Bill Text: IA HF381 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning horse racing, including the use of purse moneys for harness racing, advance deposit wagering, and restrictions on dosage amounts for phenylbutazone in certain horse races. Effective 7-1-14.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-26 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 602. [HF381 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF381-Enrolled.html
House
File
381
AN
ACT
CONCERNING
HORSE
RACING,
INCLUDING
THE
USE
OF
PURSE
MONEYS
FOR
HARNESS
RACING,
ADVANCE
DEPOSIT
WAGERING,
AND
RESTRICTIONS
ON
DOSAGE
AMOUNTS
FOR
PHENYLBUTAZONE
IN
CERTAIN
HORSE
RACES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
99D.7,
subsection
5,
paragraph
b,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
The
commission
shall,
beginning
January
1,
2012,
regulate
the
purse
structure
for
all
horse
racing
so
that
seventy-six
percent
is
designated
for
thoroughbred
racing,
fifteen
and
one-quarter
percent
is
designated
for
quarter
horse
racing,
and
eight
and
three-quarter
three-quarters
percent
is
designated
for
standardbred
racing.
The
purse
moneys
designated
for
standardbred
racing
may
only
be
used
to
support
standardbred
harness
racing
purses
,
breeder’s
awards,
or
expenses
at
the
state
fair,
county
fairs,
or
other
harness
racing
tracks
approved
by
the
commission,
or
for
the
maintenance
,
construction,
or
repair
of
harness
racing
tracks
located
in
Iowa
and
at
the
fairgrounds
for
such
fairs
or
other
harness
racing
tracks
located
in
Iowa
and
approved
by
the
commission.
The
horse
racetrack
in
Polk
county
shall
not
provide
funding
to
support
standardbred
racing
at
such
county
fairs
that
is
not
otherwise
provided
for
in
this
paragraph.
Sec.
2.
Section
99D.11,
subsection
6,
paragraph
c,
subparagraph
(4),
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(4)
An
unlicensed
advance
deposit
wagering
operator
or
an
individual
taking
or
receiving
wagers
from
residents
of
this
state
on
races
conducted
at
the
horse
racetrack
located
in
Polk
county
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
Sec.
3.
Section
99D.25A,
subsection
2,
Code
2014,
is
amended
House
File
381,
p.
2
to
read
as
follows:
2.
Phenylbutazone
shall
not
be
administered
to
a
horse
in
dosages
which
would
result
in
concentrations
of
more
than
five
micrograms
of
the
substance
or
its
metabolites
per
milliliter
of
blood.
In
races
recognized
as
graded
stakes
thoroughbred
races,
the
commission
may
establish
restrictions
on
dosage
amounts
for
phenylbutazone
which
would
result
in
concentrations
of
less
than
five
micrograms
of
the
substance
or
its
metabolites
per
milliliter
of
blood.
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
PAM
JOCHUM
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
381,
Eighty-fifth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2014
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
