Bill Text: CA AB1226 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Horse racing: jockey riding fees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 434, Statutes of 2013. [AB1226 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1226-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1226 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 434
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 26, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 8, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hall
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
An act to add Section 19502 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to horse racing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1226, Hall. Horse racing: jockey riding fees.
Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, generally vests the
administration of horse racing with the California Horse Racing
Board, and requires the board to set minimum jockey riding fees.
Existing law also prohibits the paymaster of a racing association or
racing fair from disbursing any sum from a jockey's compensation to
any person other than the jockey, except as specified. A violation of
the Horse Racing Law, where no other penalty is expressed, is a
misdemeanor.
This bill would require the board not to permit any portion of an
entry, nomination, or other fee paid by an owner to be deducted from
a jockey riding fee unless the entry, nomination, or other fee is
paid exclusively by the owner and not reimbursed by any other person
or entity. Because a violation of the provisions of the bill would be
a misdemeanor, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 19502 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
19502. Notwithstanding any other law, the board shall not permit
any portion of an entry, nomination, or other fee paid by an owner to
be deducted from a jockey riding fee unless the entry, nomination,
or other fee is paid exclusively by the owner and not reimbursed by
any other person or entity.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.
SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to implement the necessary changes to the Horse Racing
Law due to the 2013 Breeders' Cup World Championships being held in
California this year, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.
