Bill Text: CA AB2403 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Horseracing: California Horse Racing Board: membership: jockey member.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-24 - Referred to Com. on G.O. [AB2403 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2403-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2403
| Introduced by Assembly Member Bigelow |
February 18, 2020 |
An act to amend Section 19421 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2403, as introduced, Bigelow.
Horseracing: California Horse Racing Board: membership: jockey member.
The Horse Racing Law vests the California Horse Racing Board with jurisdiction and supervision over meetings in this state where horse races with wagering on their results are held or conducted, and over all persons or things having to do with the operation of those meetings. That law provides that the board consists of 7 members appointed by the Governor.
This bill would require that at least one member of the board be a jockey.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 19421 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:19421.
(a) The board consists of seven members, appointed by the Governor.Each
(b) A member shall hold office for a term of four years, commencing at the expiration of the previous term.
The term of the members of the board in office on January 1, 1959, shall expire as follows: one member July 26, 1959, one member July 26, 1960, and one member July 26, 1961. The terms shall expire in the same relative order as to each member as the term for which he holds office on January 1, 1959.
The term of the members appointed pursuant to amendments made to this section during the 1977–1978 legislative session shall expire as follows: one on January 1, 1979 and one on January 1, 1982.
The term of the members appointed pursuant to amendments made to this section during the 1979–80 Regular Session of the Legislature shall expire as follows: one on January 1, 1982, and one on January 1, 1984.
(c) At least one member of the board shall be a jockey.
Any
(d) A vacancy shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.
Each
(e) A member shall be eligible for reappointment in the discretion of the Governor.
