SB 1240 — Horse racing: thoroughbred racing: northern, central, and southern zones: auxiliary offsite stabling, training, and vanning.

Summary

(1) The Horse Racing Law requires, when satellite wagering is conducted on thoroughbred races at associations or fairs in the northern, central, or southern zone, that an amount not to exceed 1.25% of the total amount handled by all of those satellite wagering facilities be deducted from the funds otherwise allocated for distribution as commissions, purses, and owners' premiums and instead distributed to an organization formed and operated by thoroughbred racing associations, fairs conducting thoroughbred racing, and the organization representing thoroughbred horsemen and horsewomen, to administer a fund to provide reimbursement for offsite stabling at California Horse Racing Board-approved auxiliary training facilities for additional stalls beyond the number of usable stalls the association or fair is required to make available and maintain, and for the vanning of starters from these additional stalls on racing days for thoroughbred horses. This bill would increase the amount that is required to be deducted to an amount not to exceed 2% in the northern, central, and southern zones, and would provide that this amount in the northern zone, if adjusted by the board, may be a different percentage of the handle for different associations and fairs, but only if all the associations and fairs agree to the differing percentages. The bill would establish an auxiliary offsite stabling and training facility and vanning program for thoroughbred races in the northern, central, and southern zones. The bill would revise and recast the provisions governing the organization formed and operated to administer the fund to include, among other things, a 50-50 percentage allocation of specified voting interests on the board of the organization, the use of funds to compensate the provider of a board-approved auxiliary facility for offsite stabling and training of thoroughbred horses in the northern, central, and southern zones, and the requirement that the organization submit its proposed financial and operational plans for the upcoming calendar year to the board for review no later than November 1 of the preceding year. The bill would also require that the 2% of funds of the total amount handled, as specified, be used to pay the organization's expenses in the northern zone. The bill would require, in the northern, central, and southern zones and at the request of the board, the organization to submit a report detailing all of its receipts and expenditures over the prior 2 fiscal years and, upon request of any party within the organization, that those receipts and expenditures be audited by an independent 3rd party selected by the board at the organization's expense. The bill would also require that the funds be used to cover all or part of the cost of vanning thoroughbred horses in the northern, central, or southern zone from a board-approved auxiliary offsite stabling and training facility and would authorize the organization to enter into multiyear contracts for auxiliary facilities in the northern, central, or southern zone subject to specified conditions. The bill would authorize the organization to use the funds to pay back commissions, purses, and owners' premiums to the extent that the deductions made exceed in any year the amount of the funds necessary to achieve the objectives of the organization. The bill would also authorize a thoroughbred racing association or fair in the northern zone to opt out of the auxiliary offsite stabling and training facility and vanning program, as specified. The bill would provide that the board shall reserve the right to adjudicate any disputes that arise regarding costs or other matters relating to the furnishing of offsite stabling, training, or vanning. By expanding the provisions of the Horse Racing Law, a violation of which is a crime, the bill would create new crimes and would thereby impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

• Amended 04/05/16 - Amended Senate Current pdf April 05, 2016
• Introduced 02/18/16 - Introduced pdf February 18, 2016
• SB1240 View text html

Action History

1. August 29, 2016

   Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.

2. August 08, 2016

   Ordered to third reading.

3. August 08, 2016

   From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.

4. August 04, 2016

   Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

5. August 03, 2016

   From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3).

6. June 30, 2016

   From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

7. June 22, 2016

   June 22 hearing postponed by committee.

8. May 12, 2016

   Referred to Com. on G.O.

9. May 05, 2016

   In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

10. May 05, 2016

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3776.) Ordered to the Assembly.

11. May 03, 2016

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

12. May 02, 2016

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

13. April 22, 2016

    Set for hearing May 2.

14. April 12, 2016

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3494.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

15. April 05, 2016

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

16. March 15, 2016

    Set for hearing April 12.

17. March 03, 2016

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

18. February 19, 2016

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.

19. February 18, 2016

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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• Hall · Primary

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