California

Business and Professions Code - BPC

10,525 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 19491.7 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 by an association licensed to conduct harness racing shall be used to fund the California Standardbred Sires
• § 19493 — Upon the termination of the horse racing meeting for which a license has been granted: (a) If the licensee has fully paid the license fee imposed by this article, the sum deposited with the applicatio
• § 19494 — If by reason of any cause beyond control, and through no fault or neglect of any licensee, and when the licensee is not in default, it becomes impossible for the licensee to hold or conduct racing upo
• § 19495 — Except as provided in this chapter, no license or excise tax or fee in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) for each racing day shall be assessed against or collected from any licensee by the State or
• § 19497 — Any person who is licensed to conduct a horse racing meeting at any place, track or inclosure which is leased by him from the state, shall not transfer any such property to any other person, whether l
• § 1950 — (a) A licensee may have their license revoked or suspended, or may be reprimanded or placed on probation by the dental hygiene board, for conviction of a crime substantially related to the licensee’s
• § 1950.5 — Unprofessional conduct by a person licensed under this article is defined as, but is not limited to, any one of the following: (a) The obtaining of any fee by fraud or misrepresentation.
• § 19500 — (a) A jockey who agrees to exercise a racehorse shall be paid no less than the standard rate that is paid to exercise riders unless the jockey has been employed to ride that racehorse in a parimutuel
• § 19501 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Professional jockeys are vital to the horse racing industry and the work they perform is very dangerous.
• § 19502 — Notwithstanding any other law, the board shall not permit any portion of an entry, nomination, or other fee paid by an owner to be deducted from a jockey riding fee unless the entry, nomination, or ot
• § 19504 — (a) No racehorse shall be ridden at a racetrack unless the rider is equipped with a safety helmet and safety vest.
• § 19506 — No later than July 1, 2006, the board shall approve and participate in a health assessment study of jockeys that will provide information relevant to the determination of an appropriate jockey scale o
• § 1951 — The dental hygiene board may discipline a licensee by placing the licensee on probation under various terms and conditions that may include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Requiring the li
• § 19510 — (a) Every steward and racing official not required to be licensed under Article 4 (commencing with Section 19480) shall be licensed by the board pursuant to this article.
• § 19512 — (a) The board shall require applicants for license as a steward or as an official veterinarian to pass both a written and an oral examination.
• § 19513 — (a) The board shall prepare both written and oral examinations.
• § 19514 — Racing officials shall be licensed by the board pursuant to rules and regulations that the board may adopt, and upon payment of a license fee fixed and determined by the board.
• § 19515 — (a) A license issued under this article shall be issued for a period not to exceed three years, which the board may, by regulation, establish.
• § 19516 — The board may, at any time, require the removal of any racing official or employee in any case where it has reason to believe that the official or employee has been guilty of any dishonest practice in
• § 19517 — (a) The board, upon due consideration, may overrule any steward’s decision other than a decision to disqualify a horse due to a foul or a riding or a driving infraction in a race, if a preponderance o
• § 19517.5 — (a) The respondent in an enforcement proceeding that alleges the use of a prohibited substance, as defined under class I, class II, or class III of the board’s schedule of prohibited substances, may e
• § 19518 — (a) (1) The board shall contract with persons licensed as stewards pursuant to this article to perform the duties of stewards at horse racing meets.
• § 1952 — It is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this article to do any of the following: (a) Obtain or possess in violation of law, or except as directed by a licensed physician and surgeon,
• § 19520 — (a) (1) Every person not required to be licensed under Article 4 (commencing with Section 19480) who participates in, or has anything to do with, the racing of horses in any of the following capacitie
• § 19521 — (a) A license issued pursuant to this article shall be issued for a period not to exceed three years, which the board may, by regulation, establish.
• § 19522 — (a) The board shall also set forth requirements for the position of satellite facility supervisor for all satellite wagering facilities operated by the state or on public land.
• § 19523 — The board may, at any time, require the removal of any racing official or employee in any case where it has reason to believe that the official or employee has been guilty of any dishonest practice in
• § 19525 — (a) For purposes of this section, “equine” means a horse of any breed used for racing or showing, including prospective racehorses, breeding prospects, stallions, stallion seasons, broodmares, yearlin
• § 19526 — (a) Each trainer shall keep accurate payroll records, showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight time and overtime hours worked each day and week, paid to each of
• § 19527 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Association of Racing Commissioners International has proposed a compact providing for the licensure of individuals involved in the hor
• § 19528 — The California Horse Racing Board is hereby authorized to enter into the interstate compact identified in Section 19527 for the purposes described therein, provided that this state’s participation in
• § 1953 — (a) A registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions who performs a service on a patient in a dental office shal
• § 19530 — (a) The board shall have the authority to allocate racing weeks to an applicant or applicants pursuant to the provisions of this article and Article 6.
• § 19530.5 — For the purposes of this article there shall be three geographical zones which shall be designated (a) the “southern zone,” which shall consist of the Counties of Imperial, Orange, Riverside, and San
• § 19531 — (a) The board shall make allocations of racing weeks, including simultaneous racing between zones, as it deems appropriate.
• § 19531.1 — Notwithstanding any other law, the board shall not allocate racing dates to a thoroughbred racing association in the central or southern zone for the purpose of conducting thoroughbred racing during d
• § 19532 — (a) Any association licensed to conduct thoroughbred racing in the northern zone may receive no more than 35 weeks of that racing.
• § 19533 — (a) Any license granted to an association other than a fair shall be only for one type of racing, thoroughbred, harness, or quarter horse racing as the case may be, except that the board may authorize
• § 19533.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19533, the board may authorize the following mixed breed racing: (1) An association licensed to conduct a quarter horse meeting to include Appaloosa races and Arabian races
• § 19533.6 — Notwithstanding Section 19533, the board may authorize any racing association licensed to conduct a live quarter horse racing meeting to also conduct mule racing at that racing meeting, subject to the
• § 19535 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the time the board allocates racing weeks, it shall determine the number of useable stalls that each association or fair shall make available and mai
• § 1954 — (a) It is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this article to perform, or hold himself or herself out as able to perform, professional services beyond the scope of his or her license an
• § 19540 — In order to encourage and develop the racing of all horses in California, regardless of breed, whenever a fair conducts a program of horse races on which there is parimutuel wagering, the fair, so far
• § 19542 — Notwithstanding any other law, fairs that conduct live horse racing meetings in the northern zone may allow a joint powers authority to administer and distribute purses.
• § 19546 — (a) In order to encourage and develop the racing of all horses in California, regardless of breed, whenever a fair conducts a program of parimutuel wagering, it may provide a program of mixed breed ra
• § 19547 — Notwithstanding Section 19490, no deposit shall be required for any horse racing meeting conducted by a fair.
• § 19548 — Except as provided in this chapter, no license, tax, or fee shall be assessed against or collected from any fair which, directly and not through any private person, conducts a horse racing meeting.
• § 19549 — Except as provided in Section 19549.
• § 19549.1 — Notwithstanding Sections 19533 and 19549 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may allocate horse racing days for mixed breed meetings and combined fair horse racing meetings pursuant to S
• § 19549.12 — Notwithstanding Sections 19482 and 19549, any weeks of harness racing or quarter horse racing allocated by the board to be raced at the facilities of a county fair that conducts its racing meeting pur
• § 19549.13 — (a) Fairs that conduct racing meetings in the northern zone may, and horsemen’s organizations that represent horsemen who participate at fair racing meetings in the northern zone shall, jointly develo
• § 19549.14 — (a) Notwithstanding, Section 19489 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may permit the San Mateo County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at another site within or outside San Mateo Co
• § 19549.15 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19489 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may permit the Solano County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at another site within or outside Solano County, i
• § 19549.16 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may allocate racing days, pursuant to this article, to a fair in the northern zone to be conducted by the fair or, at the request of the fair, the board ma
• § 19549.17 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may permit the Los Angeles County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at another site within or outside the County of Los Angeles.
• § 19549.2 — From the weeks available for harness and quarter horse racing pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531, the board may allocate a maximum of 12 weeks of harness racing to the 22nd
• § 19549.4 — Notwithstanding Section 19414.
• § 19549.6 — Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Sections 19540, 19546, and 19549, the board may allocate additional weeks of harness racing to the California Exposition and State
• § 19549.7 — Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Section 19549, the board may allocate additional weeks of quarter horse racing to a lessee of the California Exposition and State
• § 19549.9 — Notwithstanding paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Section 19549, the board may allocate up to 10 additional weeks of harness racing to the Los Angeles County Fair, or its lessee, t
• § 1955 — (a) (1) A licensee who fails or refuses to comply with a request for a patient’s dental or dental hygiene records that is accompanied by that patient’s written authorization for release of the records
• § 19550 — (a) The board shall require each licensed racing association that conducts 14 or less weeks of racing to designate 3 racing days, and each licensed racing association that conducts more than 14 weeks
• § 19551 — As a condition of the issuance of the license, the board shall require that the licensee of such meeting shall conduct such charity day racing and shall furnish its plant, facilities and all personnel
• § 19552 — All racing officials required by law or regulation to serve in connection with the meeting shall also serve, without further authority or designation, in their respective capacities and at the same ra
• § 19553 — On such charity days the income from all operations carried on in connection with or resulting from the conduct of racing on such days, including income from parimutuel wagering, admissions, parking,
• § 19554 — Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the distributing agent for charity distributions shall be a nonprofit organization or corporation, or nonprofit organizations or corporations, selected by
• § 19555 — Each licensee shall pay over such charity days’ net proceeds to such distributing agent as soon as practicable after the determination thereof, and such agent or agents shall hereafter distribute not
• § 19556 — (a) The distribution shall be made by the distributing agent to beneficiaries qualified under this article.
• § 19556.5 — The board shall designate a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to research and development of improved safety standards for horse racing as a beneficiary qualified to receive a distribution purs
• § 19557 — Within the 12-month period specified in Section 19555, and prior to the payment of any charity days’ net proceeds to any beneficiary, the distributing agent shall submit the name of the beneficiary to
• § 1956 — It is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this article to require, either directly or through an office policy, or knowingly permit the delivery of dental hygiene care that discourages
• § 19560 — No person shall, without complying with this chapter, hold or conduct, or assist, aid, or abet in holding or conducting, any meeting in this State where there is horse racing with wagering on its resu
• § 19562 — The board may prescribe rules, regulations, and conditions, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, under which all horse races with wagering on their results shall be conducted in this State.
• § 19563 — The board may adopt any rules and regulations of the United States Trotting Association, not inconsistent with this chapter, for the regulation of harness racing.
• § 19564 — The board may adopt any rules and regulations of the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association, not inconsistent with this chapter, for the regulation of quarter horse racing.
• § 19565 — Subject to the provisions of this article, the board shall by rule provide for the registration of all California-bred horses.
• § 19566 — The official Stud Book and Registry of the American Quarter Horse Association shall be recognized as the sole official registry for quarter horses.
• § 19566.5 — The Stud Book of the Appaloosa Horse Club as approved by the Appaloosa Horse Club shall be recognized as the sole official registry for Appaloosa horses.
• § 19566.6 — The registry for registered California standardbred stallions shall be maintained by the California Horse Racing Board or its designee and shall be recognized as the sole official registry for stallio
• § 19567 — (a) Since the purpose of this chapter is to encourage agriculture and the breeding of horses in this state, a sum equal to 10 percent of the first money of every purse won by a California-bred horse a
• § 19568 — (a) Every licensee conducting a horse racing meeting shall, each racing day, provide for the running of at least one race limited to California-bred horses and California-sired horses, to be known as
• § 19569 — In order to encourage and develop the racing of quarter horses, whenever a fair conducts a program of horse races on which there is parimutuel wagering, it shall, so far as practicable, provide a prog
• § 1957 — (a) A person whose license has been revoked or suspended, who has been placed on probation, or whose license was surrendered pursuant to a stipulated settlement as a condition to avoid a disciplinary
• § 19572 — The board may, by rule, provide for the exclusion or ejection from any inclosure where horse races are authorized, or from specified portions of that inclosure, of any known bookmaker, known tout, per
• § 19573 — Any person who, pursuant to a rule of the board, is excluded or ejected from any inclosure where horse racing is authorized may apply to the board for a hearing on the question of whether the rule is
• § 19574 — Any person who is excluded or ejected from an inclosure pursuant to a rule or rules promulgated pursuant to the provisions of Section 19572 is guilty of a misdemeanor if he thereafter enters the inclo
• § 19576 — (a) No person may furnish an audio or video recording of any quarter horse race occurring in this state to any other person either within or outside of the state for any commercial purpose, including
• § 19577 — (a) (1) Any blood or urine test sample required by the board to be taken from a horse that is entered in any race shall be divided or taken in duplicate, if there is sufficient sample available after
• § 19578 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the board contract with the Regents of the University of California to provide equine drug testing.
• § 19578.1 — If the equine drug testing is not conducted by the Kenneth L.
• § 19578.2 — At the discretion of track stewards, horses that ship in on racing days may be subject to video surveillance for purposes of monitoring compliance with this chapter.
• § 1958 — A person, company, or association is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not less than 10 days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not
• § 1958.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, with regard to an individual who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code, or the equivalent in another state or territory
• § 19580 — (a) The board shall adopt regulations to establish policies, guidelines, and penalties relating to equine medication in order to preserve and enhance the integrity of horse racing in the state.
• § 19581 — No substance of any kind shall be administered by any means to a horse after it has been entered to race in a horse race, unless the board has, by regulation, specifically authorized the use of the su
• § 19582 — (a) (1) Violations of Section 19581, as determined by the board, are punishable as set forth in regulations adopted by the board.
• § 19582.5 — The board may adopt regulations that prohibit the entry in a race of a horse that tests positive for a drug substance in violation of Section 19581.
• § 19583 — Every veterinarian who treats a horse within the inclosure shall, in writing, on a form prescribed by the board, report to the official veterinarian in a manner prescribed by him or her, the name of t
• § 19583.10 — A racing association shall provide a location within the inclosure where a horse can be observed jogging in a circle in both directions by the official veterinarian or the equine medical director’s de
• § 19583.5 — (a) Horses that are unsound or lame are subject to immediate placement on the Veterinarian’s List with criteria for removal that may include diagnostic imaging, examination of blood, and counsel with
• § 19583.7 — In addition to any criteria set forth by a racing association, a thoroughbred or quarter horse that is four years of age or older that has not competed in a race or has previously raced but has not ra
• § 19583.9 — (a) All horses at a licensed thoroughbred, fair, or quarter horse race meet shall be subject to veterinary monitoring during morning training.
• § 19585 — The board shall establish and maintain a whistleblower program through which an owner, trainer, jockey, or stable-area employee may call designated persons under strict confidentiality to report quest
• § 1959 — A person who holds a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended license as a registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functio
• § 19590 — The board shall adopt rules governing, permitting, and regulating parimutuel wagering on horse races under the system known as the parimutuel method of wagering.
• § 19591 — Any licensee conducting a horse racing meeting shall provide a place or places within the meeting grounds or inclosure where the licensee may conduct, operate, and supervise the parimutuel method of w
• § 19592 — The parimutuel system of wagering shall be operated only by a totalizator or other equipment approved by the board.
• § 19592.5 — In order to facilitate the intrastate transmission of racing programs, the board shall adopt regulations that provide for the compatibility of parimutuel totalizator systems within the state, includin
• § 19593 — No method of betting, pool making, or wagering other than by the parimutuel method shall be permitted or used by any person licensed under this chapter to conduct a horse racing meeting.
• § 19594 — Any person within the inclosure where a horse racing meeting is authorized may wager on the result of a horse race held at that meeting by contributing his money to the parimutuel pool operated by the
• § 19595 — Any form of wagering or betting on the result of a horse race other than that permitted by this chapter is illegal.
• § 19596 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may do any of the following: (1) Authorize a licensed harness racing association that is conducting a live racing meeting in this state to acc
• § 19596.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may authorize a harness or quarter horse association conducting a race meeting to accept wagers on the results of out-of-state or out-of-country harness or
• § 19596.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided in Section 19596.
• § 19596.21 — (a) In addition to the authorizations to accept wagers on out-of-state and out-of-country races pursuant to Sections 19596.
• § 19596.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a thoroughbred racing association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-country thoroughbred races during
• § 19596.4 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of, and subject to the conditions specified in subdivisions (c) and (d) of, Section 19596.
• § 19597 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person licensed under this chapter to conduct a horse racing meeting shall, as to any payment made to a person who has wagered by contributing to
• § 19597.5 — A person licensed under this chapter to conduct a horse racing meeting shall hold in trust the distributions required to be made pursuant to this chapter until the funds are paid to the various distri
• § 19598 — Any person claiming to be entitled to any part of a redistribution from a parimutuel pool operated by a licensee under this chapter, who fails to claim the money due the person prior to the completion
• § 19599 — An association or fair may offer any form of parimutuel wagering, as defined by regulations adopted by the board, or as defined by Chapter 4, Pari-Mutuel Wagering, Model Rules of Racing, as published
• § 1960 — For the first offense, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or by imprisonme
• § 19601 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed association or fair that is conducting a live meeting in any racing zone may accept wagers on any race conducted in this state, if all of the
• § 19601.01 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a thoroughbred association or fair, upon the filing of a written notice with, and approval by, the board specifying the percentage to be deducted, may d
• § 19601.02 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19610, every thoroughbred association or fair that conducts a live race meeting shall deduct an additional 2 percent of the total amount handled on exotic wagers requiring
• § 19601.2 — During calendar periods when any other fair or thoroughbred association and the Humboldt County Fair simultaneously conduct race meetings in the northern zone, the other fair or thoroughbred associati
• § 19601.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a quarter horse racing association, subject to approval by the board, may deduct from the total amount handled in the parimutuel pool for any type of wa
• § 19601.4 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a fair, combination of fairs, or an association conducting racing at a fair may, after approval from the board, deduct an additional 1 percent from the total amount
• § 19602 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any racing association located in this state may authorize betting systems located outside of this state to accept wagers on a race or races conducted o
• § 19603 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any racing association in this state may, with the approval of the board, accept out-of-state wagers on a race or races conducted by or disseminated by that
• § 19604 — The board may authorize a racing association, racing fair, betting system, or multijurisdictional wagering hub to conduct advance deposit wagering in accordance with this section.
• § 19605 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may authorize an association licensed to conduct a racing meeting in the northern zone to operate a satellite wagering facility for wagering on races condu
• § 19605.1 — With respect to the northern zone, the board may, with the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture, also authorize any fair, in the northern zone that is eligible for an allocation of racin
• § 19605.2 — With respect to the central and southern zones, the board may, with the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture, subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in Section 19605.
• § 19605.25 — (a) The California Horse Racing Board may approve an additional 15 minisatellite wagering sites in each zone, if all of the following conditions are met: (1) No site is within 20 miles of a racetrack,
• § 19605.3 — (a) An organization described in Section 19608.
• § 19605.35 — (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 19605.
• § 19605.4 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19605.
• § 19605.45 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19605, 19605.
• § 19605.46 — Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 19605, and Section 19605.
• § 19605.47 — The Los Angeles County Fair may conduct satellite wagering at an additional location, situated not more than 20 miles from its fairgrounds, with the approval of the board.
• § 19605.51 — Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 19605, and Section 19605.
• § 19605.52 — Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 19605, and Section 19605.
• § 19605.53 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 19605, and Section 19605.
• § 19605.54 — Any racetrack in the central zone that conducted racing in 2007 but that has since closed may continue to conduct satellite wagering.
• § 19605.55 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19605, 19605.
• § 19605.6 — (a) In addition to satellite wagering facilities authorized pursuant to Sections 19605, 19605.
• § 19605.61 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the live racing or the audiovisual signals of any licensed association or fair in this state are disrupted or interrupted so as to cause the cessatio
• § 19605.7 — The total percentage deducted from wagers at satellite wagering facilities in the northern zone shall be the same as the deductions for wagers at the racetrack where the racing meeting is being conduc
• § 19605.71 — The total percentage deducted from wagers at satellite wagering facilities in the central and southern zones shall be the same as the percentage deducted from wagers at the racetrack where the racing
• § 19605.72 — (a) In addition to the amounts deducted and distributed pursuant to Section 19605.
• § 19605.74 — For every year that the organization operating the Breeders’ Cup World Championship series chooses to conduct the Breeders’ Cup at a race meeting in California, the following, notwithstanding any othe
• § 19605.75 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the existence of high caliber thoroughbred racing in California is important to this state’s agricultural economy.
• § 19605.76 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19610, a quarter horse racing association may deduct an additional 0.
• § 19605.77 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19610, a harness racing association may deduct an additional 1 percent of the total amount handled in conventional parimutuel pools of harness races.
• § 19605.78 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19610 and in addition to the deduction specified in subdivision (b) of Section 19605.
• § 19605.79 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event there are at any time uncommitted surplus funds in accounts created pursuant to Sections 19605.
• § 19605.8 — For thoroughbred meetings, the funds remaining after distribution of the amounts set forth in Sections 19605.
• § 19605.9 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in the central and southern zones, all of the funds distributed for purses from satellite wagering facilities shall go to the purse program of the associatio
• § 19606 — (a) For harness, quarter horse, Appaloosa, Arabian, mixed breed, and fair meetings, the funds remaining after the distribution of the amounts set forth in Sections 19605.
• § 19606.1 — (a) All license fees from satellite wagering that are deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund shall be deposited in a separate account in the fund and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Governm
• § 19606.5 — Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 19641, the state shall receive as additional license fees 50 percent of any redistributable money in a parimutuel pool arising from wagers at a satellite wag
• § 19606.6 — Of the total breakage arising in a parimutuel pool which includes wagers at satellite wagering facilities in the central or southern zone, that percentage of breakage equal to the percentage that wage
• § 19607 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 19605.
• § 19607.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19535, the funds distributed to the organization formed pursuant to Section 19607 shall be used to pay the expenses of the organization and compensate the provider of a boa
• § 19607.2 — Notwithstanding Section 19605.
• § 19607.3 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19535, the funds distributed to the organization formed pursuant to Section 19607.
• § 19607.4 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amount up to an amount equal to the difference between the maximum deduction authorized pursuant to Sections 19607 and 19607.
• § 19607.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if both a fair and a thoroughbred association are licensed by the board to conduct live racing meetings within the northern zone during the same calenda
• § 19608 — An association other than a fair that conducts a horseracing meeting with an average daily handle of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) or more shall produce a live audiovisual sig
• § 19608.1 — Unless the board finds it impractical to do so, any fair or any association with an average daily handle of less than one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) may produce, at its option,
• § 19608.2 — (a) In order to permit associations providing audiovisual signals the ability to do so without undue burden and expense, to avoid unnecessary duplication of facilities, to permit the associations to p
• § 19608.3 — (a) Funds allocated by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 19606.
• § 19608.4 — A satellite wagering facility, an organization established pursuant to Section 19608.
• § 19608.5 — All revenues payable to the state and deposited in a separate account in the fund pursuant to Section 19606.
• § 19608.6 — (a) Any joint powers agency requesting money in connection with the issuance of bonds for the purposes described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 19606.
• § 19608.7 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting Sections 19608.
• § 19608.8 — The State of California does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds or other indebtedness issued, and with those joint powers agencies which may enter into project agreements with fa
• § 1961 — A person who willfully, under circumstances that cause risk of bodily harm, serious physical or mental illness, or death, practices, attempts to practice, advertises, or holds himself or herself out a
• § 19610 — Every association which conducts a racing meeting shall deduct 15 percent of the total amount handled in conventional parimutuel pools and 16.
• § 19610.1 — Every association which conducts a harness racing meeting and deducts 17.
• § 19610.2 — Every association that conducts a racing meeting shall deduct one-tenth of 1 percent of the total amount handled.
• § 19610.3 — In addition to the amounts required or allowed to be deducted from the parimutuel pools as provided by this chapter, and except as otherwise provided in this section, every association that conducts a
• § 19610.4 — Notwithstanding Section 19610.
• § 19610.6 — Notwithstanding Section 19605.
• § 19610.8 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in lieu of any deduction and distribution provided for in this chapter, upon the joint request of the association or fair accepting the wager, and the o
• § 19611 — (a) For every thoroughbred association conducting a live racing meeting in the northern zone, 1.
• § 19611.5 — (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association other than a fair that conducts a thoroughbred race meeting may deduct from the total amount handled in da
• § 19612 — (a) Except as otherwise provided, every association which conducts a quarter horse race meeting or a harness horse race meeting shall pay a daily license fee at the rate of 0.
• § 19612.1 — (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association with an average daily handle of more than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) that conducts a
• § 19612.2 — (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association with an average daily handle of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) or less, except an associa
• § 19612.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to harness racing associations other than those conducting a meeting pursuant to Section 19612.
• § 19612.6 — (a) (1) For harness meetings, the amount remaining after deduction of the state license fee shall be distributed equally between commissions and purses.
• § 19612.7 — With respect to a harness race meeting, in addition to any other distributions, a portion of the money allocated for purses pursuant to this chapter may be used to pay for obtaining, providing, or def
• § 19612.8 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any association conducting a racing meeting shall pay not less than the actual amount necessary to cover the costs for compensation, including any fringe be
• § 19612.9 — (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 19601, unclaimed refunds shall be distributed to the organization that is responsible for negotiating purse agreements, satellite wagering agre
• § 19613 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), the portion deducted for purses pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to or for the benefit of the horsemen and horsewomen at the r
• § 19613.1 — (a) With respect to thoroughbred racing, except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall determine which matters shall be the subject of negotiation and contract between the owners’ organizatio
• § 19613.2 — (a) Any horsemen’s, owners’, or trainers’ organization or organization representing horsemen, owners, or trainers shall be incorporated under the laws of the State of California in order to receive a
• § 19613.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, of the amount deducted for license fees, commissions, and purses from parimutuel pools at a racing meeting an amount may be retained and distribute