Bill Text: CA AB280 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 280	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Silva

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2011

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 19406,
19619, and  19666 of the Business and Professions Code, relating
to  parimutuel tickets   horse racing .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 280, as amended, Silva.  Parimutuel tickets:
alterations and counterfeiting.   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 prohibits
any person from altering or counterfeiting, or attempting to alter
or counterfeit, any parimutuel ticket.  
   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
two-year-old and three-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.  
   This 
    The bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change
to that provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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  in California  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. 
    Administrative 
    (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
 but, with the exception of championship races that may be
scheduled and excluding purses derived from nomination, sustaining,
and entry fees, shall be equal for all two-year-old and
three-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 percent of the original base purse and, if elimination
heats are raced, the base purse 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%


  SECTION 1.   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.