2014 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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