Bill Text: CA SB577 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Horse racing: satellite wagering facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB577 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB577-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 577	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Denham

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 19605 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 577, as introduced, Denham. Horse racing: satellite wagering
facilities.
   Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, permits the California Horse
Racing Board to authorize an association licensed to conduct a racing
meeting also to operate a satellite wagering facility at its
racetrack inclosure, under specified conditions that differ between
the northern zone and the central and southern zones, and provides
specific guidelines for the operation and location of these
facilities.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19605 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19605.  (a) Notwithstanding any other  provision of
 law, the board may authorize an association licensed to
conduct a racing meeting in the northern zone to operate a satellite
wagering facility for wagering on races conducted in the northern
zone at its racetrack inclosure subject to all of the conditions
specified in Section 19605.3, and may authorize an association
licensed to conduct a racing meeting in the central or southern zone
to operate a satellite wagering facility for wagering on races
conducted in the central or southern zone at its racetrack inclosure
subject to the conditions specified in subdivisions (a) to (e),
inclusive, of Section 19605.3 and the conditions and limitations set
forth in Section 19605.6.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other  provision of  law,
no satellite wagering facility, except a facility that is located at
a track where live racing is conducted, shall be located within 20
miles of any existing satellite wagering facility or of any track
where a racing association conducts a live racing meeting. However,
in the northern zone, a racing association or any existing satellite
wagering facility may waive the prohibition contained in this
subdivision and may consent to the location of another satellite
wagering facility within 20 miles of the facility or track.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the Department of Food and
Agriculture may approve not more than three satellite wagering
facilities that are licensed jointly to the 1a District Agricultural
Association and the 5th District Agricultural Association and that
are located on the fairgrounds of the 1a District Agricultural
Association or within the boundaries of the City and County of San
Francisco. Before a satellite wagering facility may be licensed for
the 1997 and subsequent calendar years under this subdivision, the
department shall conduct a one-year test at the proposed site in
order to determine the impact of the proposed facility on total state
parimutuel revenues and on attendance and wagering at existing
racetracks and fair satellite wagering facilities in the Counties of
Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano. Notwithstanding Section
19605.1, a satellite wagering facility may be located on property
leased to one or both fairs. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of  law, the fairs may contract for the operation
and management of a satellite wagering facility with an individual
racing association or a partnership, joint venture, or other
affiliation of two or more racing associations that are licensed to
conduct thoroughbred meetings within the northern zone.
   (d) Subdivision (b) shall not be construed to prohibit the
location of satellite wagering facilities within 20 miles of any
existing or proposed satellite facility established pursuant to
subdivision (c).