Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, authorizes a fair, a combination of fairs, or an association conducting racing at a fair, after approval from the California Horse Racing Board, to contribute 1% of the total amount handled daily in conventional and exotic pools for facilities maintenance and improvements at a fair’s racetrack inclosure, for those fairs that contribute or those fairs where an association conducting racing at that fair contributes. Existing law requires that the money raised be deposited into the Inclosure Facilities Improvement Fund, which is created as a special fund in the State Treasury, and that money be made available upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to appoint a committee to advise on the administration of the funds, and requires the secretary to include in the annual
expenditure plan any allocations made pursuant to these provisions, as specified.
This bill would remove the requirement that the secretary include in the annual expenditure plan any allocations made pursuant to these provisions.