BILL NUMBER: AB 2287	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wilk

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 19596.3 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2287, as amended, Wilk. Horse racing: satellite wagering:
out-of-country thoroughbred races.
   Existing law authorizes a thoroughbred racing association or fair
to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results
of out-of-country thoroughbred races during the calendar period the
association or fair is conducting a race meeting, without the consent
of the participating horsemen's  and horsewomen's 
organization. These imported races are subject to specified
conditions, including the condition that a thoroughbred  racing
 association or fair may not accept wagers on out-of-country
races commencing after 5:30 p.m., Pacific standard time, without the
consent of the harness or quarter horse racing association that is
then conducting a live racing meeting. 
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
 
   This bill would authorize a thoroughbred racing association or
fair to accept wagers on out-of-country races up to 6:30 p.m.,
Pacific standard time, on the first Saturday in November, without the
consent of the harness or quarter horse racing association that is
then conducting a live racing meeting. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 19596.3 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19596.3.  Notwithstanding any other law, a thoroughbred racing
association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept
wagers on the results of out-of-country thoroughbred races during the
calendar period the association or fair is conducting a race
meeting, without the consent of the organization that represents
horsemen  and horsewomen  participating in the race meeting.
Out-of-country races shall be imported under the following
conditions:
   (a) A thoroughbred  racing  association or fair shall
conduct the wagering in accordance with the applicable provisions of
Sections 19601, 19616, 19616.1, and 19616.2.
   (b) A thoroughbred  racing  association or fair shall not
accept wagers pursuant to this section on out-of-country races
commencing after 5:30 p.m., Pacific standard time,  except for
the first Saturday in November when this time sh   all be
6:30 p.m., Pacific standard time,  without the consent of the
harness or quarter horse racing association that is then conducting a
live racing meeting.
   (c) A thoroughbred racing association or fair distributing the
audiovisual signal and accepting wagers on the results of
out-of-country races pursuant to this section may execute an
agreement with an association that conducts thoroughbred races in the
southern zone to allow that association to distribute the signal and
accept wagers on the results of out-of-country thoroughbred races,
except that the license fees paid to the state shall be double the
amount paid by a quarter horse racing association specified in
subdivision (b) of Section 19605.7.