2014 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing
ARTICLE 9.2 - Satellite Wagering
19605.74
For every year that the organization operating the Breeders’ Cup World Championship series chooses to conduct the Breeders’ Cup at a race meeting in California, the following, notwithstanding any other law, shall apply to the race meeting conducting the Breeders’ Cup races on days during which Breeders’ Cup races are conducted:
(a) The amounts that would have otherwise been distributed to a purse account pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19601.02 shall be made available to the organization operating the Breeders’ Cup World Championship series for the purpose of promoting and supporting the Breeders’ Cup, including the payment of purses in Breeders’ Cup World Championship races.
(b) The thoroughbred racing association hosting the Breeders’ Cup shall enter into a written agreement, in consultation and cooperation with the California Tourism Commission and the statewide marketing organization formed pursuant to Section 19605.73, with the organization that operates the Breeders’ Cup regarding the manner in which the funds set aside to support and promote the Breeders’ Cup are to be expended.
(c) Within 90 days after the holding of each Breeders’ Cup, a written report that includes a parimutuel audit shall be made to the board detailing the manner in which the set-aside funds were utilized to promote and support the Breeders’ Cup, including the payment of purses in Breeders’ Cup races.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, on days during which Breeders’ Cup races are conducted in California, the board may authorize parimutuel wagering on Breeders’ Cup races to be run at the host venue and on one nonthoroughbred race specified in the host venue’s license application approved by the board. Amounts deducted and distributed pursuant to this chapter from wagering on the specified nonthoroughbred race shall be deducted and distributed as if the wagers were placed on a thoroughbred race.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 438, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 2013.)
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