Bill Text: IA SF397 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing. (Formerly SSB 1221.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-23 - Subcommittee, Danielson, Bertrand, and Horn. S.J. 117. [SF397 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF397-Introduced.html
Senate
File
397
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
397
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1221)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
pari-mutuel
wagering
on
horse
racing.
1
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
2013,
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
three-quarters
percent
is
designated
7
for
standardbred
racing.
The
purse
moneys
designated
for
8
standardbred
racing
may
only
be
used
to
support
standardbred
9
harness
racing
purses
at
the
state
fair,
county
fairs,
or
10
other
harness
racing
tracks
approved
by
the
commission,
or
for
11
the
construction,
maintenance
,
or
repair
of
harness
racing
12
tracks
located
in
Iowa
and
at
the
fairgrounds
for
such
fairs
13
or
other
harness
racing
tracks
located
in
Iowa
and
approved
by
14
the
commission.
The
horse
racetrack
in
Polk
county
shall
not
15
provide
funding
to
support
standardbred
racing
at
such
county
16
fairs
that
is
not
otherwise
provided
for
in
this
paragraph.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
99D.11,
subsection
6,
paragraph
c,
18
subparagraph
(4),
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19
(4)
An
unlicensed
advance
deposit
wagering
operator
or
an
20
individual
taking
or
receiving
wagers
from
residents
of
this
21
state
on
races
conducted
at
the
horse
racetrack
located
in
Polk
22
county
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
23
Sec.
3.
Section
99D.25A,
subsection
2,
Code
2013,
is
amended
24
to
read
as
follows:
25
2.
Phenylbutazone
shall
not
be
administered
to
a
horse
26
in
dosages
which
would
result
in
concentrations
of
more
27
than
five
micrograms
of
the
substance
or
its
metabolites
per
28
milliliter
of
blood.
In
races
recognized
as
graded
stakes
29
thoroughbred
races,
the
commission
may
establish
restrictions
30
on
dosage
amounts
for
phenylbutazone
which
would
result
in
31
concentrations
of
less
than
five
micrograms
of
the
substance
or
32
its
metabolites
per
milliliter
of
blood.
33
EXPLANATION
34
This
bill
concerns
pari-mutuel
wagering
and
horse
racing.
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Code
section
99D.7(5),
concerning
purse
moneys
for
horse
1
racing,
is
amended
to
allow
purse
moneys
designated
for
2
standardbred
racing
to
be
used
for
the
construction
of
harness
3
racing
tracks.
4
Code
section
99D.11(6)(c)(4),
governing
penalties
for
5
advance
deposit
wagering
violations,
is
amended
by
striking
the
6
provision
that
the
current
penalty
for
unlawful
advance
deposit
7
wagering
applies
to
taking
wagers
only
on
races
conducted
in
8
Polk
county.
9
Code
section
99D.25A
is
amended
to
allow
the
racing
and
10
gaming
commission
to
establish
restrictions
on
dosage
amounts
11
for
phenylbutazone
in
races
recognized
as
graded
stakes
12
thoroughbred
races.
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