West Virginia House Bill 2830 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-05 - To House Government Organization
Pending: House Government Organization Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to require licensees to provide preferential treatment to certain trainers. The bill sets forth the criteria for receiving preferential treatment. The bill increases the West Virginia Racing Commission by two members. The bill sets forth qualifications. The bill authorizes the commission to adjudicate certain disputes. The bill authorizes the commission to approve or reject certain racing associations house rules. The bill authorizes the commission to regulate stall allocation criteria. The bill requires thoroughbred licensees to pay three percent of paid purses into the local Horsemans Benevolent and Protective Association. The bill requires greyhound licensees to pay one percent of paid purses to the local West Virginia Greyhound Owners and Breeders Association. The bill grants all greyhound owners and breeders of certain greyhounds full voting membership in the West Virginia Greyhound Owners and Breeders Association. The bill requires dog racing associations to provide certain indoor facilities and handicap access. The bill clarifies that ninety percent of the deposits into the Greyhound Breeding Development Fund be used to fund supplemental purse awards, stakes races and training track facilities. The bill clarifies that ten percent of the deposits into the Greyhound Breeding Development Fund be used to fund administration, promotion, education, and greyhound adoption programs. The bill requires the commission to provide accounting statements to greyhound owners. The bill requires the West Virginia Lottery Commission to assist the Racing Commission in providing a detailed statement of racetrack video lottery distributions into the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund. The bill sets forth the contents of those statements. The bill proves that any year end balance in the Greyhound Breeding Development Fund be distributed to owners and breeders of West Virginia whelped greyhounds on a pro rata basis. The bill requires a monthly minimum of $22,000 be reserved in the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund to fund four yearly West Virginia whelped greyhound stake races. The bill establishes the values of certain open stake races and juvenile stake races for greyhounds. The bill provides that up to three percent of yearly deposits into the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund shall be used to pay valid adoption applications. The bill provides that racing associations at dog racetracks must have the written approval of the authorized representative of a majority of the owners and breeders at the dog racetrack in order to contract with legal wagering entities to accept wagers on any race or races conducted by that entity. The bill requires dog racetrack licensees pay six percent of the net simulcast income to the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund. The bill requires the dog racing association to deposit three percent of the total wagering handle on all imported simulcast race signals into track purse accounts. The bill requires dog racetracks to pay seven and one-half percent of the signal transmission fee into the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund. The bill permits the full year end balance in breeders/raisers, sire owners and purse supplement funds to revert into the Thoroughbred Development Fund for distribution to racing associations and licensees instead of first being used to fund certain races. The bill provides for additional horse races. The bill provides that certain horse racing wins will not be considered in eligibility for certain open races. The bill authorizes an annual $400,000 expenditure from the West Virginia Racing Commission Racetrack Video Lottery Account be used purses in a newly created West Virginia Greyhound Challenge Stakes Race. The bill decreases the amount of certain funds available to be used for capital improvements at dog racetracks. The bill decreases the amount of certain funds paid into the West Virginia Racing Commission-Special Account-West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund. The bill uses certain funds to fund the West Virginia Greyhound Challenge Stakes Race. The bill decreases the amount of certain funds available to be used for capital improvements at horse racetracks. The bill requires certain funds be deposited into the West Virginia Racing Commission Special Account-Unredeemed Pari-Mutuel Tickets. The bill authorizes rule-making and updates statutory language.

Relating to horse and dog racing

Del. Jeff Eldridge [D]

Del. Justin Marcum [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-05	House	To House Government Organization
2013-03-05	House	Introduced in House
2013-03-05	House	To Government Organization then Finance
2013-03-05	House	Filed for introduction

SB115 (Similar To) 2013-02-13 - To Government Organization

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Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2830&year=2013&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2830%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=2830