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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11-65-47
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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45-44-150.11
Section 45-44-150.11 Parimutuel wagering; requirements for veterinarians, security force, and insurance. (a) The racing commission shall make rules governing, permitting, and regulating the wagering on greyhound dog races under the form of mutuel wagering by patrons known as parimutuel 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 racing 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 the 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 racing commission, shall be illegal. (b) No person or corporation shall...
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45-44-151.03
Section 45-44-151.03 Provisions respecting takeout of racing events. In order to provide a uniform takeout for parimutuel wagering on live greyhound racing events and on horse or greyhound racing events that are conducted elsewhere and received by television at the Macon County racetrack, and to enable the Macon County racetrack to maximize its participation in combined pools with other racetracks both inside and outside the State of Alabama, the Legislature hereby finds and determines that it is necessary and desirable to authorize the uniform takeout hereinafter provided for parimutuel pools wagered by bettors present at the Macon County racetrack, notwithstanding Section 40-26A-2, which section is hereby superseded to the extent that its provisions purport to govern the takeout at the Macon County racetrack in a manner inconsistent with this part. Subject to Section 45-44-151.01, relating to adjustment of the takeout for combined pools, the total takeout allowed to the racing...
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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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11-65-30
Section 11-65-30 Commission wagering fees. (a) Each horse racing operator shall pay to the treasurer of the commission licensing such operator a commission horse wagering fee for each calendar year during which it conducts any horse racing events. The amount of the commission horse wagering fee for an operator for a given calendar year shall be equal to the sum of (i) two percent of the horse racing handle of such operator for such calendar year to the extent that such handle does not exceed $150,000,000.00 and (ii) four percent of the portion of the horse racing handle of such operator for such calendar year that exceeds $150,000,000.00. Each operator shall make payment of its commission horse wagering fee for each calendar year to the treasurer of the licensing commission in monthly installments. For each calendar year, the monthly installment referable to any month (other than the month during which the final racing event for such calendar year shall be conducted) shall be equal to...
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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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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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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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11-65-31
Section 11-65-31 Purses for horse races and greyhound races. From the moneys deposited in pari-mutuel pools for horse races which constitute the "takeout" deducted by a horse racing operator pursuant to Section 11-65-28(b), each horse racing operator shall apply an amount equal to seven percent of its total horse racing handle to provide purse moneys for horse races conducted by such operator. Prior to the commencement of any race meeting, the horse racing operator conducting such meeting shall estimate the amount of its horse racing handle to be derived from such meeting. Based upon such estimate, the horse racing operator shall adopt a schedule providing for a reasonable allocation of purse moneys over the period of the anticipated race meeting. Any such schedule may be amended from time to time during the course of a race meeting if it becomes apparent that the operator's actual horse racing handle for such race meeting will not match its original estimate. Each horse racing...
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