2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 279 of 1995

HORSE RACING LAW OF 1995
Act 279 of 1995
AN ACT to license and regulate the conducting of horse race meetings in this state with pari-mutuel wagering on the results of horse races and persons involved in horse racing and pari-mutuel gaming activities at such race meetings; to create the office of racing commissioner; to prescribe the powers and duties of the racing commissioner; to prescribe certain powers and duties of the department of agriculture and the director of the department of agriculture; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to provide for the imposition of taxes and fees and the disposition of revenues; to impose certain taxes; to create funds; to legalize and permit the pari-mutuel method of wagering on the results of live and simulcast races at licensed race meetings in this state; to appropriate the funds derived from pari-mutuel wagering on the results of horse races at licensed race meetings in this state; to prescribe remedies and penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

History: 1995, Act 279, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1996

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Document	Description
Section 431.301	Short title.
Section 431.302	Definitions.
Section 431.303	Office of racing commissioner; creation; powers and duties of racing commissioner.
Section 431.304	Racing commissioner; appointment; qualifications.
Section 431.305	Racing commissioner; oath of office.
Section 431.306	Racing commissioner; salary; appointment of deputy commissioners and state stewards as special deputies; powers and duties; employment of other personnel; record of proceedings and preservation of documents; annual report.
Section 431.307	Rules; security; sanctions; approval of certain extensions, additions, modifications, or improvements; compelling production of books, records, memoranda, data, and documents; removal of employee or official; compliance; failure of witness to appear or testify; false testimony as felony; penalty.
Section 431.308	Issuance of licenses; general classes; prohibition.
Section 431.309	Track license; issuance; validity; application; grant or denial of license; review; transfer to new racetrack owner; suspension or revocation of license; imposition of fine; appeal; additional license; prohibitions.
Section 431.309a	Toll-free compulsive gaming helpline number; posting.
Section 431.310	Thoroughbred, standardbred, quarter horse, Appaloosa, American paint horse, or Arabian race meeting; live and simulcast horse races; race meeting license; application; filing; investigation to determine compliance; time restriction on conduct of certain live horse races.
Section 431.312	Applicants for certain license; live racing requirements.
Section 431.313	Contracts with certified horsemen's organizations.
Section 431.314	Grant or denial of application for race meeting license; conditions for simulcast authorization; charitable organization; imposition of fine or revocation or suspension of license; notice; appeal; maintenance of account for deposit of funds; issuance of 1999 race meeting dates.
Section 431.315	Statement of receipts; filing; certification; availability to public; preparation; review; remittance of money due state or other entities; licensure of person and racetrack required.
Section 431.316	Occupational license; issuance; persons required to be licensed; exception; conditions to licensure; additional requirements; fingerprints; duties and responsibilities of trainer; suspension of occupational license; notice; hearing; appeal; license fee.
Section 431.317	Lawful forms of pari-mutuel wagering; preapproval by racing commissioner required; use of totalisator or other device; commission retained by holder of race meeting license; definitions; retention and payment of breaks; payoff prices of tickets; "minus pool" defined; patron less than 18 years old prohibited; transaction within enclosure of race meeting.
Section 431.318	Simulcast; authorization; definition; "intertrack simulcast" and "interstate simulcast" explained; permit; conditions; wagering; pools; payment to horsemen's simulcast pool; transmission of simulcast signals; simulcasting other events prohibited.
Section 431.319	Payment into horsemen's simulcast pool; disposition; distribution; audit.
Section 431.319a	Surrender, revocation, or escrow of license; disposition of purse pool money.
Section 431.320	Agriculture and equine industry development programs; fund; rules.
Section 431.321	Police, fire, and traffic protection.
Section 431.322	License fee and tax.
Section 431.323	Audits.
Section 431.324	Prohibited dissemination of racing information.
Section 431.325	Disclosure of certain information; confidentiality.
Section 431.326	Applicability of act to county or state fairs or agricultural or livestock exhibitions.
Section 431.327	Wagering prohibited; exception.
Section 431.328	Assessment or collection of tax or fees prohibited; exception.
Section 431.329	Aiding, assisting, or abetting violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Section 431.330	Administration of drug or foreign substance.
Section 431.331	Prohibited acts; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; exceptions.
Section 431.332	Influencing or attempting to influence result of race or workout as felony; penalty.
Section 431.333	Information regarding violation of §§ 431.330, 431.331, or 431.332; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Section 431.334	Additional penalties.
Section 431.335	Repeal of §§ 431.61 to 431.88.
Section 431.336	Effective date.

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