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Chapter 431 — RACING, BOXING, AND EXHIBITIONS
Act 279 of 1995 — HORSE RACING LAW OF 1995 (431.301 - 431.336)
- 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; individuals prohibited from wagering.
- 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 MCL 431.330, 431.331, or 431.332; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
- Section 431.334 — Additional penalties.
- Section 431.335 — Repeal of MCL 431.61 to 431.88.
- Section 431.336 — Effective date.
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