2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 230 HORSE RACING AND SHOWING 230.215 Legislative purpose for chapter -- Racing Commission's power to exclude undesirables.
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230.215 Legislative purpose for chapter -- Racing Commission's power to exclude
undesirables.
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It is the policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in furtherance of its
responsibility to foster and to encourage legitimate occupations and industries in the
Commonwealth and to promote and to conserve the public health, safety, and
welfare, and it is hereby declared the intent of the Commonwealth to foster and to
encourage the horse breeding industry within the Commonwealth and to encourage
the improvement of the breeds of horses. Further, it is the policy and intent of the
Commonwealth to foster and to encourage the business of legitimate horse racing
with pari-mutuel wagering thereon in the Commonwealth on the highest possible
plane. Further, it hereby is declared the policy and intent of the Commonwealth that
all racing not licensed under this chapter is a public nuisance and may be enjoined
as such. Further, it is hereby declared the policy and intent of the Commonwealth
that the conduct of horse racing, or the participation in any way in horse racing, or
the entrance to or presence where horse racing is conducted, is a privilege and not a
personal right; and that this privilege may be granted or denied by the racing
commission or its duly approved representatives acting in its behalf.
It is hereby declared the purpose and intent of this chapter in the interest of the
public health, safety, and welfare, to vest in the racing commission forceful control
of horse racing in the Commonwealth with plenary power to promulgate
administrative regulations prescribing conditions under which all legitimate horse
racing and wagering thereon is conducted in the Commonwealth so as to encourage
the improvement of the breeds of horses in the Commonwealth, to regulate and
maintain horse racing at horse race meetings in the Commonwealth of the highest
quality and free of any corrupt, incompetent, dishonest, or unprincipled horse racing
practices, and to regulate and maintain horse racing at race meetings in the
Commonwealth so as to dissipate any cloud of association with the undesirable and
maintain the appearance as well as the fact of complete honesty and integrity of
horse racing in the Commonwealth. In addition to the general powers and duties
vested in the racing commission by this chapter, it is the intent hereby to vest in the
racing commission the power to eject or exclude from association grounds or any
part thereof any person, licensed or unlicensed, whose conduct or reputation is such
that his presence on association grounds may, in the opinion of the racing
commission, reflect on the honesty and integrity of horse racing or interfere with the
orderly conduct of horse racing.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 444, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2004 Ky. Acts ch. 191, sec. 44, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts
ch. 109, sec. 12, effective March 30, 1992. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 296,
sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 1; and
ch. 403, sec. 2. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 156, sec. 1.
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