10% of the distribution. This bill contains
other related provisions. |
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Strickland |
Horse racing: advance deposit wagering. |
A-04/01/2003 |
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04/21/2003-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. |
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Existing law provides that an advance deposit wager is a method of
making a parimutuel wager in which a person in California or elsewhere
establishes an account with a licensee, betting system, or
multijurisdictional wagering hub, and subsequently issues wagering
instructions concerning the funds in this account, thereby authorizing the
entity holding the account to place wagers on the account owner's behalf.
Existing law authorizes any racing association or fair to accept advance
deposit wagers, or to allow these wagers through a betting system or
multijurisdictional wagering hub, during the calendar period of its live
racing meeting upon approval by the California Horse Racing Board, and to
form partnerships, joint ventures, or any other affiliation to further this
purpose. Existing law requires the board to develop and adopt rules to
license and regulate all phases of operation of advance deposit wagering for
licensees, betting systems, and multijurisdictional wagering hubs located in |
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Committee on Governmental Organization |
Horse racing. |
A-04/22/2003 |
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04/23/2003-Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
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Existing law requires the California Horse Racing Board to make an
annual report to the Governor and the Legislature of its proceedings and the
state of the business of horse racing in the preceding fiscal year,
including, among other things, a tabulation of injuries, fatalities, and
accident rates and an evaluation of specified worker safety improvements.
This bill would require the board, prior to |
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Liu |
Horse racing: racing weeks. |
E-04/28/2003 |
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Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, provides for the operation of live
horse racing in this state, subject to regulation by the California Horse
Racing Board. Existing law further provides the board with the exclusive
authority to allocate racing weeks, days, and hours for horse racing, with
specified maximum numbers of racing weeks permitted in a year for racing
associations that are not fairs. This bill would permit the board to
authorize a thoroughbred racing association in the central zoneto conduct a
racing program that includes Breeders' Cup prep races on |
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Levine |
Gaming: processing out-of-state wagers. |
A-04/21/2003 |
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Specified provisions in existing law prohibit various forms of gaming,
bookmaking and related conduct, including maintaining any kind of apparatus
for recording or registering any wager, which may be prosecuted as a felony
or misdemeanor. This bill would exempt from those provisions a person or
entity engaged in the business of electronic data processing or
telecommunications in this state acting as an intermediary for the purpose of
processing, registering, recording, storing or transmitting information and
instructions relating to any wager lawfully made and accepted in a
jurisdiction outside of the state if the wager is permitted by the federal
Interstate Wire Act (18 U.S.C. 1084) and the person or entity acting as an
intermediary has no financial interest in the outcome of the wager. |
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McLeod, Negrete |
Horse racing: racing days. |
A-04/28/2003 |
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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 such meetings, is vested in the California Horse Racing Board.
This jurisdiction includes the authority to allocate racing days and weeks to
racing associations and fairs, as provided. Existing law permits the board to
allocate up to 14 racing days to a fair each year, with specified exceptions,
and provides that these 14 days shall be during the period in which general
fair activities are conducted. This bill would permit the 14 days not to be
during the period in which general fair activities are conducted with the
agreement of the fair and the board . |
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Soto |
Horse racing: racing days and weeks. |
I-02/06/2003 |
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Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, provides for the operation of live
horse racing in this state, subject to regulation by the California Horse
Racing Board. Existing law further provides the board with the exclusive
authority to allocate racing days, dates, and hours for horse racing, as
specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions. This bill contains other existing laws. |
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Ashburn |
Horse racing. |
I-02/21/2003 |
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Existing law authorizes the Horse Racing Board to permit fairs to
operate satellite wagering facilities at their fairgrounds, under certain
conditions. In addition, existing law permits any fair in San Joaquin,
Humboldt, Fresno, or Shasta County, with the approval of the Department of
Food and Agriculture and the authorization of the board, to operate one
satellite wagering facility within the boundaries of the fair, as specified.
Existing law permits any fair in Kern County to operate a satellite wagering
facility at its fairgrounds under specified circumstances. This bill would
permit any fair in Kern County, with the approval of the Department of Food
and Agriculture and the authorization of the board, to operate one satellite
wagering facility within the boundaries of the fair, on the same conditions
as apply in Shasta County. This bill contains other existing laws. |
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Karnette |
Horse racing: California-bred horses. |
I-02/21/2003 |
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Existing law provides for special races for California-bred horses, with
minimum purse money allocated to those races. Existing law also establishes a
California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program to promote the breeding of
standardbred horses in the state that includes special stakes races for these
horses. Existing law defines a "California-bred standardbred horse"
for these purposes as a standardbred foal dropped by a mare in California
after being conceived in California and remaining in California until the
foal is weaned, or any standardbred foal which is conceived in California on
or after January 1, 1984. This bill would redefine a California-bred
standardbred horse as a standardbred foal dropped by a mare in |
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Vincent |
Horse racing: distribution of audiovisual signals. |
I-02/21/2003 |
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Existing law provides that, during the calendar period of its racing
meeting, a thoroughbred racing association or fair may distribute the
audiovisual signal and accept wagers on out-of-state and out-of-country
thoroughbred races, provided that the total number of races imported
statewide in any given year does not exceed the total number of races
imported in 1998. This bill would specify that a fair can also execute an
agreement to allow another association in the southern zone to distribute the
signal and accept wagers on these races. This bill contains other existing
laws. |
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Vincent |
Horse racing. |
A-03/27/2003 |
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The California Horse Racing Law puts authority over the regulation of
horse racing in the California Horse Racing Board. Existing law provides for
and regulates satellite wagering by eligible county fairs subject to
specified conditions, if approved by the Department of Food and Agriculture
and the California Horse Racing Board. Existing law authorizes the board to
permit the Solano County Fair to operate a satellite wagering facility on the
fairgrounds or on leased premises in Solano County, if the Solano County Fair
ceases to conduct live horse racing at the site of its 2002 racing meeting in
any subsequent year, as specified. Existing law requires specified deductions
from wagers at satellite wagering facilities, and provides for that the money
deducted be distributed according to specific provisions. This bill would
require that, in addition to the amounts deducted and distributed pursuant to
existing horse racing law, 3% of the total amount handled at a satellite
wagering facility that is licensed pursuant to the special authorization for
the Solano County Fair described above on thoroughbred races conducted by, or
disseminated by, a thoroughbred racing association or fair shall be
distributed as an additional commission to the Solano County Fair. |
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