Bill Text: CA AB2592 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: California Horse Racing Board: fair horse racing calendar: economic analysis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-18 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2592 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2592-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2592	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Chesbro and Levine

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 19530 of, and to add Section 19549.5 to,
the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2592, Chesbro. California Horse Racing Board: fair horse racing
calendar: economic analysis.
   Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, provides for the operation of
live horse racing in this state and for wagering thereon, and for the
operation of satellite wagering facilities, subject to regulation
and oversight by the California Horse Racing Board. That law also
requires the board to allocate racing weeks to a fair and to hold a
public hearing and take testimony when making all determinations on
the allocation of racing dates to a fair.
   This bill would require the board, when it receives a proposal to
make a substantial change, as defined, to the number of days a fair
conducts races or to the weeks in the horse racing calendar allocated
to that fair to conduct a specified economic analysis of the
proposal's effect on those fairs whose horse racing calendar would be
impacted and to consider all proposed alternative racing dates based
on that economic analysis before the board votes on the proposal or
any alternative option to the original proposal. The bill would make
other, nonsubstantive changes to the Horse Racing Law.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 19530 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19530.  The board shall have the authority to allocate racing
weeks to an applicant or applicants pursuant to the provisions of
this article and Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 19540) and to
specify those racing days, dates, and hours for horse racing meetings
as will be in the public interest, and will subserve the purposes of
this chapter. The decision of the board as to racing days, dates,
and hours shall be subject to change, limitation, or restriction only
by the board. A municipality or county shall not adopt or enforce
any ordinance or regulation that has or may have the effect of
directly or indirectly regulating, limiting, or restricting the
racing days and dates of horse racing meetings.
  SEC. 2.  Section 19549.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   19549.5.  (a) When the board considers a proposal to make a
substantial change to the number of days a fair conducts races or to
the weeks in the horse racing calendar allocated to that fair, the
board shall conduct an economic analysis of the proposal's effect on
those fairs whose horse racing calendar would be impacted. The
economic analysis shall include, but is not limited to, all of the
following:
   (1) The financial loss or gain to each fair impacted by the
proposed fair horse racing calendar changes, including the impact on
fair admissions, concessions, and sponsorship.
   (2) Jobs generated or lost due to the proposed fair horse racing
calendar changes.
   (3) Availability of seasonable workers as a result of the fair
horse racing calendar changes.
   (4) Impact on agricultural education programs, if applicable.
   (5) Financial impact on the community at large due to the changes
to the fair horse racing calendar.
   (b) The board shall consider all proposed alternative racing dates
based on that economic analysis before the board votes on the
proposal or any alternative option to the original proposal.
   (c) As used in this section, "substantial change" means any change
within the fair horse racing calendar that changes the allocation of
racing dates to that fair by more than three days from the prior
year's horse racing dates.