Bill Text: TX HB4396 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to distributions to the state greyhound breed registry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB4396 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4396-Introduced.html
87R12198 ADM-D | ||
By: Tinderholt | H.B. No. 4396 |
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relating to distributions to the state greyhound breed registry. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 2028.202(c) and (e), Occupations Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) From the total amount deducted under Subsection (a), a | ||
horse racetrack association that receives an interstate | ||
cross-species simulcast signal shall distribute [ |
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in this state sending the signal[ |
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(e) A racetrack association offering wagering on an | ||
intrastate cross-species simulcast signal shall send the purse | ||
amount specified under Subsection (b)(4) [ |
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being simulcast. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2027.055(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by this subchapter, a horse racetrack | ||
may offer wagering on interstate greyhound race simulcast signals | ||
only as provided by a contract with the nearest greyhound | ||
racetrack. If an agreement between the racetracks cannot be | ||
reached by October 1 of the year preceding the calendar year in | ||
which the simulcasting is to occur, the horse racetrack may | ||
purchase and offer wagering on greyhound race simulcast signals and | ||
shall pay to the nearest greyhound racetrack the amounts specified | ||
under Section 2028.202(c) [ |
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SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Occupations Code | ||
are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 2028.202(d); | ||
(2) Section 2028.154; and | ||
(3) Section 2030.053. | ||
SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Racing Commission shall adopt the rules | ||
necessary to comply with Subtitle A-1, Title 13, Occupations Code | ||
(Texas Racing Act), as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |