Bill Text: IA HSB579 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill concerning allowable uses for purse moneys designated for standardbred horse racing.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2014-01-28 - In State Government [HSB579 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HSB579-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
579
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
VANDER
LINDEN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
allowable
uses
for
purse
moneys
designated
1
for
standardbred
horse
racing.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
99D.7,
subsection
5,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
The
commission
shall,
beginning
January
1,
2012,
regulate
3
the
purse
structure
for
all
horse
racing
so
that
seventy-six
4
percent
is
designated
for
thoroughbred
racing,
fifteen
and
5
one-quarter
percent
is
designated
for
quarter
horse
racing,
and
6
eight
and
three-quarter
percent
is
designated
for
standardbred
7
racing.
The
purse
moneys
designated
for
standardbred
racing
8
may
only
be
used
to
support
standardbred
harness
racing
purses
,
9
breeder’s
awards,
or
expenses
at
the
state
fair,
county
fairs,
10
or
other
harness
racing
tracks
approved
by
the
commission,
11
or
for
the
maintenance
,
construction,
or
repair
of
harness
12
racing
tracks
at
the
fairgrounds
for
such
fairs
or
other
13
harness
racing
tracks
approved
by
the
commission.
The
horse
14
racetrack
in
Polk
county
shall
not
provide
funding
to
support
15
standardbred
racing
at
such
county
fairs
that
is
not
otherwise
16
provided
for
in
this
paragraph.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
Code
section
99D.7(5),
concerning
purse
moneys
for
horse
21
racing,
is
amended
to
allow
purse
moneys
designated
for
22
standardbred
racing
to
also
be
used
for
breeder’s
awards,
23
standardbred
harness
racing
expenses,
and
the
construction
of
24
harness
racing
tracks.
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