Bill Text: CA SB1072 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Horse racing: statewide marketing organization:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 283, Statutes of 2010. [SB1072 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1072-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1072	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 16, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 2, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to amend Section 19605.73 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1072, as amended, Calderon. Horse racing: statewide marketing
organization.
   Existing law permits racing associations, fairs, and the
organization responsible for contracting with racing associations and
fairs with respect to the conduct of racing meetings, to form a
private, statewide marketing organization to market and promote
thoroughbred and fair horse racing, and to obtain, provide, or defray
the cost of workers' compensation coverage for stable employees and
jockeys of thoroughbred trainers. Existing law requires the marketing
organization to annually submit to the California Horse Racing Board
a statewide marketing and promotion plan and a thoroughbred trainers'
workers' compensation defrayal plan for thoroughbred and fair horse
racing. A specified percentage of the amount handled by each
satellite wagering facility is required to be distributed to the
marketing organization for the promotion of thoroughbred and fair
horse racing, and to defray the cost of workers' compensation
insurance, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions on
January 1, 2011.
   This bill would extend the operation of these provisions until
January 1, 2014, when they would be repealed. The bill would, with
respect to the statewide marketing and promotion plan, instead
require the marketing organization  to annually present
  , by November 1 of each year, to submit a written
report  to the board  at the board's November meeting a
verbal report  on the statewide marketing and promotion plan
for the upcoming calendar year  , and would additionally require
the marketing organization to annually present to the board at the
board's November meeting a verbal report on the   statewide
marketing and promo   tion plan for the upcoming calendar
year. The bill would   specify that the workers'
compensation defrayal plan is to be submitted to the board by
November 1 of each year  . The bill would also require the
marketing organization to semiannually submit to the board a written
report that accounts for all receipts and expenditures of the
promotion funds for the previous 6 months.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19605.73 of the Business and Professions Code
is amended to read:
   19605.73.  (a) Racing associations, fairs, and the organization
responsible for contracting with racing associations and fairs with
respect to the conduct of racing meetings, may form a private,
statewide marketing organization to market and promote thoroughbred
and fair horse racing, and to obtain, provide, or defray the cost of
workers' compensation coverage for stable employees and jockeys of
thoroughbred trainers. The organization shall consist of the
following members: two members, one from the northern zone and one
from the combined central and southern zones, appointed by the
thoroughbred racetracks; two members, one from the northern zone and
one from the combined central and southern zones, appointed by the
owners' organization responsible for contracting with associations
and fairs with respect to the conduct of racing meetings; and two
members, one from the northern zone and one from the combined central
and southern zones, appointed by the organization representing
racing and satellite fairs.
   (b) The marketing organization formed pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall  annually present to the board at the board's November
meeting a verbal report   , by November 1 of each year,
submit a written report to the board  on a statewide marketing
and promotion plan for the upcoming calendar year, and shall 
annually   , by November 1 of each year,  submit
to the board a thoroughbred trainers' workers' compensation defrayal
plan, for thoroughbred and fair horse racing that encompasses all
geographical zones in the state, and which includes the manner in
which funds were expended in the implementation of the plan for the
previous calendar year.  In addition, the organization shall
annually present t   o the board at the board's November
meeting a verbal report on the statewide marketing and promotion plan
for the upcoming calendar year.  The plan shall be implemented
as determined by the organization. The organization shall receive
input from all interested industry participants and may utilize
outside consultants in developing the annual marketing plan.
   (c) In addition to the distributions specified in subdivisions (a)
and (b) of Section 19605.7, and in Sections 19605.71 and 19605.72,
for thoroughbred and fair meetings only, from the amount that would
normally be available for commissions and purses, an amount equal to
0.4 percent of the total amount handled by each satellite wagering
facility shall be distributed to the statewide marketing organization
formed pursuant to subdivision (a) for the promotion of thoroughbred
and fair horse racing and to defray the cost of workers'
compensation coverage for stable employees and jockeys of
thoroughbred trainers. Not more than one-sixth of the total amount
available annually pursuant to this subdivision shall be used to
defray the cost of workers' compensation insurance. Any of the
promotion funds that are not expended in the year in which they are
collected may be expended in the following year. If promotion funds
expended in any one year exceed the amount collected for that year,
the funds expended in the following year shall be reduced by the
excess amount. The marketing organization shall semiannually submit
to the board a written report that accounts for all receipts and
expenditures of the promotion funds for the previous six months.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and, as of that date, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date. Any moneys held by the organization shall, in the event
this section is repealed, be distributed to the organization formed
pursuant to Section 19608.2, for purposes of that section.