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11-65-16
Section 11-65-16 Review of application for horse racing facility license. (a) A commission
shall promptly consider any application for the issuance or transfer of a horse racing facility
license submitted to it and shall grant or deny the issuance or transfer of such license based
on all information before it, including the results of investigations it deems appropriate.
A commission shall deny the issuance of an original horse racing facility license to any applicant
unless it finds that the applicant's facility will meet the following minimum standards: (1)
That the facilities will provide a track racing surface of at least one mile; (2) That the
facility will be appropriate for the conduct of horse racing year-round and at night; and
(3) That the facility will be located within the boundaries of the commission municipal jurisdiction
or will be located on land in the host county and annexed to the sponsoring municipality prior
to the commencement of racing. (b) A commission shall...
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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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11-65-3
Section 11-65-3 Class 1 municipality authorized to create racing commission; status of commission;
powers and duties generally; disposition of fees; jurisdiction of State Ethics Commission.
A commission is authorized to be created in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
for each Class 1 municipality, as Class 1 municipality is defined in Section 11-40-12 or any
successor provision of law. Any commission created for any sponsoring municipality pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter shall be named "The ______ (the name of the sponsoring
municipality shall be inserted in the blank) Racing Commission" and shall be a public
corporation having a legal existence separate and apart from the state and any county, municipality,
or political subdivision thereof. A commission shall be vested with the powers and duties
specified in this chapter and all other powers necessary and proper to enable it to execute
fully and effectively the purposes of this chapter. Anything contained in...
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45-32-150.12
Section 45-32-150.12 Pari-mutuel wagering; hours of racetrack operation and number of races.
(a) The commission shall make rules governing, permitting, and regulating the wagering on
dog races under the form of mutuel wagering by patrons known as pari-mutuel wagering, which
method shall be legal to the extent that and so long as, the same is carried on and conducted
strictly in conformity with this part, and not otherwise. Only the persons, associations,
or corporations receiving a license from the commission shall have the right or privilege
to conduct this type of wagering and the licenses shall restrict and confine this form of
wagering to a space within the race meeting grounds. All other forms of wagering on the result
of dog races shall continue to be illegal, and any or all wagering outside of the enclosure
of such races, where such races shall have been licensed by the commission shall be illegal.
(b) No person or corporation shall directly or indirectly purchase pari-mutuel...
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11-65-44
Section 11-65-44 Presence of underage persons prohibited. No person under 19 years of age shall
be employed for any purpose in or about a racing facility where either horse racing or greyhound
racing is conducted pursuant to any license issued by a commission under the provisions of
this chapter, except in a job which does not allow or require contact with members of the
public engaged in wagering activities, such as the job of groom, animal exerciser,
stable attendant, parking attendant, or office worker. No person under 19 years of age shall
be admitted to performances of horse racing or greyhound racing which are the subject of pari-mutuel
wagering at any such racing facility, nor shall any person under 19 years of age be permitted
to wager on any horse race or greyhound race conducted at such racing facility, nor shall
any person employed by an operator accept a wager on any horse race or greyhound race from
any person under 19 years of age. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §44;...
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11-65-24
Section 11-65-24 Application for permit. Any person, firm, corporation, or partnership desiring
to obtain a permit as required by this chapter shall make application therefor on a form prescribed
by the appropriate commission. Each individual applicant and each principal of any firm, chief
executive officer of any corporation, and managing partner of any partnership applying for
a permit for such firm, corporation, or partnership, as the case may be, shall be photographed
and fingerprinted and shall supply such information as such commission may require. All information
contained in, or submitted in support of, any application for a permit shall be confirmed
by an affidavit of the person or persons making such application, whether such application
shall be made on behalf of such person or persons or on behalf of a firm, corporation, or
partnership. Any application for a permit made by an individual who seeks to work at a racing
facility under the jurisdiction of a commission and any...
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11-65-38
Section 11-65-38 Disqualification due to gambling activities. No person who engages in the
practice of professional gambling on horse races or greyhound races, or in the practice of
making gambling or wagering books on such races, or who knowingly takes any part in such practice,
shall be eligible as an applicant for any horse racing facility license or any operator's
license to conduct horse racing or greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon under
the provisions of this chapter, or to be connected with such licensed activities in any capacity,
and any corporation, partnership, or other entity which has an officer, director, stockholder,
partner, or executive or who employs any person who engages in such practices shall likewise
be ineligible as a licensee, and each commission is hereby empowered to inquire into such
matters in entertaining any such application and otherwise in administering this chapter.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §38; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246,...
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11-65-22
Section 11-65-22 Acquisition of interest in horse racing facility licensee or operator. (a)
A disqualified person may not acquire or hold an interest in a horse racing facility licensee
or an operator. A commission may require that a disqualified person dispose of its interest
in a horse racing facility licensee or an operator within a reasonable period of time provided
that (i) the commission shall determine at a hearing that the owner of such interest is a
disqualified person and (ii) the person who is alleged to be a disqualified person shall receive
notice of and an opportunity to be heard at such hearing. Any person aggrieved by an action
of a commission pursuant to this section may appeal to the circuit court of the host county
pursuant to Section 11-65-12. (b) Any person desiring to acquire stock in, a partnership or
other ownership interest in, or to become an owner or member of, any entity which holds a
horse racing facility license or an operator's license hereunder who,...
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11-65-34
Section 11-65-34 Horse breeding fund. Each commission shall establish a special fund to promote
the breeding, raising, and racing of horses in the state, which shall be known as "The
___ [name of the sponsoring municipality] Racing Commission Breeding and Development Fund."
Each horse racing operator shall pay to its licensing commission a breeding fund fee for each
month during which it conducts any horse racing events. For each horse racing operator, the
breeding fund fee for any month shall be an amount equal to one-half of one percent [or, in
the case of any such fee referable to any month during the period of three years immediately
following such operator's receipt of an operator's license, one-quarter of one percent] of
the horse racing handle for such operator for such month. The breeding fund fee payable by
a horse racing operator for a given month shall be paid to the treasurer of the commission
licensing such operator before the end of the succeeding month. All breeding...
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11-65-47
Section 11-65-47 Applicability of chapter; severability of provisions. Insofar as the provisions
of this chapter may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law concerning activities
and actions authorized by this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall control, it being
specifically declared that any other provisions of existing law that prohibit or regulate
horse racing or greyhound racing and gambling or pari-mutuel wagering thereon shall not be
applicable to any activities or actions authorized by and regulated pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter. The provisions of this chapter are expressly declared to be severable. If
any provision of this chapter shall be adjudged to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction
(including, without limitation thereto, any particular allocation of net commission revenues
or other provision which, if not severed from this chapter, would cause it to be a local act
in violation of any constitutional limitation or condition...
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