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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11-65-36
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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11-65-18
Section 11-65-18 Application for operator's license. Depending upon the licensing authority granted a commission by elections held pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of Section 11-65-4, a commission shall be empowered to grant operator's licenses for horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or for greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. Any corporation, partnership, or other business entity desiring to obtain (i) an operator's license to conduct horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon at a racing facility located in the commission municipal jurisdiction or (ii) an operator's license to conduct greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon at a racing facility located in the commission municipal jurisdiction, either through issuance of such license by a commission or transfer of an outstanding license, shall file with the appropriate commission an application for such license. Such application may, but need not, be made in conjunction with an application for a...
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11-65-19
Section 11-65-19 Review of application for operator's license. (a) A commission shall promptly consider any application for the issuance or transfer of an operator's 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 a license to any applicant unless it finds as follows: (1) That such applicant is a business entity, whether a corporation, partnership, or other kind of organization, possessing the organizational substance, financial soundness, managerial capability, and business experience with racing and pari-mutuel wagering operations, or with businesses requiring similar managerial experience and skill, that, in the reasonable judgment of the commission, are necessary to conduct horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon, as the case may be, at the location for which an...
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11-65-29
Section 11-65-29 State horse wagering fee. No license tax, fee, or equivalent charge shall be levied by the state against horse racing or pari-mutuel wagering thereon licensed and regulated by a commission during a period beginning with April 5, 1984, and continuing until the fifth anniversary of the date on which racing events shall first be conducted under the jurisdiction of such commission. Beginning with such fifth anniversary of the date on which racing events shall first be conducted under the jurisdiction of a commission, and continuing thereafter for so long as such commission shall continue in existence, each horse racing operator licensed by such commission shall pay to the Department of Revenue of the state (or such other department or agency of the state as may be provided by law) a state horse wagering fee in an amount equal to one percent of the horse racing handle of such operator. The state horse wagering fee shall be paid in installments referable to the calendar...
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13A-11-16
Section 13A-11-16 Greyhounds used for racing to be put to death by lethal injection. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that animals that participate in greyhound racing on which pari-mutual wagering is conducted and animals that are bred and trained for greyhound racing be treated humanely, both on and off the racetrack, throughout the lives of the animals. (b) A greyhound bred, trained, or used for greyhound racing may not be put to death by any means other than lethal injection. A greyhound may not be removed from this state for the purpose of being destroyed. (c)(1) Any person who violates this section on the first offense shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (2) A person who violates this section on a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2003-340, p. 849, §§1-3.)...
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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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11-65-44
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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11-65-47
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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45-44-151.04
Section 45-44-151.04 Provisions respecting hours of racetrack operation. Notwithstanding Part 1 and any rules and regulations of the racing commission now in effect or hereafter promulgated, all of which are hereby superseded to the extent inconsistent with this section, the racing operator is hereby authorized to open the Macon County racetrack for business and to conduct live greyhound racing or televised horse or greyhound racing, or both, and parimutuel wagering thereon during such hours as it shall deem desirable, however in no event shall the racing commission be authorized to allow live greyhound racing or televised horse or greyhound racing, or both, and parimutuel wagering thereon to be conducted after 2:00 AM on Sunday; provided that the racing operator shall not conduct any live racing event at the Macon County racetrack before 10:00 AM, nor shall it present any televised racing event before 8:00 AM, with each such hour to be determined according to the time then applicable...
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