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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45-44-150.12
Section 45-44-150.12 Tax due parimutuel pools; distribution of contributions. Every licensee
conducting a race meeting under this part shall pay to the treasurer of the racing commission
on a quarterly basis, a tax equal to four percent of the total contributions to all parimutuel
pools made at the track. The total take out by a licensee on any parimutuel pool shall be
18 percent. After deducting four percent for the racing commission and 14 percent for 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 dogs. The amount of
each redistribution for each winning bet placed shall be determined by dividing the total
amount remaining in the pool after the deductions hereinabove provided for by the number of
bets placed on the winning dogs. Each redistribution shall be made in a sum equal to the lowest
multiple of ten cents ($.10) per dollar wagered. The licensee shall be...
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45-32-151
Section 45-32-151 Televised racing events and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. Part 1, the racing
act, to the contrary notwithstanding, the person now or hereafter licensed by the Greene County
Racing Commission to conduct live greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering shall have the
right, subject to the reasonable regulatory authority of the commission, to cause live greyhound
racing events conducted at the racetrack in Greene County under the jurisdiction of the commission
to be transmitted by television to racetracks located elsewhere in the State of Alabama and
to locations in other states and foreign countries to be received at the Greene County Racetrack
and there made available for public viewing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. (Act 96-650,
p. 1043, §1.)...
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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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11-65-14
Section 11-65-14 Commission licenses required for certain activities; conditions relating to
award and use of licenses. (a) No person shall construct or establish a horse racetrack or
racing facility where horse races are to be held and pari-mutuel wagering permitted, or own,
lease, or otherwise have the use and enjoyment of, any such racetrack or racing facility in
the commission municipal jurisdiction unless such person has obtained a horse racing facility
license issued by a commission in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, which license,
when granted or transferred to the holder thereof, shall authorize such holder to construct,
establish, own, lease, or otherwise have the use and enjoyment of, a horse racetrack or racing
facility in the commission municipal jurisdiction where horse races can be lawfully held and
pari-mutuel wagering thereon permitted, all subject to and in compliance with the provisions
of this chapter. (b) No person shall conduct any pari-mutuel...
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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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45-44-150.01
Section 45-44-150.01 Qualifications of members. (a) Each racing commissioner shall take the
same constitutional oath of office as any other county officer, and shall give bond payable
to Macon County in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) conditioned that such
commissioner shall faithfully and properly perform the duties of such office. The premium
on such bond shall be paid by the racing commission. The racing commission may employ such
assistants and employees as may be necessary who shall be paid out of the funds collected
by the racing commission. (b) A member of the racing commission shall not be an officer, director,
or employee of any licensee or have any financial interest in any race track or race meeting
licensed by the racing commission and shall not own or race greyhound dogs in any race meeting
licensed by the racing commission. (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 2.)...
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45-44-150.06
Section 45-44-150.06 Racing days; license. (a) The applicant granted a license to operate a
race track in the county shall have the right, subject to this part, to hold and conduct one
or more racing meetings at such track each year provided that no such license shall be granted
to any applicant or to any track for a period longer than 300 racing days in any one year.
More than one racing event per day is permitted. (b) There shall be only one greyhound dog
racing facility in Macon County, Alabama, and only one license shall be issued to operate
the facility. (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 7.)...
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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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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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