Bill Text: CA AB280 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Horse racing: California-bred horses and parimutuel
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 98, Statutes of 2011. [AB280 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB280-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 280 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 98
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 25, 2011
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JULY 25, 2011
PASSED THE SENATE JULY 1, 2011
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 14, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Silva
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
An act to amend Sections 19406, 19619, and 19666 of the Business
and Professions Code, relating to horse racing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 280, Silva. Horse racing: California-bred horses and parimutuel
tickets.
Under existing law, the California Horse Racing Board is
responsible for adopting rules and regulations for the protection of
the public and the control of horse racing and parimutuel wagering,
as well as enforcing all laws, rules, and regulations dealing with
horse racing and parimutuel wagering.
Existing law establishes a California Standardbred Sires Stakes
Program for standardbred horses, including harness horses, bred in
this state. Existing law defines a "California-bred standardbred
horse" as a standardbred foal conceived in California by a stallion
registered with the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program.
Existing law requires that California standardbred sires stakes races
be scheduled for 2-year-old and 3-year-old trotters and 2-year-old
and 3-year-old pacers at the discretion of the California
Standardbred Sires Stakes Committee, except as specified. Existing
law requires that base purses for each set of races, as defined,
conducted during any given year at any race meeting be determined by
the committee and requires that those purses be equal for all
2-year-old and 3-year-old races regardless of sex and gait, except
that, if divisions are raced, the base purse for each division shall
be no less than 75% of the original base purse and, if elimination
heats are raced, the base purse shall be determined by the committee.
This bill would revise the definition of a California-bred
standardbred horse to delete the requirement that the standardbred
foal be conceived in California. The bill would also delete the
requirement that base purses for each set of races be equal for all
2-year-old and 3-year-old races regardless of sex and gait, including
the exception described above requiring a minimum base purse of 75%
of the original base purse if divisions are raced, and instead
require that all base purses for each set of races conducted during
any given year at any race meeting be determined by the committee.
Existing law prohibits any person from altering or
counterfeiting, or attempting to alter or counterfeit, any parimutuel
ticket.
The bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 19406 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
19406. (a) A "California-bred horse" is a foal dropped by a mare
in California after being conceived in California and remaining in
California until the foal is weaned.
(b) A "California-bred thoroughbred" is a horse dropped by a mare
in California after being conceived in California, or any
thoroughbred horse dropped by a mare in California if the mare
remains in California to be next bred to a thoroughbred stallion
standing in California. If the mare cannot be bred for two successive
breeding seasons but remains in California during that period, her
foal shall be considered to be a California-bred thoroughbred.
(c) A "California-bred quarter horse" is a quarter horse foal
conceived in California by a stallion standing in California at the
time of conception.
(d) A "California-bred standardbred horse" is a standardbred foal
conceived by a stallion registered with the California Standardbred
Sires Stakes Program.
(e) A "California-bred Appaloosa horse" is a horse dropped by a
mare in California after being conceived in California, or any
Appaloosa horse dropped by a mare in California if the mare remains
in California to be next bred to an Appaloosa stallion standing in
California. If the mare cannot be bred for two successive breeding
seasons but remains in California during that period, her foal shall
be considered to be a California-bred Appaloosa horse.
(f) A "California-bred paint horse" is a registered paint horse
foal conceived in California by a stallion standing in California at
the time of the conception, or by a registered paint horse stallion.
(g) A "California-sired horse" is a thoroughbred that was
conceived in California by a registered California stallion. A
California-sired horse is only eligible for entry in races restricted
to California-bred or California-sired horses and is not eligible
for any breeder or owner awards.
SEC. 2. Section 19619 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
19619. (a) Since the purpose of this chapter is to encourage
agriculture and the breeding of horses in this state, a California
Standardbred Sires Stakes Program is hereby established for
standardbred horses bred in the State of California.
(b) Horses eligible to race in the California Standardbred Sires
Stakes Program shall be the offspring of any registered California
standardbred stallion standing in California during an entire
breeding season.
(c) (1) Responsibility for the California Standardbred Sires
Stakes Program is with the board. Administration of the California
Standardbred Sires Stakes Program is the responsibility of the
California Standardbred Sires Stakes Committee. The committee shall
consist of five members and one alternate selected from and by the
California Harness Horse Owners and Breeders Association.
(2) Administrative expenses of the committee in any given year
shall not exceed 4 percent of that year's income to the California
Standardbred Sires Stakes Program, and all expenses shall be approved
by the board.
(d) The board may do all that is necessary to ensure that the
California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program is appropriately
administered and shall prepare, issue, and adopt rules and
regulations providing for all of the following:
(1) Classes and divisions of races, eligibility of horses and
owners therefor, and prizes and awards to be awarded.
(2) Nominating, sustaining, and entry fees for horses and races.
(3) Registration and certification of California stallions, mares
bred to those stallions, and foals produced thereby.
(4) Any other matter that is considered to be necessary and
appropriate for the proper administration and implementation of the
California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program.
(e) The funds for the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program
made available pursuant to Section 19491.7 and the nominating,
sustaining, and entry fees provided for in this section shall be
deposited with the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Committee.
The committee shall distribute the funds deposited with it in
accordance with this section for the purposes of the program in the
manner approved by the board.
(f) Pursuant to Section 19491.7, the breakage used to fund the
California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program and to increase purses
shall be divided in accordance with the following criteria:
California
Standardbred
Sires Stakes
Program Purses
1977................ 10% 90%
1978................ 20% 80%
1979................ 25% 75%
1980................ 50% 50%
January 1 to June 75% 25%
30, 1981............
July 1, 1981, and 100% 0%
thereafter..........
(g) An amount equal to 10 percent of the total purses raced for in
the California sires stakes races shall be awarded to the
standardbred breeders of the horses that earned purse money in the
California standardbred sires stakes races in proportion to the
amount of purse money earned by each horse.
(h) An amount equal to 2 percent of the total purses raced for in
the California sires stakes races shall be awarded to the owners of
the registered California standardbred stallions that sired horses
that earned purse money in the California standardbred sires stakes
races in proportion to the amount of purse money earned by each horse
so sired.
(i) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the board may establish a
series of races for two-year-old and three-year-old fillies that are
wholly owned by a California resident on the first day of January of
the year that they become two years old and are wholly owned by a
California resident on the day of the race.
(j) The balance of the remaining funds, including nominating,
sustaining, and entry fees, and after the expenditures described in
subdivisions (e), (g), (h), and (i) have been made, shall be
allocated to purses for races comprising the California Standardbred
Sires Stakes Program.
(k) The schedule of races that shall comprise the California
Standardbred Sires Stakes Program during each year shall be set by
the board in accordance with the following criteria:
(1) California standardbred sires stakes races shall be scheduled
for two-year-old and three-year-old trotters and two-year-old and
three-year-old pacers at the discretion of the California
Standardbred Sires Stakes Committee, except that no two-year-old
races shall be held prior to the first day of June of any year. Races
for four-year-old or aged trotters and four-year-old or aged pacers
may also be scheduled.
(2) Two- and three-year-old races shall be divided into colt and
filly divisions.
(3) Base purses for each set of races conducted during any given
year at any race meeting shall be determined by the committee. As
used in this section, a set of races means one final race for each
eligible age, sex, and gait, as scheduled by the committee.
(4) In each division of each race in the California standardbred
sires stakes races, the purse shall be divided in the following
manner:
(i) Five or more starters
1st ............................... 50%
2nd ............................... 25%
3rd ............................... 12%
4th ............................... 8%
5th ............................... 5%
(ii) Four starters
1st ............................... 55%
2nd ............................... 25%
3rd ............................... 12%
4th ............................... 8%
(iii) Three starters
1st ............................... 55%
2nd ............................... 30%
3rd ............................... 15%
(iv) Two starters
1st ............................... 65%
2nd ............................... 35%
(v) One starter
1st ............................... 100%
SEC. 3. Section 19666 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
19666. A person shall not alter or counterfeit, or attempt to
alter or counterfeit, any parimutuel ticket.
