Bill Text: CA SB899 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Horse racing: satellite wagering: out-of-country

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 279, Statutes of 2010. [SB899 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB899-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 899	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  279
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 28, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Denham
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Anderson)

                        JANUARY 26, 2010

   An act to amend Section 19596.3 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 899, Denham. Horse racing: satellite wagering: out-of-country
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-country thoroughbred races during the calendar period the
association or fair is conducting a race meeting, without the consent
of the participating horsemen's organization. These imported races
are subject to specified conditions, including the condition that the
total number of out-of-country thoroughbred races on which wagers
are allowed to be accepted statewide in any given year does not
exceed the total number of out-of-country thoroughbred races on which
wagers were accepted in 1998.
   This bill would delete that condition that limits the total number
of out-of-country thoroughbred races on which wagers are allowed to
be accepted statewide in any given year.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19596.3 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19596.3.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
thoroughbred racing association or fair may distribute the
audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-country
thoroughbred races during the calendar period the association or
fair is conducting a race meeting, without the consent of the
organization that represents horsemen participating in the race
meeting. Out-of-country races shall be imported under the following
conditions:
   (a) A thoroughbred association or fair shall conduct the wagering
in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 19601,
19616, 19616.1, and 19616.2.
   (b) No thoroughbred association or fair may accept wagers pursuant
to this section on out-of-country races commencing after 5:30 p.m.,
Pacific standard time, without the consent of the harness or quarter
horse racing association that is then conducting a live racing
meeting.
   (c) A thoroughbred racing association or fair distributing the
audiovisual signal and accepting wagers on the results of
out-of-country races pursuant to this section may execute an
agreement with an association that conducts thoroughbred races in the
southern zone to allow that association to distribute the signal and
accept wagers on the results of out-of-country thoroughbred races,
except that the license fees paid to the state shall be double the
amount paid by a quarter horse racing association specified in
subdivision (b) of Section 19605.7.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to allow thoroughbred racing associations or fairs to
import more out-of-country thoroughbred races this year, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.