11-65-32
Section 11-65-32 Televised simulcast programming of racing events. (a) A commission
shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations specifying the conditions under which
an operator, as part of its licensed activity, may cause televised simulcast programming of
racing events, including both horse racing and greyhound racing, held at racetracks located
outside the state to be transmitted for public viewing to a racetrack facility within the
sponsoring municipality which is under the jurisdiction of such commission and there made
the subject of pari-mutuel wagering. Any provision of this chapter or any other law to the
contrary notwithstanding, no racing events, including both horse racing and greyhound racing,
held at any location in the state (including a location in the sponsoring municipality) shall
be televised to a racing facility subject to this chapter and made the subject of pari-mutuel
wagering at such racing facility; provided, however, that an operator may use closed...
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45-32-151.04
Section 45-32-151.04 Construction of part. This part shall be liberally construed to
expand the opportunity of patrons of the Greene County Racetrack to wager on televised racing
events conducted at other racetracks and to participate in combined pools with respect to
the events. Nothing in this part shall be construed to authorize or make lawful off-track
betting or gambling of any kind at any location in the State of Alabama other than a racetrack
where pari-mutuel wagering on live racing may be lawfully conducted. (Act 96-650, p. 1043,
§7.)...
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45-44-151.01
Section 45-44-151.01 Combined parimutuel pools and takeout for televised racing events.
With respect to greyhound racing events that are conducted at the Macon County racetrack and
are transmitted by television to other locations, the racing operator may create and administer
parimutuel pools that, in addition to bets made by bettors at the Macon County racetrack,
include bets made by bettors at one or more of the locations receiving the televised racing
events. With respect to horse or greyhound racing events that are conducted at racetracks
other than the Macon County racetrack and are received by television at the Macon County racetrack,
the racing operator may participate in parimutuel pools, created and administered by the racetrack
conducting the televised events, that include bets made by bettors at the Macon County racetrack
as well as bets made by bettors at the racetrack conducting the televised events and at other
locations receiving the televised events. Parimutuel pools...
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11-65-1
Section 11-65-1 Legislative declarations and findings. The Legislature hereby finds
and declares as follows: (1) As the basis for enacting Act No. 84-131, the Legislature found
and determined that the conduct within Class 1 municipalities in the state of horse racing
events and pari-mutuel wagering thereon will generate additional revenues for governmental
and charitable purposes, provide additional jobs for the residents of the state and benefit
the businesses related to tourism and recreation within any such municipality and throughout
the surrounding areas of the state; it is desirable to permit the qualified voters of any
Class 1 municipality to determine through referendum whether horse racing and pari-mutuel
wagering thereon will be permitted in such municipality; and for each Class 1 municipality
in which horse racing is approved by the voters thereof, it is necessary and desirable to
provide for the establishment of a racing commission to regulate horse racing and pari-mutuel...

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45-32-150.13
Section 45-32-150.13 Tax due on pari-mutuel pools; distribution of contributions. Every
licensee conducting race meetings under this part, shall pay to the ex-officio treasurer of
the racing commission for the use of the commission, a tax in an amount equal to four percent
of the total contributions to all pari-mutuel pools conducted or made on any race track licensed
under this part. The commission of a licensee on a pari-mutuel pool shall in no event exceed
18 percent of the amount contributed to the pari-mutuel pool, which amount shall include the
four percent tax heretofore provided. After the deduction of the four percent for the use
of the commission and the percentage commission of the licensee, the remainder of the total
contributions to each pool shall be divided among and redistributed to the contributors to
such pools betting on the winning dog. The amount of each redistribution for each winning
bet placed shall be determined by dividing the total amount remaining in the...
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11-65-4
Section 11-65-4 Elections required to approve incorporation of commission and conduct
of racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. (a) No commission shall be incorporated for a
Class 1 municipality and no horse racing or greyhound racing or pari-mutuel wagering thereon
shall be permitted in such municipality pursuant to this chapter unless the incorporation
of such commission, together with the conduct of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon
or greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or both such activities, shall have been
authorized by an election held in the host county in which such incorporation and such racing
and wagering activities shall have been approved by both (i) a majority of the votes cast
in such election by voters who reside in the host county (including those voters who reside
in the sponsoring municipality) and (ii) a majority of the votes cast in such election by
voters who reside in the commission municipal jurisdiction. In order to authorize the...
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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections
as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary
to license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound
racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth
in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession
in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time
to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to
adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission
shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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11-65-30.1
Section 11-65-30.1 Commission greyhound racing days. (a) During each calendar year,
a greyhound racing operator shall be required to designate three racing days ("commission
racing days") on which such operator will conduct a performance or program of greyhound
racing and will pay to the commission the "gross profit" (as hereafter defined in
this section) derived by the operator on such days from greyhound racing and pari-mutuel
wagering thereon, including the sale of food, drink, programs and other items to the public
in attendance and charges made for parking. In the event that a greyhound racing operator
conducts greyhound racing for only part of a calendar year, one racing day shall be required
for each period of four months or portion thereof in which such operator conducts greyhound
racing during such calendar year. A greyhound racing operator shall be required to designate
and conduct four commission racing days in any calendar year, beginning with the calendar
year next...
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45-44-151.02
Section 45-44-151.02 State and local taxes. (a) The total parimutuel pools or handle
bet by bettors placing their bets at the Macon County racetrack on greyhound racing events
that are received by television from elsewhere shall be subject to the state privilege tax
levied by Chapter 26A, Title 40, and to all local taxes on parimutuel wagering at the same
rate, in the same manner, and on the same terms as are applicable to the local parimutuel
tax on live greyhound racing conducted at the Macon County racetrack. The total handle bet
at the Macon County racetrack on horse racing events that are received by television from
elsewhere shall be subject to all of the following: (1) A local tax on parimutuel wagering
that shall be levied at the same rates and calculated in the same manner as the commission
horse wagering fee levied pursuant to Section 11-65-30 for horse racing conducted in
Class 1 municipalities and shall be collected, administered, and distributed in the same manner
and on...
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11-65-36
Section 11-65-36 Application of net commission revenues. All commission horse wagering
fees, commission greyhound wagering fees, and other fees, commissions, and moneys, including
fines and forfeitures, to which a commission shall be entitled under the provisions of this
chapter shall be paid to the treasurer of such commission and shall be deposited by said treasurer
to the account of such commission. Except for the gross profits of any commission racing day
and the commission greyhound wagering fee referable to greyhound racing on such day that may
be set aside for specific public entities or charitable organizations pursuant to Section
11-65-30.1(c), all such moneys to which a commission shall be entitled that remain after (i)
the payment of all expenses incurred in the administration of this chapter, including (without
limitation thereto) the payment of the salaries and expenses of the members and employees
of such commission, and (ii) the deposit into the breeding fund of all...
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