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(a) Notwithstanding Section 19610 and in addition to the deduction specified in subdivision (b) of Section 19605.75, a fair may deduct an additional 0.5 percent of the total amount handled in exotic parimutuel pools of races for any breed, other than races solely for thoroughbreds. This additional deduction shall only be permitted for a breed’s races with the approval of the organization representing the horsemen and horsewomen of that breed at the fair.

(b) Any funds collected pursuant to subdivision (a) from exotic parimutuel pools on races within the inclosure of a racetrack, at satellite wagering facilities within this state, and through advance deposit wagering by residents of this state, shall be distributed to the organization described in subdivision (e) to be used in accordance with subdivision (d).

(c) Any fair that authorizes a betting system located outside of this state to accept exotic wagers on its races and to combine those wagers in the association’s exotic parimutuel pools, including, but not limited to, a multijurisdictional wagering hub as to exotic wagers made by residents other than those of this state, may deduct the amount specified in subdivision (a) in addition to any other applicable deductions specified in law. Any amount deducted pursuant to this subdivision shall be distributed to the organization described in subdivision (e) to be used in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (d). This additional deduction shall not be included in the amount on which license fees are determined pursuant to Section 19602.

(d) The amounts distributed to the organization described in subdivision (e) shall be deposited by that organization in a separate account to defray workers’ compensation insurance costs for trainers and owners who are racing breeds other than thoroughbreds at the applicable fair. Any funds not expended for this purpose in the calendar year in which they are collected may either be used for the following year’s workers’ compensation costs, as specified above, or to benefit the purse pool of each breed at the particular fair where the funds are generated in the same proportions as each breed generated at that fair in the year the funds are collected.

(e) The fairs and the organizations representing the horsemen and horsewomen of each breed for which deductions have been approved under subdivision (a) shall form an organization to which any funds deducted pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) shall be distributed. The fairs collectively shall have representation equal to the collective representation of the organizations representing horsemen and horsewomen on the governing board of the organization formed pursuant to this subdivision.

(f) If the fairs and the organizations representing horsemen and horsewomen cannot agree on the manner for distributing these funds to defray the costs of workers’ compensation insurance, the matter shall be submitted to the board for a decision consistent with subdivision (d), and the decision of the board shall be final.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 6, Sec. 4. (SB 777) Effective March 28, 2014.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


kind: section

code: BPC

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event there are at any time uncommitted surplus funds in accounts created pursuant to Sections 19605.73 and 19605.75, those unexpended funds may, at the written request of the organization governing those funds and with the approval of the board, be reallocated to any other fund or account created pursuant to this chapter.

(b) Requests to the board to reallocate funds pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be accompanied by a report detailing all receipts and expenditures over the two prior fiscal years of the funds affected by the request.

(c) Initial board approval of a request to reallocate funds pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be limited to a one-year period. Approval of a reallocation may be extended beyond one year upon a determination by the board that the extension is in the economic interest of thoroughbred racing.

(d) The organization whose written request pursuant to subdivision (a) has been approved by the board shall provide subsequent quarterly reports of receipts and expenditures of the affected funds if requested by the board.

(e) The organization whose written request pursuant to subdivision (a) has been approved by the board shall file a report with the board and the respective fiscal committees and committees on governmental organization of the Senate and the Assembly accounting for all receipts and expenditures in any of the affected funds. This report shall be filed within one year of initial board approval and annually thereafter if the approval is extended by the board.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 19605.10 by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 23. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011.)

division: 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS

chapter: 4. Horse Racing

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering

path: 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS > 4. Horse Racing > 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text:
(a) For harness, quarter horse, Appaloosa, Arabian, mixed breed, and fair meetings, the funds remaining after the distribution of the amounts set forth in Sections 19605.7 and 19605.71 shall be distributed 50 percent as commissions to the association that conducts the racing meeting and 50 percent to the horsemen participating in the racing meeting in the form of purses. However, owners’ premiums shall be paid from the amount distributed for purses in the same relative percentage as owners’ premiums are paid at the racing meeting, except that for thoroughbred races the owners’ premiums shall be as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 19605.8.

(b) In addition to funds distributed under Sections 19605.7 and 19605.71, from the amount that would be distributed to harness racing horsemen in the form of purses under this section, an amount equal to 0.1 percent of the amount handled on conventional and exotic wagers on standardbreds at satellite wagering facilities in California shall be distributed for the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program pursuant to Section 19619.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 122, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


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(a) All license fees from satellite wagering that are deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund shall be deposited in a separate account in the fund and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, are continuously appropriated from that account to the Department of Food and Agriculture, for allocation by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, at the secretary’s discretion, for the purposes set forth in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive. The concurrence of the Director of Finance shall be required for allocations pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2). Allocations pursuant to paragraphs (3) to (6), inclusive, shall be made with the concurrence of the Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification.

(1) For the repayment of the principal of, interest on, and costs of issuance of, and as security, including any coverage factor, pledged to the payment of, bonds issued or to be issued by a joint powers agency or other debt service or expense, including repayment of any advances made or security required by any provider of credit enhancement or liquidity for those bonds or other indebtedness or expenses of maintaining that credit enhancement or liquidity, incurred for the purpose of constructing or acquiring improvements at a fair’s racetrack inclosure, satellite wagering facilities at fairs, health and safety repair projects, or handicapped access compliance projects at fairs or for the purpose of refunding bonds or other indebtedness incurred for those purposes. As used in this paragraph, “coverage factor” means revenues in excess of the amount necessary to pay debt service on the bonds or other indebtedness, up to an amount equal to 100 percent more than the amount of that debt service, which a joint powers agency, pursuant to the resolution or indenture under which the bonds or other indebtedness are or will be issued, pledges as additional security for the payment of that debt service or is required to have or maintain as a condition to the issuance of additional bonds or other indebtedness. Notwithstanding any other law, at the discretion of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, the department may also commit any funds available for allocation under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3200) of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Food and Agricultural Code to complete projects funded under this paragraph in the priority described in this paragraph.

(2) For payment to the State Race Track Leasing Commission to be pledged for the repayment of debt necessary to construct a racetrack grandstand at the 22nd District Agricultural Association fairgrounds. This payment shall be made only if the Secretary of Food and Agriculture determines, annually, that all other pledged revenues have been applied to the repayment of that debt and have been determined by the secretary to be inadequate for that purpose.

(3) For the payment of expenses incurred in establishing and operating satellite wagering facilities at fairs.

(4) For the support of an equipment and operating fund to produce and display a consolidated California signal at satellite wagering facilities and fairs.

(5) For health and safety repair projects at fairs, which includes fire and life safety improvement projects, California Code of Regulations compliance projects, and long-term deferred maintenance projects.

(6) For the development and payment of revenue generating projects, the establishment of pilot projects to restructure the current fair system, and for projects realizing a cost savings for more efficient use of existing fair resources.

(b) The Secretary of Food and Agriculture shall not make an allocation for purposes of paragraphs (2) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) until the payments required in any fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) have been funded.

(c) Pursuant to subdivision (a), the Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification shall review and concur, or not concur, with the secretary’s determination of the allocations to be made pursuant to paragraphs (3) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) in total, and the committee shall not add to, or delete projects or line items from, the proposed allocations.

(d) Approval of the Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification is deemed complete when one of the following conditions is met:

(1) The annual Budget Act is enacted.

(2) If the secretary’s recommendations are received by the Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification after the enactment of the annual Budget Act, the recommendations shall be deemed approved 30 days after they are received unless they are rejected by the committee.

(e) If the Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification does not concur with the secretary’s recommendations, the secretary may resubmit another set of recommendations pursuant to this section that considers the committee’s review and suggestions. The resubmitted recommendations shall be deemed approved 30 days after they are received by the committee.

(f) The payments required in any fiscal year for the purposes of paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (a) shall be made before any transfer is made pursuant to subdivision (g).

(g) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (f), if the revenues deposited into the separate account exceed eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) in any fiscal year, the amount in excess of eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) shall be transferred to the Fair and Exposition Fund for allocation in accordance with Section 3204 of the Food and Agricultural Code.

(h) All of the costs of administering the account created by subdivision (a) shall be charged to the account.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 559, Sec. 10. (AB 2143) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text: Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 19641, the state shall receive as additional license fees 50 percent of any redistributable money in a parimutuel pool arising from wagers at a satellite wagering facility in the central or southern zone, subject to payment to a claimant pursuant to Section 19598, but not successfully claimed within that period, and the funds shall be deposited in the General Fund. The remaining 50 percent of redistributable money in a parimutuel pool arising from wagers at a satellite wagering facility shall be paid to a welfare fund established by the horsemen’s organization contracting with the association conducting the racing meeting for the benefit of horsemen, and that organization shall make an accounting to the board within one calendar year of the receipt of the payment.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1113, Sec. 1. Effective October 14, 1991.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text: Of the total breakage arising in a parimutuel pool which includes wagers at satellite wagering facilities in the central or southern zone, that percentage of breakage equal to the percentage that wagers placed at satellite wagering facilities constitute of the total parimutuel pool shall be distributed equally among the state as an additional license fee deposited in the General Fund, the track conducting the racing meeting as a commission, and the horsemen participating in the racing meeting in the form of purses. The remainder of the breakage shall be distributed in the same manner as breakage arising from wagers at the track conducting the racing meeting.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 131, Sec. 15. Effective June 11, 1990.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 19605.8 and 19605.9, when satellite wagering is conducted on thoroughbred races at associations or fairs in the central or southern zone, an amount not to exceed 2 percent of the total amount handled by all of those satellite wagering facilities shall be deducted from the funds otherwise allocated for distribution as commissions, purses, and owners’ premiums and instead distributed to an organization formed and operated by one licensed association from each facility in the central and southern zones at which a thoroughbred or fair racing meeting is conducted, and the organization representing thoroughbred horsemen and horsewomen, for use in accordance with Section 19607.1.

(b) A vote of the organization representing thoroughbred horsemen and horsewomen shall constitute 50 percent of all voting interests on the board of the organization formed and operated to administer the fund. The other 50 percent of all voting interests shall be allocated equally among the other members of the organization. Any use of funds by the organization shall be approved by the affirmative vote of both (1) the organization representing thoroughbred horsemen and horsewomen, and (2) at least two of the licensed thoroughbred racing associations that are part of the organization formed pursuant to this section, provided, however, that, if there are only two licensed thoroughbred racing associations that are part of the organization formed pursuant to this section, the vote of at least one of those two licensed thoroughbred racing associations shall be sufficient.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 562, Sec. 1. (AB 2011) Effective September 24, 2016.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


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(a) Notwithstanding Section 19535, the funds distributed to the organization formed pursuant to Section 19607 shall be used to pay the expenses of the organization and compensate the provider of a board-approved auxiliary facility for offsite stabling and training of thoroughbred horses in the central or southern zone. The organization administering the offsite stabling and vanning program shall submit its proposed financial and operational plans for the upcoming calendar year to the board for review no later than November 1 of the preceding year. Neither the organization administering the offsite stabling and vanning program nor any of the entities forming and operating the organization, except an entity operating the auxiliary offsite stabling facility where the injury occurred, shall be liable for any injury to any jockey, exercise person, owner, trainer, or any employee or agent thereof, or any horse occurring at any offsite stabling facility.

(b) The funds shall also be used to cover all or part of the cost of vanning thoroughbred horses from a board-approved auxiliary offsite stabling and training facility to start in a thoroughbred race at a thoroughbred or fair racing meeting in the central or southern zone. The organization shall determine the extent of and manner in which compensation will be paid for thoroughbred horses that are vanned from the auxiliary facility to the track conducting the thoroughbred or fair racing meeting, but the vanning shall be made available on a consistent and uniform basis for all thoroughbred and fair racing meetings in a given year. Neither the organization administering the offsite stabling and vanning program nor any of the entities that form and operate the organization, except an entity actually engaged in vanning horses, is liable for any injury occurring to any individual or horse during vanning from an offsite stabling facility.

(c) The auxiliary offsite stabling facilities and amenities provided for offsite stabling and training purposes shall be substantially equivalent in character to those provided by the thoroughbred racing association or fair conducting the racing meeting.

(d) In order to ensure the long-term availability of facilities for offsite stabling and training, the organization may enter into multiyear contracts for auxiliary facilities in either the central or southern zone. The organization shall submit to the board for its approval multiyear contracts it enters into with providers of auxiliary facilities for the offsite stabling and training. Contracts not disapproved by the board within 60 days of submittal to the board shall be deemed to have been approved by the board. Once a multiyear contract has been approved by the board, it shall be considered to have been approved for its duration.

(e) At the request of the board, the organization shall submit a report detailing all of its receipts and expenditures over the prior two fiscal years and, upon request of any party within the organization, those receipts and expenditures shall be audited by an independent third party selected by the board at the expense of the organization.

(f) In addition to the uses of funds described in subdivisions (a) and (b), the organization may use those funds to do both of the following:

(1) Maintain a reserve fund of up to 10 percent of the total estimated annual vanning and auxiliary offsite stabling costs. In addition to the reserve fund, if the funds generated for the auxiliary offsite stabling facilities and vanning are insufficient to fully cover the expenses incurred, the organization may, in the future, accumulate sufficient funds to fully cover those expenses.

(2) Pay back commissions, purses, and owners’ premiums to the extent the deductions made pursuant to Section 19607 exceed in any year the amount of funds necessary to achieve the objectives of the organization.

(g) The amount initially deducted and distributed to the organization shall be 2 percent of the total amount handled by satellite wagering facilities authorized under this article in the central or southern zone on thoroughbred racing, but that allocation may be adjusted by the board, in its discretion. However, the adjusted amount may not exceed 2 percent of the total amount handled by satellite wagering facilities.

(h) The board shall reserve the right to adjudicate any disputes that arise regarding costs or other matters relating to the furnishing of offsite stabling or vanning. Notwithstanding any other law, the board shall maintain all powers necessary and proper to ensure that offsite stabling and vanning, as provided for in this chapter, is conducted in a manner that protects the public and serves the best interests of horse racing.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 562, Sec. 2. (AB 2011) Effective September 24, 2016.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text: Notwithstanding Section 19605.8, when satellite wagering is conducted on thoroughbred races at associations or fairs in the northern zone, an amount not to exceed 2 percent of the total amount handled by all of those satellite wagering facilities shall be deducted from the funds otherwise allocated for distribution as commissions, purses, and owners’ premiums and instead be distributed to an organization formed and operated by thoroughbred racing associations, fairs conducting thoroughbred racing, and the organization representing thoroughbred horsemen and horsewomen, for use pursuant to Section 19607.3. A vote of the organization representing thoroughbred horsemen and horsewomen shall constitute 50 percent of all voting interests on the board of the organization formed and operated to administer the fund. The other 50 percent of all voting interests shall be allocated among thoroughbred racing associations and fairs conducting thoroughbred racing in a manner that provides meaningful representation on the governing board of the organization for thoroughbred racing associations and fairs conducting thoroughbred racing, except as provided in subdivision (h) of Section 19607.3.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 562, Sec. 3. (AB 2011) Effective September 24, 2016.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


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(a) Notwithstanding Section 19535, the funds distributed to the organization formed pursuant to Section 19607.2 shall be used to pay the expenses of the organization and compensate the provider of a board-approved auxiliary facility for offsite stabling and training of thoroughbred horses in the northern zone. The organization administering the offsite stabling and vanning program shall submit its proposed financial and operational plans for the upcoming calendar year to the board for review no later than November 1 of the preceding year. Neither the organization administering the offsite stabling and vanning program nor any of the entities forming and operating the organization, except an entity operating the auxiliary offsite stabling facility where the injury occurred, shall be liable for any injury to any jockey, exercise person, owner, trainer, or any employee or agent thereof, or any horse occurring at any offsite stabling facility.

(b) The funds shall also be used to cover all or part of the cost of vanning thoroughbred horses from a board-approved auxiliary offsite stabling and training facility to start in a thoroughbred race at a thoroughbred or fair racing meeting in the northern zone. The organization shall determine the extent of and manner in which compensation will be paid for thoroughbred horses that are vanned from the auxiliary facility to the track or fair conducting the thoroughbred or fair racing meeting. Neither the organization administering the offsite stabling and vanning program nor any of the entities that form and operate the organization, except an entity actually engaged in vanning horses, is liable for any injury occurring to any individual or horse during vanning from an offsite stabling facility.

(c) The auxiliary offsite stabling facilities and amenities provided for offsite stabling and training purposes shall be substantially equivalent in character to those provided by the thoroughbred racing association or fair conducting the racing meeting.

(d) In order to ensure the long-term availability of facilities for offsite stabling and training, the organization may enter into multiyear contracts for auxiliary facilities in the northern zone. The organization shall submit to the board for its approval multiyear contracts it enters into with providers of auxiliary facilities for the offsite stabling and training. Contracts not disapproved by the board within 60 days of submittal to the board shall be deemed to have been approved by the board. Once a multiyear contract has been approved by the board, it shall be considered to have been approved for its duration.

(e) At the request of the board, the organization shall submit a report detailing all of its receipts and expenditures over the prior two fiscal years and, upon request of any party within the organization, those receipts and expenditures shall be audited by an independent third party selected by the board at the expense of the organization.

(f) In addition to the uses of the funds described in subdivisions (a) and (b), the organization may use those funds to do both of the following:

(1) Maintain a reserve fund of up to 10 percent of the total estimated annual vanning and auxiliary offsite stabling costs. In addition to the reserve fund, if the funds generated for the auxiliary offsite stabling facilities and vanning are insufficient to fully cover the expenses incurred, the organization may, in the future, accumulate sufficient funds to fully cover those expenses.

(2) Pay back commissions, purses, and owners’ premiums to the extent the deductions made pursuant to Section 19607.2 exceed in any year the amount of funds necessary to achieve the objectives of the organization.

(g) The amount initially deducted and distributed to the organization pursuant to Section 19607.2 may be adjusted by the board, in its discretion. However, the adjusted amount shall not exceed 2 percent of the total amount handled by satellite wagering facilities. The amount deducted and distributed to the organization as adjusted by the board may be a different percentage of the handle for different associations and fairs conducting thoroughbred racing meetings in the northern zone, but only if all the associations and fairs agree to the differing percentages.

(h) A thoroughbred racing association or fair in the northern zone that the board determines is able to provide the minimum number of stalls required by its racing meeting license without the use of any auxiliary offsite stabling and training facility and vanning program may opt out of that program, in which case the deduction described in Section 19607.2 shall not apply during the live racing meeting conducted by the association or fair until such time as the association or fair opts back into the auxiliary offsite stabling and training facility and vanning program. Any thoroughbred racing association or fair in the northern zone that opts out of the auxiliary offsite stabling and training facility and vanning program shall not have any voting interest therein until such time as the association or fair opts back into the program. The organization shall establish reasonable procedures and timelines for the giving of notice to the organization by a thoroughbred racing association or fair that elects to opt out of the auxiliary offsite stabling and training facility and vanning program.

(i) The board shall reserve the right to adjudicate any disputes that arise regarding costs, or other matters, relating to the furnishing of offsite stabling or vanning. Notwithstanding any other law, the board shall maintain all powers necessary and proper to ensure that offsite stabling and vanning, as provided for in this chapter is conducted in a manner that protects the public and serves the best interests of horse racing.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 562, Sec. 4. (AB 2011) Effective September 24, 2016.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amount up to an amount equal to the difference between the maximum deduction authorized pursuant to Sections 19607 and 19607.2 and the amount actually deducted, not to exceed four million dollars ($4,000,000) statewide annually, may be utilized to obtain, provide, or defray the cost of workers’ compensation coverage for licensed thoroughbred stable employees and jockeys, and an amount not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) statewide annually, may be paid to the thoroughbred welfare fund described in subdivision (b) of Section 19641 from the funds described in Sections 19607 and 19607.2, provided (1) there is a written agreement between the owners’ organization described in subdivision (a) of Section 19613 and those racing associations and fairs that annually conduct in California at least 75 percent of the thoroughbred races regarding the utilization of those funds; and (2) the agreement is filed with the board.

(b) The agreement shall be binding upon the owners’ organization and all of the racing associations and fairs that conduct thoroughbred races in California and the board shall have the authority to enforce the terms of the agreement. The board shall not, however, have the authority to impose an agreement upon the owners’ organization or the group of racing associations or fairs described herein.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 922, Sec. 2. Effective September 26, 2002.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if both a fair and a thoroughbred association are licensed by the board to conduct live racing meetings within the northern zone during the same calendar period, signals of both racing programs shall be accepted at each live racing meeting within the northern zone and at all satellite wagering facilities eligible to receive these programs.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to ensure that fairs which previously had an exclusive right to send their signals to satellite wagering facilities in the northern zone during periods of overlap do not lose commission revenues from satellite wagering, each fair that conducts its meeting during the period described in subdivision (a) shall receive the following satellite wagering commissions:

(1) With respect to the 2nd District Agricultural Association in Stockton, the commissions payable to the fair from satellite wagering during the period described in subdivision (a) shall be the greater of any of the following:

(A) The actual commission earned by the fair from satellite wagering on its live races during that period.

(B) Fifty percent of the total combined satellite wagering commissions payable to the thoroughbred association and the fair during that period.

(C) One hundred ten percent of the satellite wagering commissions paid to the fair during its live racing meeting in 1990.

If the satellite wagering commissions received by the 2nd District Agricultural Association are less than the greater of the amounts specified in subparagraph (B) or (C), the thoroughbred association shall pay to the fair from amounts deducted from satellite wagering on its meeting and before distribution of any satellite wagering commissions and purses on its meeting, an amount equal to the difference between the actual satellite wagering commissions received by the fair in that year and the applicable amount from subparagraph (B) or (C). No additional satellite wagering commission shall be paid to the fair by an association unless the fair conducts live racing during the period described in subdivision (a).

(2) With respect to the California Exposition and State Fair in Sacramento, the commissions payable to the fair from satellite wagering during the period described in subdivision (a) shall be the greater of either of the following:

(A) The actual commission earned by the fair from satellite wagering on its live races during that period.

(B) Sixty percent of the total combined satellite wagering commissions payable to the thoroughbred association and the fair during that period.

If the satellite wagering commissions received by the California Exposition and State Fair are less than the amount described in subparagraph (B), the thoroughbred association shall pay to the fair from amounts deducted from satellite wagering on its meeting and before distribution of any satellite wagering commissions and purses on its meeting, an amount equal to the difference between the actual satellite wagering commissions received by the fair in that year and the amount described in subparagraph (B). No additional satellite wagering commission shall be paid to the fair by an association unless the fair conducts live racing during the period described in subdivision (a).

(c) During any periods described in subdivision (a), including periods of overlap for fairs not specified in subdivision (b), the thoroughbred association shall deduct the same percentage from the total amount wagered in its daily conventional and exotic parimutuel pools as the percentage deducted by the fair meeting. The amounts deducted shall be distributed as otherwise provided in this article, with the following exceptions:

(1) If the percentages deducted from the conventional and exotic parimutuel pools of the thoroughbred association under this subdivision exceed the percentages deducted from the association’s pools during periods other than those described under subdivision (a), the amount deducted which is equivalent to the difference between those percentages shall be distributed by the thoroughbred association equally between commissions and purses.

(2) If a thoroughbred association and the 2nd District Agricultural Association in Stockton or the California Exposition and State Fair in Sacramento both conduct live racing meetings during any period described in subdivision (a), the total amount deducted shall be distributed by both the association and fair in the percentages specified for fair meetings in subdivision (b) of Section 19605.7.

This subdivision does not require any portion of the additional deduction to be distributed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 19614.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an association and fair that conduct their meeting pursuant to subdivision (b) shall combine the operating expenses incurred at satellite wagering facilities during the period described in subdivision (a). For purposes of this subdivision only, the combined satellite wagering operating expenses of the association and the fair during the period described in subdivision (a) shall not exceed the actual expenses, or 6 percent of the combined parimutuel pool at satellite wagering facilities, whichever amount is less.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 162, Sec. 4. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text: An association other than a fair that conducts a horseracing meeting with an average daily handle of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) or more shall produce a live audiovisual signal of its racing program and shall make this signal available, in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 19605.3 to any satellite wagering facility authorized to conduct wagering pursuant to Section 19605, 19605.1, 19605.2, or 19605.6.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 671, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1995.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text: Unless the board finds it impractical to do so, any fair or any association with an average daily handle of less than one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) may produce, at its option, a live audiovisual signal of its racing program. If the fair or association produces a signal of its program, the signal shall be made available, in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 19605.3 to any satellite wagering facility authorized to conduct wagering pursuant to Section 19605, 19605.1, 19605.2, or 19605.3.

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


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(a) In order to permit associations providing audiovisual signals the ability to do so without undue burden and expense, to avoid unnecessary duplication of facilities, to permit the associations to protect the security of their signals, and to permit the associations to protect the integrity of their parimutuel pools and to account for wagering proceeds included in those parimutuel pools, associations and fairs providing audiovisual signals pursuant to Section 19608 or 19608.1 may form an organization to operate, pursuant to board supervision, the audiovisual signal system.

(b) An organization operating under board supervision pursuant to this section may consist of any combination of associations and fairs.

(c) Nothing in this section precludes any other person or business entity from participating in, or holding a financial interest in, an organization formed by associations or fairs to operate satellite wagering, except that the person or business entity shall be approved by the board.

(d) Any organization formed shall provide horsemen’s organizations contracting with associations and fairs for racing meetings and nonracing fairs operating satellite wagering facilities meaningful representation on its governing board, and shall administer the audiovisual signal and parimutuel operations at satellite wagering facilities.

(e) (1) An organization shall bear the costs of operating the audiovisual signal system, including the costs of leasing or purchasing and operation of equipment for transmission and decoding of audiovisual signals and wagering data, the costs of totalisator equipment, mutuel department labor and equipment charges, and the costs, including labor, and overhead of the organization administering the satellite wagering program.

(2) A satellite wagering facility shall bear the costs of satellite receiving dishes, head-end assemblies, television monitors or screens, facility buildings, labor at the satellite wagering facility other than mutuel department labor, and any and all other costs at the satellite wagering facility not specifically referred to in paragraph (1).

(3) The board shall approve all costs and resolve any differences between an organization and a satellite wagering facility as to which party is required to bear the costs for a disputed item.

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


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(a) Funds allocated by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 19606.1 for fire and life safety improvement projects, California Code of Regulations compliance projects, and long-term deferred maintenance projects at fairs in the northern zone shall be allocated in accordance with a project schedule determined by the Department of Food and Agriculture in compliance with this section.

(b) The department shall prepare a three-year schedule of these projects which commences July 1, 1987, and shall annually update the schedule. The schedule shall list individual project costs, contain a project description, and specify estimated project completion dates.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 2, Sec. 5. (AB 95) Effective March 24, 2011.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text: A satellite wagering facility, an organization established pursuant to Section 19608.2 or any of their subcontractors or entities under contract to perform any of the functions specified in this article shall, as a condition of operating, enter into a written contractual agreement with the bona fide labor organization which has historically represented the same or similar classifications of employees at the nearest horseracing meeting. Permanent state or county employees and nonprofit organizations who have historically performed certain services at county, state, or agricultural district fairs may continue to provide those services notwithstanding this section.

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text: All revenues payable to the state and deposited in a separate account in the fund pursuant to Section 19606.1 that are allocated by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for the purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 19606.1 are hereby pledged for the repayment of the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued by a joint powers agency, or of other debt service or expense incurred for the purposes described in that paragraph (1).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 96. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text:
(a) Any joint powers agency requesting money in connection with the issuance of bonds for the purposes described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 19606.1 shall file an application with the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, in the form required by the secretary.

(b) The secretary shall, upon review of the applications, prepare a statement of allocation of money to the joint powers agency, in the priority the director deems appropriate.

(c) The secretary shall adopt regulations governing the allocation procedures to be followed in implementing this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 97. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text: It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting Sections 19608.5, 19608.6, and 19608.8 to provide the revenues necessary for the financing by joint powers agencies of the described facilities and projects which shall be deemed to be public capital improvements within the meaning of Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code. Deposits into the account in the fund in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 19606.1 shall continue through and including either the 20th year after the initial calendar year in which the revenues are collected, or whatever period of time is necessary to repay any borrowings of joint powers funding mechanism, including, but not limited to, retirement of bonded indebtedness, loan repayments, and monthly payments involving lease-purchase programs made by a joint powers agency to finance described facilities and projects, whichever time is longer.

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text: The State of California does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds or other indebtedness issued, and with those joint powers agencies which may enter into project agreements with fairs or other third parties or authorize bonds or other indebtedness to be issued, in reliance on the allocations set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 19606.1, that the state will not alter or change the structure of funding and deposits set forth in, or the pledge of funds for debt service, security, including any coverage factors, and expenses, pursuant to that section until the bonds and other indebtedness are fully paid or discharged and the project is fully performed or discharged. However, nothing precludes any alteration or change, if and when, adequate provision has been made by law for the protection from impairment of the contracts represented by the bonds, other indebtedness and projects, and the right to so alter or change is hereby reserved. Joint powers agencies may include this pledge and undertaking of the state in the bonds, agreements evidencing other indebtedness, and project agreements.

article: 9.2. Satellite Wagering


text: Every association which conducts a racing meeting shall deduct 15 percent of the total amount handled in conventional parimutuel pools and 16.75 percent of the total amount handled in exotic parimutuel pools, except that any association conducting a harness racing meeting shall deduct 17.75 percent of the total amount handled in exotic parimutuel pools. The amounts as deducted shall be distributed as prescribed in this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1739, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 1984.)

path: 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS > 4. Horse Racing > 9.5. License Fees, Commissions, and Purses


text: Every association which conducts a harness racing meeting and deducts 17.75 percent of the total amount handled in exotic parimutuel pools shall use 1 percent of the total amount handled in the exotic parimutuel pools to fund the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program. The 1 percent shall be deposited into the separate trust account provided for in Section 19619.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1739, Sec. 2. Effective September 30, 1984.)

article: 9.5. License Fees, Commissions, and Purses


text: Every association that conducts a racing meeting shall deduct one-tenth of 1 percent of the total amount handled. From the amount deducted on wagers made on-track, thirty-three one hundredths of the amount deducted shall be distributed to the Center for Equine Health and shall supplement, and not supplant, other funding sources. Sixty-seven one hundredths of the amount deducted shall be distributed to the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory to fund the equine drug testing program and laboratory at the University of California, Davis described in Section 19578.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 98. Effective January 1, 2001.)


text:
In addition to the amounts required or allowed to be deducted from the parimutuel pools as provided by this chapter, and except as otherwise provided in this section, every association that conducts a racing meeting may elect permanently to deduct an additional amount up to 0.33 of 1 percent from the total parimutuel wagers placed within its inclosure. This election is not available to the California Exposition and State Fair or to a county or district agricultural association fair unless, prior to January 1, 1984, the city or county in which the fair meeting was being conducted levied a license fee or excise tax pursuant to Section 19495 or imposed an admission tax on track patrons.

The amounts deducted pursuant to this section shall be retained by the association or fair for the payment of possessory interest taxes, if any, assessed against the organization described in Section 19608.2, the racing association, or fair, and after payment of these taxes shall be distributed to the city in which the racing meeting is conducted or, if the meeting is conducted outside the limits of any city, to the county in which the racing meeting is conducted. If a city or county has elected by ordinance to receive a distribution from a racing association under this section, it shall not at any time thereafter assess or collect, with respect to an event conducted by that racing association, or an event conducted by or by contract with that association or fair, any license or excise tax or fee, including, but not limited to, any admission, parking, or business tax, or any tax or fee levied solely upon the racing association conducting a racing meeting or any racing patron, participant, service-supplier, promoter, or vendor thereof. Further, a city or county electing to receive a distribution under this section shall continue to provide ordinary and traditional municipal services, such as police services and traffic control, in connection with racing meetings. “Ordinary and traditional services,” as used in this section, means those services provided by the city or county at no charge to the racing association in 1981. If an eligible city or county does not elect to receive a distribution under this section, the amount remaining after payment of possessory interest taxes, if any, as provided in this section shall be paid to the state as an additional license fee.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 959, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)


text:
Notwithstanding Section 19610.3, any association that conducts a racing meeting pursuant to Section 19549.9, or any fair that operates a satellite wagering facility, may elect to deduct an additional amount of 0.33 of 1 percent from the total parimutuel wagers placed within its inclosure or at its satellite wagering facility.

The amounts deducted pursuant to this section shall be retained by the association or fair for the payment of possessory interest taxes, if any, assessed against the organization described in Section 19608.2, the racing association, or fair, and after payment of these taxes shall be distributed to the city or county in which the racing meeting or wagering is conducted, at the option of the association or fair. If a city or county has elected by ordinance to receive a distribution from a racing association or fair under this section, it shall not at any time thereafter assess or collect, with respect to an event conducted by that racing association or, an event conducted by or by contract with that fair, any license or excise tax or fee, including, but not limited to, any admission, parking, or business tax, or any tax or fee levied solely upon the racing association or fair conducting a racing meeting or satellite wagering, or any patron, participant, service-supplier, promoter, or vendor thereof. Further, a city or county electing to receive a distribution under this section shall provide ordinary and traditional municipal services, such as police services and traffic control, in connection with the racing meetings or satellite wagering. If an eligible city or county does not elect to receive a distribution under this section, the amount remaining after payment of possessory interest taxes, if any, as provided in this section shall be paid to the state as an additional license fee.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 99. Effective January 1, 2001.)


text:
Notwithstanding Section 19605.71, and in lieu of any deduction under Section 19610.3 or 19610.4, the 22nd District Agricultural Association shall deduct an additional amount of 0.33 of 1 percent from the total parimutuel wagers placed at its satellite wagering facility.

Forty percent of the amount deducted pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the City of Del Mar and 40 percent shall be distributed to the City of Solana Beach, if the respective city has elected to receive a distribution under this section. The remaining amounts deducted pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park Joint Powers Authority, which is established for the enhancement of the San Dieguito River Valley and Lagoon. If the San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park Joint Powers Authority is dissolved, the distribution of the remaining amounts deducted pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the County of San Diego. If the City of Del Mar or the City of Solana Beach has elected by ordinance to receive a distribution from a fair under this section, it shall not at any time thereafter assess or collect, with respect to an event conducted by that fair, any license or excise tax or fee, including, but not limited to, any admission, parking, or business tax, or any tax or fee levied solely upon the fair conducting satellite wagering or any patron thereof. Furthermore, a city electing to receive a distribution under this section shall provide ordinary and traditional municipal services, such as police services and traffic control, in connection with the satellite wagering. If an eligible city does not elect to receive a distribution under this section, the amount deducted shall be paid to the state as an additional license fee.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 239, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in lieu of any deduction and distribution provided for in this chapter, upon the joint request of the association or fair accepting the wager, and the organization representing the horsemen and horsewomen participating in the meeting of the association or fair accepting the wager, the board may set the total percentage deducted from the parimutuel pool for proposition wagers and any new type of wager introduced after January 1, 2004, in an amount of at least 10 percent and not more than 30 percent of the amount handled in the parimutuel pool for the wager. Three percent of the amount deducted shall be paid to the state as a license fee and, if the wager was placed at a satellite wagering facility or a location other than the host racing association, 8 percent of the amount deducted shall be paid to the satellite wagering facility or to the entity that processed the wager. Notwithstanding the foregoing and in lieu of the license fee set forth herein for proposition wagers, with regard to quarter horse racing only, the total wagers made in a proposition parimutuel pool are subject to the same license fee as exotic wagers on a live quarter horse race. In addition, with respect to thoroughbred racing only, 3 percent of the amount remaining after the payment of the state license fee and payment to a satellite wagering facility or an entity that processed the wager, if any, shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19617.2. Thereafter, for all kinds of racing, except quarter horse racing, the remaining amount shall be distributed 50 percent to the association conducting the racing meeting and 50 percent to the horsemen participating in the racing meeting as purses. With regard to quarter horse racing, commissions and purses shall be distributed in the amounts mutually agreed upon by the association conducting the meeting and the organization representing the horsemen and horsewomen.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 119, Sec. 3. Effective July 25, 2005.)


text:
(a) For every thoroughbred association conducting a live racing meeting in the northern zone, 1.3 percent of the total amount handled on live races, excluding wagering at a satellite facility, shall be retained by the association for payment to the state as a license fee.

(b) For every thoroughbred association conducting a live racing meeting in the central or southern zone, 2 percent of the total amount handled on live races, excluding wagering at a satellite wagering facility, shall be retained by the association for payment to the state as a license fee.

(c) Additionally, 0.54 percent of the total amount handled on live racing, excluding wagering at a satellite facility, shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2 and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19617.2.

(d) After distribution of the applicable amounts set forth in subdivision (a), (b), or (c), and the payments pursuant to other relevant sections of this chapter, all funds remaining from the deductions shall be distributed 51.9 percent as commissions and 48.1 percent as purses. From the amount distributed as purses, a sum equal to 0.07 percent of the total handle shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19617.2.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 335, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 1999.)


text:
(a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association other than a fair that conducts a thoroughbred race meeting may deduct from the total amount handled in daily double, quinella, exacta, and other multiple wagering pools approved by the board up to 3 percent thereof to be distributed 50 percent as commissions and 50 percent as purses. From the amount distributed as purses, a sum equal to 0.07 percent of the total handle shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19617.2.

(b) At least 30 days prior to the commencement of its meeting, the association shall file with the board a statement of the additional deduction to be made pursuant to subdivision (a). Except with the consent of the board, the amount of the deduction shall not be changed during the course of the meeting.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 100. Effective January 1, 2001.)


text:
(a) Except as otherwise provided, every association which conducts a quarter horse race meeting or a harness horse race meeting shall pay a daily license fee at the rate of 0.4 percent of its daily conventional and exotic parimutuel handle.

(b) With respect to quarter horse meetings, all funds remaining from the deductions provided in Sections 19491, 19491.5, and 19610 after distribution of the license fee, shall be distributed 55 percent as commissions and 45 percent as purses. With respect to harness meetings, except for meetings conducted pursuant to Sections 19549.2 and 19549.6, the funds remaining from deductions provided in Section 19610, after distribution of the license fee, shall be distributed 59.5 percent as commissions and 40.5 percent as purses. For harness meetings conducted pursuant to Sections 19549.2 and 19549.6, the funds remaining from deductions provided in Section 19610, after distribution of the license fee, shall be distributed 50 percent as commissions and 50 percent as purses.

(c) Every association that conducted a quarter horse or Arabian horse racing meeting in the southern zone during the daytime prior to January 1, 1979, and thereafter conducts the meeting at night, shall be entitled to the following license fee adjustment:

For each 1 percent that the association’s average daily handle in the 1981 year, during the period from the commencement of the meeting to December 25, falls below its 1980 average daily handle during the same period, the amount of the license fee as set forth in subdivision (a) shall be reduced by 2 percent.

(d) Any association qualified to operate its meetings pursuant to Section 19612.6 shall be entitled to continue to distribute license fees, commissions, and purses as provided by that section.

(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), for every association that conducts a quarter horse meeting in the northern zone, the amount remaining after deduction of the state license fee shall be distributed between commissions and purses as agreed to by the association conducting the meeting and the organization representing the horsemen participating at the meeting. Every association conducting a quarter horse meeting in the northern zone may deduct an additional amount up to 1 percent of its conventional and exotic parimutuel pools to be distributed as commissions. The association may also deduct an additional 1 percent from the exotic parimutuel pools to be distributed as commissions and purses as agreed to by the association conducting the meeting and the organization representing the horsemen participating at the meeting.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 335, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 1999.)


text:
(a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association with an average daily handle of more than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) that conducts a harness, quarter, Arabian, or Appaloosa horse meeting may deduct from the total amount handled in daily double, quiniela, exacta, and other multiple wagering pools approved by the board up to 3 percent thereof to be distributed as additional commissions and purses in the following percentage ratio: to the association as additional commissions, not more than 59.5 percent; and to the horsemen as additional purses, not less than 40.5 percent, except that the association and the horsemen’s organization may agree to a different distribution by percentage of these funds.

(b) From the amount deducted for quarter horse purses under subdivision (a), a sum equal to 25 percent thereof shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.7 and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.7.

The board shall designate the official registering agency representing quarter horse horsemen to administer this subdivision and to distribute premiums. The agency may, with the approval of the board, make a deduction for expenses not to exceed 10 percent of the total awards fund.

(c) From the amount deducted for Arabian horse purses under subdivision (a), a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency, pursuant to Section 19617.8, and thereafter shall be distributed in accordance with Section 19617.8. The board shall designate the officially recognized organization representing Arabian horsemen to administer this subdivision and to distribute premiums. The organization may, with the approval of the board, make a deduction for expenses not to exceed 10 percent of the total awards fund.

(d) From the amount deducted for Appaloosa purses under subdivision (a), a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.9 and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.9.

The board shall designate the official registering agency representing Appaloosa horsemen to administer this subdivision and to distribute premiums. The agency may, with the approval of the board, make a deduction for expenses of up to, but not to exceed, 10 percent of the total awards fund.

(e) At least 30 days prior to the commencement of its meeting, the association shall file with the board a statement of the additional deduction to be made pursuant to subdivision (a). Except with the consent of the board, the amount of the deduction shall not be changed during the course of the meeting.

(f) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this section, every harness racing association shall deduct an additional 2 percent of its exotic parimutuel pools to be distributed equally as commissions and purses.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 826, Sec. 4. Effective October 13, 1995.)


text:
(a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association with an average daily handle of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) or less, except an association subject to Section 19614.2, which conducts a harness, quarter, Arabian, or Appaloosa horse meeting may deduct from the total amount handled in its daily exotic parimutuel pool up to 3 percent thereof to be distributed as additional commissions and purses as follows:

(1) For quarter horse meetings conducted other than pursuant to Section 19612.6 and for Appaloosa horse meetings, as agreed to by the association conducting the meeting and the organization representing the horsemen participating at the meeting.

(2) For harness and quarter horse meetings conducted pursuant to Section 19612.6, 50 percent as commissions and 50 percent as purses.

(b) From the amount deducted for quarter horse purses under subdivision (a), a sum equal to 25 percent thereof shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.7 and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.7.

The board shall designate the official registering agency representing quarter horse horsemen to administer this subdivision and to distribute premiums. The agency may, with the approval of the board, make a deduction for expenses not to exceed 10 percent of the total awards fund.

(c) From the amount deducted for Arabian horse purses under subdivision (a), a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency, pursuant to Section 19617.8, and thereafter shall be distributed in accordance with Section 19617.8.

The board shall designate the officially recognized organization representing Arabian horsemen to administer this subdivision and to distribute premiums. The organization may, with the approval of the board, make a deduction for expenses not to exceed 10 percent of the total awards fund.

(d) From the amount deducted for Appaloosa purses under subdivision (a), a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.9 and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.9.

The board shall designate the official registering agency representing Appaloosa horsemen to administer this subdivision and to distribute premiums. The agency may, with the approval of the board, make a deduction for expenses not to exceed 10 percent of the total awards fund.

(e) At least 30 days prior to the commencement of its meeting, the association shall file with the board a statement of the additional deduction to be made pursuant to subdivision (a) and its distribution between commissions and purses. Except with the consent of the board, the amount of the deduction and its distribution shall not be changed during the course of the meeting.

(f) In addition to any deductions pursuant to this section, every harness racing association shall also deduct an additional 2 percent of its daily exotic parimutuel pool to be distributed equally as commissions and purses.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 826, Sec. 5. Effective October 13, 1995.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to harness racing associations other than those conducting a meeting pursuant to Section 19612.6, an additional 1 percent of the parimutuel pool shall be retained and shall be distributed equally between purses and commissions.

(b) With respect to harness racing associations conducting a meeting pursuant to Section 19549.2 or 19612.6, an additional 1 percent of the parimutuel pool shall be retained and shall be distributed as additional commissions.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 311, Sec. 11. Effective July 21, 1994.)


text:
(a) (1) For harness meetings, the amount remaining after deduction of the state license fee shall be distributed equally between commissions and purses. For quarter horse, Appaloosa, and muleracing meetings, the amount remaining after deduction of the state license fee pursuant to Section 19612 shall be distributed between commissions and purses as agreed to by the association conducting the meeting and the organization representing the horsemen or mulemen participating in the meeting. For fair meetings conducted pursuant to Section 19549, the amount remaining after deduction of the state license fee pursuant to Section 19612 shall be distributed 48 percent to commissions and 52 percent to purses.

(2) Every association which conducts a racing meeting pursuant to Section 19549 shall, in addition, deduct from its parimutuel pools the amount specified in subdivision (d) of Section 19614.

(b) If an association qualified to operate its meeting pursuant to this section conducts two separate programs of racing on any day, each such program shall be considered a separate racing day for purposes of determining the daily handle and computing the distribution of license fees, commissions, and purses thereon. For the purposes of this subdivision, a program shall consist of at least nine races.

(c) In addition to any deductions pursuant to this section, every association conducting a racing meeting pursuant to Section 19549.1 shall also deduct an additional 1 percent of its parimutuel pools to be distributed as commissions.

(d) In addition to any deductions pursuant to this section, every association conducting a racing meeting pursuant to Section 19549.1 shall also deduct an additional 2 percent of its exotic parimutuel pools to be distributed equally as commissions and purses.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 101. Effective January 1, 2001.)


text: With respect to a harness race meeting, in addition to any other distributions, a portion of the money allocated for purses pursuant to this chapter may be used to pay for obtaining, providing, or defraying the cost of workers’ compensation coverage for stable employees and drivers of licensed standardbred trainers. This portion of the purse money, if any, shall be specified in a written agreement between the racing association that conducts the live harness race meeting and the organization representing the horsemen participating at the race meeting, and shall be jointly administered by the racing association and the organization representing the horsemen. This agreement is subject to the approval of the board.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 923, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 2002.)


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any association conducting a racing meeting shall pay not less than the actual amount necessary to cover the costs for compensation, including any fringe benefits, to stewards and official veterinarians and to cover the costs for that racing meeting, as provided by the board under Section 19518.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 102. Effective January 1, 2001.)


text:
(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 19601, unclaimed refunds shall be distributed to the organization that is responsible for negotiating purse agreements, satellite wagering agreements, and all other business agreements on behalf of the horsemen participating in the racing meeting for the purpose of negotiating, in good faith, an agreement of at least three years’ duration with a jockeys’ organization to provide health and welfare benefits to California licensed jockeys, former California licensed jockeys, and their dependents if those persons contribute to the plan and do not receive welfare benefits pursuant to Section 19613.

(2) The amount of money distributed annually pursuant to this section shall be held in trust solely for the purpose described in this section and shall not exceed four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000), adjusted annually for inflation. The board shall determine the inflation adjustment based on an index quantifying changes in the cost of health insurance benefits.

(3) If an agreement is not reached before the regular meeting of the board in November of any calendar year, the board, on its own motion, shall provide that the provisions of the existing agreement, if any, shall remain in effect until a subsequent agreement is reached.

(b) The jockeys’ organization referred to in subdivision (a) shall represent a majority of the jockeys licensed by the board, and the board shall initially certify that the organization represents the majority of those licensed jockeys. The organization shall maintain an office in this state. The organization certified by the board shall provide an annual audit of the health and welfare fund established pursuant to this section. The organization shall make available to the board all records and documents necessary for the performance of its duties.

(c) The jockeys’ organization certified by the board shall develop reasonable nondiscriminatory criteria for eligibility for health and welfare benefits.

(d) The agreement shall be approved by the board and, if approved, no other entity licensed in this state shall be required to enter into an agreement for the purposes of this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 103. Effective January 1, 2001.)


text:
(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), the portion deducted for purses pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to or for the benefit of the horsemen and horsewomen at the racing meeting, and may include obtaining, providing, or defraying the cost of workers’ compensation coverage for stable employees and jockeys of licensed trainers. For purposes of this section, the trainers’ organization referred to in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), known as the California Thoroughbred Trainers, Inc., shall be the plan sponsor, consistent with the definition set forth in Section 3 of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(16)(B)), as amended.

(b) Any association other than a fair that conducts a thoroughbred racing meeting shall pay to the owners’ organization contracting with the association with respect to the conduct of racing meetings for administrative expenses and services rendered to owners, an amount not to exceed two-thirds of 112 percent of the portion, and to a trainers’ organization for administrative expenses and services rendered to trainers and backstretch employees an amount equivalent to one-third of 112 percent of the portion. That association shall also pay an amount for a pension plan for backstretch personnel to be administered by the trainers’ organization equivalent to an additional 1 percent of the portion. The remainder of the portion shall be distributed as purses.

(c) Any other association may pay to the horsemen’s organization contracting with the association with respect to the conduct of racing meetings for administrative expenses and services rendered to horsemen an amount out of the portion as may be determined by the association by agreement or otherwise, but, in all events, shall include, relative to a thoroughbred horsemen’s organization racing, 1 percent of the portion for a pension plan for the trainers’ organization. The remainder of the portion shall be distributed as purses.

(d) (1) Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c), any association conducting a fair racing meeting shall pay to the horsemen’s organizations contracting with the association with respect to the conduct of races for their respective breeds of horses at the meetings for administrative expenses and services rendered to their respective horsemen those amounts out of the portion as determined by the horsemen’s organization for the respective breeds with the approval of the board. Pursuant to this subdivision, amounts not to exceed 3 percent of the portion for the owners’ and trainers’ organizations shall be distributed to any thoroughbred owners’ and trainers’ organizations contracting with an association for a fair racing meeting or participating in mixed breed racing meetings as follows: two-thirds of 1 percent to the owners’ organization and one-third of 1 percent to the trainers’ organization for administrative expenses and services rendered to both owners and trainers, 1 percent for welfare funds, and 1 percent for a pension program for backstretch personnel, to be administered by the thoroughbred trainers’ organization.

(2) For purposes of subdivisions (b) and (c) and paragraph (1), the 1 percent amount for a pension plan or program may include all reasonable, documented administrative expenses attributable to the pension plan or program, including, but not limited to, the establishment, amendment, operation, or termination of the pension plan or program.

(e) Any association other than a fair that conducts a quarter horse racing meeting shall pay to the horsemen’s organization contracting with the association with respect to the conduct of racing meetings for administrative expenses and services rendered to horsemen, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the portion. The remainder of the portion shall be distributed as purses.

(f) For racing meetings other than thoroughbred meetings, if no contract has been signed between the association conducting the racing meeting and the organization representing the horsemen by the time the racing meeting commences, the distribution of purses shall be governed by the following:

(1) If the association conducted a racing meeting within the past 15 months and a contract was in existence, for that meeting with the horsemen’s organization and the association is conducting a subsequent meeting for the same breed or mixed breeds, the amounts payable to the horsemen’s organization under subdivision (c) shall be computed under the provisions of the last signed contract between the parties.

(2) This subdivision applies regardless of the cause of the failure to execute a contract, whether that failure is a result of inadvertence or otherwise.

(3) For racing meetings that do not come within paragraph (1), the board shall, within 15 days after the commencement of the racing meeting, determine the amounts payable to the horsemen’s organization for administrative expenses and services, and provide for the direct payment of those amounts.

(g) Amounts distributed pursuant to this section are derived from owners’ purses.

(h) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Owner” means a person currently licensed by the board as an owner of a thoroughbred racehorse.

(2) “Trainer” means a person currently licensed by the board as a trainer of a thoroughbred racehorse.

(i) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2008.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 503, Sec. 2. (AB 2969) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
(a) With respect to thoroughbred racing, except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall determine which matters shall be the subject of negotiation and contract between the owners’ organization and the association, and which matters shall be the subject of negotiation and contract between the trainers’ organization and the association.

(b) The owners’ organization shall generally be responsible for negotiating purse agreements, satellite simulcast agreements, and all other business agreements relating to the conduct of racing that affect the owners. The trainers’ organization shall generally be responsible for negotiating issues relating to the backstretch, track safety, and the welfare of backstretch employees.

(c) The board shall resolve issues that are not settled between the associations and the organizations representing owners and trainers.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 62, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1995.)


text:
(a) Any horsemen’s, owners’, or trainers’ organization or organization representing horsemen, owners, or trainers shall be incorporated under the laws of the State of California in order to receive a distribution or deduction under this chapter. Each corporation shall represent a majority of the horsemen, owners, or trainers in the state with respect to the breed of horses the corporation represents. The board shall initially determine the organization that represents California horsemen with respect to each breed. Any distribution or deduction received by any of those organizations shall be used only for the benefit of California horsemen.

(b) No portion of the amount distributed pursuant to Section 19613 to an owners’, trainers’, or horsemen’s organization shall be used for the purpose of making contributions to candidates for public office, or to urge or oppose any measure on the ballot. The organizations representing owners, trainers, and horsemen may expend no more than the amount reasonably necessary to represent its members before the Legislature and the board with respect to issues that directly affect services rendered to owners, trainers, and horsemen. The board shall annually review the budgets of the organizations representing owners, trainers, and horsemen and shall determine the appropriate amount to be expended for providing the representation authorized by this subdivision.

(c) If an owners’, trainers’, or horsemen’s organization is conducting itself contrary to statute, regulation, or order of the board, the board may take disciplinary action against the organization, including ordering an association to withhold any distribution authorized pursuant to Section 19613.

(d) Upon recognition by the board of a successor horsemen’s, owners’, or trainers’ organization or organization representing horsemen, owners, or trainers, the board shall apportion those assets that were generated pursuant to Section 19613 for the benefit of the horsemen and the successor organization.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2007.)


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, of the amount deducted for license fees, commissions, and purses from parimutuel pools at a racing meeting an amount may be retained and distributed for payment of any actual losses sustained at the meeting on parimutuel minus pools prior to the distribution of license fees, commissions, and purses. The proportion of license fees, commissions, and purses distributed for payment of such parimutuel minus pools shall be in the same proportion as they would be distributed in the provision under which they were deducted.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 76, Sec. 2.)


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the owners’ organization referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 19613.2 that represents thoroughbred owners may elect to contribute the purses from one race conducted annually by each licensed thoroughbred racing association or fair to a welfare fund. The contribution shall be used for the benefit of horsemen, and the trainers’ organization shall make an accounting to the board within one calendar year of the receipt of the contribution. The designation of a specific race from which the horsemen elect to contribute the purses is subject to the mutual agreement of the horsemen’s organization and the racing association or fair that conducts the race.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 62, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1995.)


text: Within 60 days of a statewide majority of backstretch workers having chosen to be represented by an exclusive collective bargaining agent pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 19455) or any other law, and so long as a majority continues to be represented by the agent, that agent shall designate two representatives to replace two of the members if the CHBPA Pension Administrative Committee and the plan document shall be amended to provide for this representation.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 198, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2002.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 19611 and 19612, and except for an association that qualifies pursuant to Section 19612.6, for a fair conducting a live racing meeting, 1 percent of the total amount handled on live races, excluding wagering at a satellite facility, shall be retained by the fair association for payment to the state as a license fee.

(b) Additionally, 0.48 percent of the total amount handled on live racing, excluding wagering at a satellite facility, shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19617.2.

(c) (1) After distribution of the applicable amounts as set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) and the payments made pursuant to other relevant sections of this chapter, all funds remaining from the deductions provided in Section 19610 shall be distributed 47.5 percent as commissions and 52.5 percent as purses. From the amount distributed as thoroughbred purses, a sum equal to 0.07 percent of the total handle shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19617.2.

(2) Any additional amount generated for purses and not distributed during the previous corresponding meeting shall be added to the purses at the current meeting.

(d) In addition to the amounts deducted pursuant to Section 19610, any fair racing association shall deduct 1 percent from the total amount handled in its daily conventional and exotic parimutuel pools. The additional 1 percent shall be deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund and is hereby appropriated for the purposes specified in Section 3204 of the Food and Agricultural Code, except as specified in subdivision (e).

(e) (1) A fair conducting a live racing meeting at a fair in the northern zone or a joint powers authority designated by a fair racing association in the northern zone involved in conducting live racing meetings at fairs in the northern zone may retain the funds described in subdivision (d) for the purposes of improving a fair enclosure, racetrack maintenance, safety at fairs, or other similar activities if both of the following conditions are satisfied:

(A) The administrative costs do not exceed 7.5 percent of the funds retained.

(B) An annual audit of the funds is conducted by an independent third party to ensure compliance with the law and approved standards and policies that shall be filed with the Department of Food and Agriculture, the board, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Governmental Organization.

(2) This subdivision shall apply retroactively to January 1, 2016.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 559, Sec. 11. (AB 2143) Effective January 1, 2025.)


text:
(a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, a fair, or an association conducting its meeting pursuant to Section 19549.1, may deduct from the total amount handled in daily double, quinella, exacta, and other multiple wagering pools approved by the board up to 3 percent thereof to be distributed as additional commissions and purses in the current year of the fair meet. Of the amount deducted, if any, 52.5 percent shall be distributed as additional purses and 47.5 percent shall be distributed as additional commissions. From the amount distributed as thoroughbred purses, a sum equal to 0.07 percent of the total amount handled shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19617.2.

(b) At least 30 days prior to the commencement of its meeting, the association shall file with the board a statement of the additional deduction to be made pursuant to subdivision (a). Except with the consent of the board, the amount of the deduction shall not be changed during the course of the meeting.

(c) From the amount deducted for quarter horse purses under subdivision (a), a sum equal to 25 percent thereof shall be paid as breeder premiums and owners’ and stallion awards as provided in Section 19617.7, shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.7, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.7.

(d) From the amount deducted for Arabian horse purses under subdivision (a), a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency, pursuant to Section 19617.8, and thereafter shall be distributed in accordance with Section 19617.8. The board shall designate the officially recognized organization representing Arabian horsemen to administer this subdivision and to distribute premiums. The organization may, with the approval of the board, make a deduction for expenses of up to, but not to exceed, 10 percent of the total awards fund.

(e) From the amount deducted for Appaloosa horse purses under subdivision (a), a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be paid as breeder premiums and owners’ and stallion awards as provided in Section 19617.9, and shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.9, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.9.

(f) Amounts distributed pursuant to this section are derived from owners’ purses.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 106. Effective January 1, 2001.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a racing association and the organization representing horsemen may agree to reduce the portion deducted from the parimutuel pool for purses and commissions, provided that the change only affect funds available for purses and commissions.

(b) Any collective bargaining agreement that is premised in part on the amount of commissions earned shall continue to be calculated based on the amount of commissions that would have been earned had this section not become law.

(c) An agreement by a horsemen’s organization and a racing association to reduce the portion deducted from the parimutuel pool for purses and commissions is subject to the approval of the California Horse Racing Board, and may not be approved unless notice has been given to any labor organization that could be affected by the agreement.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 924, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in addition to any amounts provided for purses by any other provision of this chapter, from the amount deposited with the official registering agency for distribution pursuant to Section 19617.2, the official registering agency shall make the following distributions as owners’ premiums:

(1) An amount equal to 20 percent of the winner’s share of the purse for a qualifying race, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 19617, shall be distributed as an owner premium to the owner of a registered California-bred thoroughbred horse conceived by a registered eligible thoroughbred stallion, as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 19617, which finishes first in the race.

(2) An amount equal to 10 percent of the winner’s share of the purse for a qualifying race, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 19617, shall be distributed as an owner premium to the owner of a registered California-bred thoroughbred horse that finishes first in the race and that was not conceived by a registered eligible thoroughbred stallion as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 19617, which finishes first in the race.

(b) The official registering agency shall develop a policy for the payment of owner premiums pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) in the event of a dead heat that involves one or more registered California-bred horses.

(c) From the amounts distributed as purses pursuant to this chapter, the organization responsible for negotiating purse agreements on behalf of thoroughbred horsemen participating in racing meetings, at its discretion, may pay an owner’s premium for a qualifying race, as defined by the organization, to the owner of a registered California-bred thoroughbred that finishes first through fifth in the qualifying race. Notwithstanding the foregoing, these payments shall be not less than the amount of the total payments made by the organization in 1998, and the discretion accorded the organization pursuant to this subdivision shall be exercised on a statewide basis for all racing meetings.

(d) The organization responsible for negotiating purse agreements on behalf of thoroughbred horsemen participating in racing meetings shall pay, from purse revenues generated, to the official registering agency for the purpose of the California-bred bonus program an amount equal to the amount determined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 19617.2, not to exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000) annually, and that amount shall be used for California-bred incentive awards.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 550, Sec. 1. (AB 1578) Effective January 1, 2010.)


text: Notwithstanding Section 19614, any county fair in the central zone that conducted fair racing meetings prior to January 1, 1980, commencing with the 2006 racing season, may retain that portion of the license fee applicable to its live racing meeting that exceeds the amount of license fees paid during its 2004 live racing meeting for payment of a capital expense loan incurred for the purpose of improving its facilities for horse racing. The license fee retention shall be applicable only during the loan period, only in an amount equal to the loan payments, and only if all the moneys retained are used to pay off the loan for those capital expenses. Any portion of the license fee in excess of the amount needed to make loan payments pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Fair and Exposition Fund. However, if after the effective date of this section, the rate of the license fee imposed on fairs is reduced, the county fair may retain that portion of the license fee applicable to its live racing meeting that exceeds the amount of the license fees that would have been paid on its 2004 live racing meeting at the reduced rate.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 918, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)


text:
(a) The board shall provide a method for estimating the aggregate handle for each association’s proposed race meeting. Estimates may be revised during the course of the meeting. Based upon the estimate, each association shall pay its license fee weekly, and purses shall be reasonably allocated over the period of the association’s anticipated race meeting pursuant to a purse program developed by the association in consultation with the horsemen’s organization contracting with the association with respect to the conduct of racing meetings subject to approval of the board.

(b) Within seven days after the close of a race meeting, an association shall pay any license fee theretofore unpaid, or shall have refunded to it any excess license fee theretofore paid.

(c) If, at the close of a thoroughbred racing meeting, it is determined that the association conducting the meeting has not made payments to or for the benefit of owners and breeders of horses in an amount equaling the percentages set forth in this chapter, any excess shall be deducted from, and any deficiency not in excess of an amount agreed upon between the association and the horsemen’s organization contracting with the association with respect to the conduct of racing meetings shall be added to, the amount the association is required to pay to or for the benefit of owners and breeders of horses at its racing meeting in the following calendar year. Any deficiency in excess of the amount agreed upon shall be distributed as provided in the agreement.

(d) If, at the close of any other racing meeting, it is determined that the association conducting the meeting has not made payments to or for the benefit of owners and breeders of horses in an amount equaling the percentages set forth in this chapter, any excess shall be deducted from, and any deficiency shall be added to, the amount the association is required to pay to or for the benefit of owners and breeders of horses at its racing meeting in the following calendar year.

(e) Any two associations conducting a meeting pursuant to Section 19612 or 19612.6 may, with the approval of the board, combine their excesses or deficiencies from prior meetings if the associations and the organizations representing the horsemen all agree.

(f) Any associations conducting a harness meeting in the northern zone, including an association conducting any meeting pursuant to Section 19549.3, may, with the approval of the board, combine their excesses or deficiencies from prior meetings if the associations and the organizations representing horsemen all agree.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 139, Sec. 2. Effective July 22, 1991.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, wagers accepted on out-of-state or out-of-country races pursuant to Sections 19596 and 19596.2, or on any multiple race exotic wager involving out-of-state races that is designated as a national wager, but not included in the parimutuel pool or pools of the entity conducting the out-of-state or out-of-country racing, shall be placed in a separate parimutuel pool or pools and shall be distributed as provided by this section.

(b) Each association accepting wagers on an out-of-state or out-of-country race shall deduct a percentage of the amount handled in its conventional and exotic parimutuel pools that is equal to the percentage deducted from the amount handled by the association in its parimutuel pools at its racing meeting.

(c) Each association shall pay a state license fee and make other distributions in accordance with Section 19601.

(d) The amount remaining from the deduction under subdivision (b), after payment of the state license fee and the contractual payment to the out-of-state host racing association, shall be distributed in accordance with applicable provisions of Section 19601.

(e) From the amount distributed under subdivision (d) for Appaloosa purses, a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.9, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.9.

(f) From the amount distributed under subdivision (d) for quarter horse purses, a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.7, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.7.

(g) From the amount distributed under subdivision (d) for Arabian purses, a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency, pursuant to Section 19617.8, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with Section 19617.8.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 335, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 1999.)