West Virginia Senate Bill 455 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-06 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to provide that the number of horse races or dog races held on a racing day be set by the licensee. The bill reduces the number of racing dates required for a horse or dog racing meeting license application. The bill provides for use of funds paid to Horsemens Benevolent and Protective Association from special fund for payment of regular purses. The bill further decreases the number of live racing dates required for receiving telecasts and accepting wagers on horse and dog race meetings. The bill further decreases the number of dates on which live racing must be conducted by racetrack video lottery and racetrack table games licensee. The bill provides for distribution of certain amounts of net terminal income derived from racetrack video lottery terminals to Community-Based Services Fund to offset reduced racetrack table games license renewal fee and decrease in table game privilege tax. The bill further provides for annual racetrack table games license renewal fee and to decrease percentage of table games privilege tax.

Relating to horse or dog racing

Sen. Mike Green [D]	Sen. Larry Edgell [D]	Sen. Rocky Fitzsimmons [D]	Sen. Daniel Hall [D]
Sen. Jack Yost [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-06	Senate	To Judiciary
2013-03-06	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2013-03-06	Senate	To Judiciary then Finance
2013-03-06	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	23	12b	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	23	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	23	7	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	23	9	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22A	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22A	10b	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22A	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22C	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22C	26	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22C	8	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=455&year=2013&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb455%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=455