2009 California Business and Professions Code - Section 19542-19549.15 :: Article 6.5. Fairs And Expositions

19542.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fairs that
conduct live horse racing meetings in the northern zone may allow a
joint powers authority to administer and distribute purses and to
achieve the purposes of Section 19606.4.

19546.  (a) In order to encourage and develop the racing of all
horses in California, regardless of breed, whenever a fair conducts a
program of parimutuel wagering, it may provide a program of mixed
breed racing that includes thoroughbred racing, harness racing,
quarter horse racing, Arabian racing, paint racing, Appaloosa racing,
steeplechase races, barrel races, and show jumping races.
   (b) All recognized breeds of horses may compete in barrel races,
show jumping races, and steeplechase races. Parimutuel wagering may
be conducted on barrel races, show jumping races, and steeplechase
races at any public or private facility that has been approved and
licensed by the board.

19547.  Notwithstanding Section 19490, no deposit shall be required
for any horse racing meeting conducted by a state designated fair.

19548.  Except as provided in this chapter, no license, tax, or fee
shall be assessed against or collected from any fair which, directly
and not through any private person, conducts a horse racing meeting.

19549.  Except as provided in Section 19549.1, the maximum number of
racing weeks that may be allocated to a fair shall be four weeks
each year. The board shall take public testimony and make all
determinations on the allocation of racing dates during a public
hearing. All discussions of allocating racing dates by the board or
its subcommittees shall be conducted during a public hearing. Nothing
in this section diminishes the authority of the board to establish
racing dates.

19549.1.  Notwithstanding Sections 19533 and 19549 or any other
provision of this chapter, the board may allocate horse racing days
for mixed breed meetings and combined fair horse racing meetings
pursuant to Section 4058 of the Food and Agricultural Code, except as
follows:
   (a) Dates may only be allocated for a combined fair horse racing
meeting between June 1 and October 31.
   (b) Days may not be allocated for a mixed breed meeting or a
combined fair horse racing meeting during the month of June at the
California Exposition and State Fair if a standardbred meeting is
being conducted at that facility during the month of June.
   The mixed breed meetings shall be conducted by a person other than
the fair and shall be subject to Section 19550. The mixed breed
meetings shall encourage the racing of emerging breeds of horses.

19549.2.  From the weeks available for harness and quarter horse
racing pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 19531, the board may
allocate a maximum of 12 weeks of harness racing to the 22nd District
Agricultural Association to be conducted on the 22nd District
Agricultural Association grounds. The racing shall be conducted by a
person other than the 22nd District Agricultural Association.

19549.3.  Notwithstanding Section 19549 or any other provision of
this chapter, the board may annually allocate a maximum of 28 racing
days to any county fair in the northern zone which did not conduct
horseracing prior to January 1, 1985.

19549.4.  Notwithstanding Section 19414.5, the board may allocate
racing weeks consisting of fewer than five days to an association
conducting harness or quarter horse racing meetings if the
association and the organization representing the horsemen
participating in the meeting agree to the allocation.

19549.6.  Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 19531 and
Sections 19540, 19546, and 19549, the board may allocate additional
weeks of harness racing to the California Exposition and State Fair
in Sacramento or its lessee, to be raced at the California Exposition
and State Fair in Sacramento.

19549.7.  Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 19531 and
Section 19549, the board may allocate additional weeks of quarter
horse racing to a lessee of the California Exposition and State Fair
in Sacramento to be raced at the California Exposition and State Fair
in Sacramento.

19549.9.  Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 19531 and
Section 19549, the board may allocate up to 10 additional weeks of
harness racing to the Los Angeles County Fair, or its lessee, to be
raced at the fairgrounds in Pomona.

19549.12.  Notwithstanding Sections 19482 and 19549, any weeks of
harness racing or quarter horse racing allocated by the board to be
raced at the facilities of a county fair which conducts its racing
meeting pursuant to Section 19549.3 may be conducted by the fair.
License fees for racing at the facilities of the county fair other
than for the racing days allocated pursuant to Section 19549.3 are
exempt from Section 19614.5.

19549.13.  (a) Fairs that conduct racing meetings in the northern
zone may, and horsemen's organizations that represent horsemen who
participate at fair racing meetings in the northern zone shall,
jointly develop a program to provide for stabling and training
facilities. This program shall be based on the anticipated inventory
of horses and the number of available stalls and locations.
   (b) Participating fairs and horsemen's organizations shall
annually ratify an agreement which includes provisions governing the
operation of the stabling and training facilities. The agreement
shall also specify the conditions under which a participating fair
may terminate its participation in the program.
   (c) Individual horsemen who elect to participate in the program
shall be required to sign standard agreements with the participating
fair governing the operation of the program. The agreements shall
contain provisions that govern the operation of the program,
including, but not be limited to, insurance coverage and payment of a
security deposit.
   (d) All agreements provided for in this section shall be approved
by the board.
   (e) Each fair that conducts racing meetings in the northern zone
may elect whether to participate in the stabling and training
program.

19549.14.  (a) Notwithstanding, Section 19489 or any other provision
of this chapter, the board may permit the San Mateo County Fair to
conduct live racing meetings at another site within or outside San
Mateo County if its present site, Bay Meadows, closes.
   (b) Live horse racing meetings conducted by the San Mateo County
Fair, whether they are conducted within or outside of San Mateo
County, shall be subject to the same provisions as are presently
applicable to the San Mateo County Fair's conduct of live horse
racing meetings at Bay Meadows.
   (c) If the racing association licensed in the year 2002 to conduct
thoroughbred race meetings in San Mateo County is not licensed to
conduct a horse racing meeting in that county in any subsequent year,
the San Mateo County Fair may, subject to the approval of the board,
conduct its racing dates at a facility operated by a thoroughbred
racing association or fair licensed to conduct a meeting in the
northern zone.

19549.15.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 19489 or any other provision
of this chapter, the board may permit the Solano County Fair to
conduct live racing meetings at another site within or outside Solano
County, if the site of its 2002 racing meeting is no longer
available for horse racing in any subsequent year. Further, subject
to the approval of the board, the Solano County Fair may conduct its
racing dates at a facility operated by a thoroughbred racing
association or fair licensed to conduct a racing meeting in the
northern zone.
   (b) Any racing meeting licensed to the fair pursuant to
subdivision (a) may be operated by the fair or the fair may contract
for the operation and management of the racing meeting with an
individual thoroughbred racing association or fair, or a partnership,
joint venture, or other affiliation of one or more thoroughbred
racing associations or fairs.