California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §19482: No license to conduct a horse racing meeting shall be issued to any of the following: (a) Any nonprofit corporation entitled to an exemption from any tax imposed by this State.

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No license to conduct a horse racing meeting shall be issued to any of the following: (a) Any nonprofit corporation entitled to an exemption from any tax imposed by this State. (b) Any applicant who proposes to conduct a horse racing meeting for the benefit of any such nonprofit corporation or under any arrangement pursuant to which such nonprofit corporation is to share in the receipts of the licensee from the conduct of such meeting, whether by rentals or otherwise. Nothing in this section prohibits the board, in its discretion, from issuing a license to conduct a horse racing meeting to any corporation to which it has, prior to September 7, 1955, issued a license to conduct such a meeting.

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