Today's Law As Amended


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AB-667 Horse racing.(2003-2004)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 19438 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

19438.
 Any person who is a race track employee who wrongfully attempts to affect or wrongfully affects the outcome of a horse race is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or 10 times any amount that was paid to wrongfully attempt to affect or wrongfully affect the outcome of a horse race, whichever amount is greater, and by a term of imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months.

SEC. 2.

 Section 19605.25 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

19605.25.
 (a) In addition to any authorized satellite wagering facility, the board, with the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture, may authorize any fair or racing association in the central zone to operate a satellite wagering facility pursuant to this section if it finds that is in the best interest of horse racing.
(b) The racing associations situated in the central zone and quarter horse racing associations situated in the southern zone may join together with the Los Angeles County Fair, the 50th Agricultural District, or the 51st Agricultural District to site an additional five satellite wagering facilities in Los Angeles County. The location of these satellite facilities shall be mutually agreed upon by the racing associations in the central zone, the quarter horse racing associations in the southern zone, the Los Angeles County Fair, the 50th Agricultural District, and the 51st Agricultural District. All of these parties shall have the opportunity to invest in the ownership and operation of these additional five satellite wagering facilities at the time of approval of each facility by the board.
(c) The distribution of the handle, may, with the consent of the affected horsemen’s associations and racing associations, be based on an agreement among the parties described in subdivision (b), rather than the usual satellite distribution. Any change in the distribution shall only affect the portions that are intended for purses and commissions, and shall be agreed to by all the racing associations, fair racing associations, and horsemen’s organizations in the central and southern zones.

SEC. 3.

 Section 19605.46 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

19605.46.
 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 19605, and Section 19605.1, the Alameda County Fair, may, with the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture, the authorization of the board, and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 19605.3, operate two additional satellite wagering
facilities within the boundaries of the fair district. However, any facility situated in the City of Oakland shall be sited only with the concurrence of the racing association in Alameda County. The racing association in Alameda County shall have the opportunity to invest in the ownership and operation of any satellite wagering facility situated in the City of Oakland or within 20 miles of the racing association’s race track in Alameda County.
SEC. 4.
 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.