Bill Text: CA AB2226 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Horse racing: fairs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB2226 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2226-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2226 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 19, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bigelow
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
An act to amend Section 19605 Sections
19605 and 19620.2 of the Business and Professions Code,
and to amend Section 3200 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to horse racing. racing, and making
an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2226, as amended, Bigelow. Horse racing: satellite
wagering facilities: fairs.
The
(1) The Horse Racing Law permits
the California Horse Racing Board to authorize an association
licensed to conduct a racing meeting to also operate a satellite
wagering facility at its racetrack inclosure, under specified
conditions that differ between the northern zone and the central and
southern zones, and provides specific guidelines for the operation
and location of these facilities. That law also authorizes fairs to
contract for the operation and management of a satellite wagering
facility with an individual racing association or a partnership,
joint venture, or other affiliation of 2 or more racing associations
that are licensed to conduct thoroughbred meetings within the
northern zone.
This bill would authorize a fair to contract with 2 or more fairs
that are licensed to conduct thoroughbred meetings within the
northern zone for the operation and management of a satellite
wagering facility.
(2) The Horse Racing Law provides that any unallocated balance
from the total revenue received by the Department of Food and
Agriculture pursuant to that law, except as specified, is hereby
appropriated without regard to fiscal years for allocation by the
Secretary of Food and Agriculture for capital outlay to California
fairs for, among other things, fair projects involving public health
and safety and projects that are required to protect fair property.
That law also provides that a portion of these funds may be allocated
to California fairs for general support.
This bill would revise these provisions to include revenue
deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to a specified
provision and funding appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise
designated for California fairs pursuant to the Horse Racing Law or
any other law that is to be appropriated without regard to fiscal
years for allocation by the secretary for those capital outlay
purposes.
(3) Existing law provides that all funds appropriated for
California fairs and expositions pursuant to specified provisions of
law shall not be utilized for the purposes specified in those
provisions but shall instead be utilized for the construction or
operation of recreational and cultural facilities of general public
interest and may be allocated by the Secretary of Food and
Agriculture to all state designated fairs for those purposes.
This bill would delete these provisions and instead require that
all funds appropriated or designated for California fairs and
expositions pursuant to specified law or any other law be deposited
in the Fair and Exposition Fund and be continuously appropriated as
provided in specified provisions of the Horse Racing Law.
(4) By increasing the amounts to be deposited in the Fair and
Exposition Fund, which is continuously appropriated, and by
appropriating these amounts for new purposes, the bill would make an
appropriation.
Vote: majority 2/3 . Appropriation:
no yes . Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 19605 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
19605. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may authorize
an association licensed to conduct a racing meeting in the northern
zone to operate a satellite wagering facility for wagering on races
conducted in the northern zone at its racetrack inclosure subject to
all of the conditions specified in Section 19605.3, and may authorize
an association licensed to conduct a racing meeting in the central
or southern zone to operate a satellite wagering facility for
wagering on races conducted in the central or southern zone at its
racetrack inclosure subject to the conditions specified in
subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 19605.3 and the
conditions and limitations set forth in Section 19605.6.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, no satellite wagering facility,
except a facility that is located at a track where live racing is
conducted, shall be located within 20 miles of any existing satellite
wagering facility or of any track where a racing association
conducts a live racing meeting. However, in the northern zone, a
racing association or any existing satellite wagering facility may
waive the prohibition contained in this subdivision and may consent
to the location of another satellite wagering facility within 20
miles of the facility or track.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the Department of Food and
Agriculture may approve not more than three satellite wagering
facilities that are licensed jointly to the 1a District Agricultural
Association and the 5th District Agricultural Association and that
are located on the fairgrounds of the 1a District Agricultural
Association or within the boundaries of the City and County of San
Francisco. Before a satellite wagering facility may be licensed for
the 1997 and subsequent calendar years under this subdivision, the
department shall conduct a one-year test at the proposed site in
order to determine the impact of the proposed facility on total state
parimutuel revenues and on attendance and wagering at existing
racetracks and fair satellite wagering facilities in the Counties of
Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano. Notwithstanding Section
19605.1, a satellite wagering facility may be located on property
leased to one or both fairs. Notwithstanding any other law, the fairs
may contract for the operation and management of a satellite
wagering facility with an individual racing association or a
partnership, joint venture, or other affiliation of two or more
racing associations or fairs that are licensed to conduct
thoroughbred meetings within the northern zone.
(d) Subdivision (b) shall not be construed to prohibit the
location of satellite wagering facilities within 20 miles of any
existing or proposed satellite facility established pursuant to
subdivision (c).
SEC. 2 . Section 19620.2 of
the Business and Professions Code is amended to
read:
19620.2. (a) Any Notwithstanding any
other law, any unallocated balance from Section
19620.1 Sections 19606.1 and 19620.1, revenue
deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to Section
19614, and funding appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise
designated for California fairs pursuant to this chapter or any other
law is hereby appropriated without regard to fiscal years for
allocation by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for capital
outlay to California fairs for fair projects involving public health
and safety, for fair projects involving major and deferred
maintenance, for fair projects necessary due to any emergency, for
projects that are required by physical changes to the fair site, for
projects that are required to protect the fair property or
installation, such as fencing and flood protection, and for the
acquisition or improvement of any property or facility that will
serve to enhance the operation of the fair.
(b) A portion of the funds subject to allocation pursuant to
subdivision (a) may be allocated to California fairs for general
operational support. It is the intent of the Legislature that these
moneys be used primarily for those fairs whose sources of revenue may
be limited for purposes specified in this section.
SEC. 3 . Section 3200 of the
Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
3200. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, all funds appropriated or designated for California
fairs and expositions pursuant to Sections 19622, 19627,
19627.1, and subdivision (c) of Section 19627.2 of the Business and
Professions Code for the 1995-96 fiscal year shall not be utilized
for the purposes specified in those sections but shall, instead, be
utilized for the purposes specified in Section 19630 of the Business
and Professions Code, and may be allocated by the Secretary of Food
and Agriculture to all state designated fairs as defined by Section
19418 of the Business and Professions Code, for the purposes
specified in Section 19630. this chapter or any other
law shall be deposited in the Fair and Exposition Fund and be
continuously appropriated as specified in Sections 19606.1 and
19620.2 of the Business and Professions Code.
