Bill Text: DE HB197 | 2013-2014 | 147th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 3 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Horse Racing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-05 - Signed by Governor [HB197 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2013-HB197-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. Viola & Sen. Ennis |
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Sen. Poore |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 147th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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HOUSE BILL NO. 197 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HORSE RACING. |
Section 1.Amend §10148(1), Title 3 of the Delaware Code by making insertions as shown by underlining and deletions as shown by struck through language, as follows:
§10148.Restrictions on licensee acting as video lottery agent.
During any calendar year in which a licensee under this chapter has also been licensed by the Director of the State Lottery Office to maintain video lottery machines within the confines of a racetrack licensed under this chapter, the following rules shall apply:
(1) As to each racetrack so
licensed by the Director of the State Lottery Office, the licensee shall
conduct live racing operations on at least 100 days, or such fewer number of
days to which the licensee and the organization that represents the majority of
owners and trainers racing at the licensee's racetrack agree in writing on
or before December 15 before the following year's racing calendar and dates
will be publicly announced. In December of each year, the licensee will
submit to the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission proposed racing days for
the following year. Each licensee shall also employ during the live racing
operations a minimum of 100 additional employees than the average daily number
employed during the most recent racing meet held prior to July 16, 1994.The licensee's continued failure to
substantially comply with this requirement after notice from the Director shall
constitute grounds for revocation or suspension of the video lottery agent's
license.
Section 2.This Act shall take effect immediately upon its enactment into law.
SYNOPSIS
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In order to maintain racing purses that are competitive with other racetracks in the mid-Atlantic region, a racetrack licensed to conduct gaming operations needs the flexibility to reduce the number of racing days.This Act would permit a racetrack licensee to reduce the number of racing days below the statutorily required 100 days if the organization that represents the horsemen that race at the track agrees to the reduction in writing.Delaware Racing Association, which owns and operates Delaware Park, and the Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association recently entered a written agreement providing for 81 days of live racing. This House Bill is intended to correct HB 116 as amended by SA1, by removing the requirement that the number of racing days on or before December 15 and before the racing calendar and dates are publicly announced. |
