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AL Code § 45-44-150.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.02 - Compensation and Expenses of Commission Members.

Section 45-44-150.02Compensation and expenses of commission members. Commencing on June 1, 1996, the basic compensation of each member of the racing commission shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per month. One member of the racing commission shall be required to be in attendance at the racetrack for each racing performance consisting of a designated number of races, although up to three members of the racing commission may be present for each performance. If a matinee performance consisting of a designated number of races and an evening performance consisting of a designated number of races occur on the same day, the matinee performance and the evening performance shall be deemed separate performances for purposes of compensating members of the racing commission for their attendance. Each member of the racing commission shall receive additional compensation of seventy-five dollars ($75) for each racing performance attended by such member in his or her official capacity. When travelling outside Macon County on official business for the racing commission, each member thereof shall receive additional compensation of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day or part thereof spent outside the county and shall be reimbursed for his or her actual expenses reasonably incurred in connection with such travel, including transportation, lodging, and meals, pursuant to written expense reports certified to be true and correct by such member. The compensation and expenses of members of the racing commission shall be paid out of the taxes and other monies collected by the racing commission in the same manner as other officers of the county are paid the compensation and expense reimbursement to which they are entitled. (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 3; Act 96-649, p. 1038, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.03 - Treasurer.

Section 45-44-150.03Treasurer. The treasurer shall be appointed by the Macon County Racing Commission. The Treasurer of the Macon County Commission shall be ex officio cotreasurer of the commission for purposes of receiving and distributing certain collected net proceeds as provided in Section 45-44-150.14. The duties of the treasurer shall be to collect all the license fees, taxes, and monies provided in this part, and shall supervise, check, and audit the operation of the parimutuel wagering pools and the conduct and distribution thereof. The treasurer shall give bond in the same amount and with the same conditions as the bond required of commissioners. The treasurer may also be required by the commission to post a fidelity bond in such amount as the commission may deem appropriate. (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.04 - Legal Counsel.

Section 45-44-150.04Legal counsel. The racing commission shall have the authority to employ legal counsel of its selection to advise the racing commission and represent it in all proceedings. Compensation of such counsel shall be paid out of funds collected by the commission.  (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.06 - Racing Days; License.

Section 45-44-150.06Racing days; license. (a) The applicant granted a license to operate a race track in the county shall have the right, subject to this part, to hold and conduct one or more racing meetings at such track each year provided that no such license shall be granted to any applicant or to any track for a period longer than 300 racing days in any one year. More than one racing event per day is permitted. (b) There shall be only one greyhound dog racing facility in Macon County, Alabama, and only one license shall be issued to operate the facility.  (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.07 - Race Track Employees; Age Limitations.

Section 45-44-150.07Race track employees; age limitations. (a) No person under 19 years of age shall be employed in any manner about the race track except as exercise people, grooms, and parking lot attendants; nor shall persons under 19 years of age be permitted to attend any race. (b) The track licensee is encouraged to employ bona fide resident citizens of Alabama, preferably Macon County residents, for at least 75 percent of its personnel needs.  (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.08 - Expiration of License; Applications; Requirements; Fees.

Section 45-44-150.08Expiration of license; applications; requirements; fees. (a) The original license issued in accordance with the terms of this part shall be for a period to allow 10 full calendar years of racing following the construction and equipping of the racing plant or facility or for the length of time required for the amortization of the capital investments, whichever is longer, and shall be granted so as to expire on the 31st day of December following 10 full calendar years of racing or the amortization of the capital investment. Once determined by the racing commission, the period of years constituting the length of time required to amortize the capital investment shall be finally determined, and the term of the original license granted by the racing commission shall continue uninterrupted notwithstanding any subsequent transfer of the original license. On or before the 1st day of December of the last year of the original license, the racing commission shall accept applications in the manner, form, and requiring the requisite qualifications all as prescribed in this part for additional periods of not more than three calendar years. On or before the 1st day of January thereafter, the commission shall convene to consider and act upon such applications. Subsequent applications shall be accepted and licenses issued in the same manner. If a licensee shall apply for a renewal license, the same shall not be denied except for good cause provided, however, the commission may require that such licensee furnish the requisite information and meet the requisite qualifications required by this part. (b) The license granted under this part shall set forth in addition to any other information prescribed by the racing commission the name of the licensee, the location of the race track, duration of the race meeting, and the kind of racing desired to be conducted and shall show the receipt by the commission of a license fee set by the commission. The license fee shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) annually. No such license shall be transferable without the prior approval of the racing commission, nor shall it apply to any other place, track, or enclosure except the one specified in the license.  (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 9; Act 87-207, p. 295, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.09 - Production of Documents, etc.; Removal of Certain Licensee Employees; Recordkeeping; Inspections; Witnesses.

Section 45-44-150.09Production of documents, etc.; removal of certain licensee employees; recordkeeping; inspections; witnesses. The racing commission is empowered to compel the production of any and all books, memoranda, or documents showing the receipts and disbursements of any person, association, or corporation licensed to conduct race meetings under this part. The racing commission may at any time require the removal of any employee or official employed by any licensee hereunder whenever such employee or official is guilty of any improper practice in connection with racing, has failed to comply with any condition of the license, or has violated any rule adopted by the racing commission. The racing commission shall have the power to require that the licensee maintain books and financial statements in a manner and form prescribed by the racing commission so as to assure the proper administration of the parimutuel pool and the payment of the tax hereinafter provided. The racing commission shall be authorized to visit, investigate, and place auditors and inspectors in the offices, tracks, or place of business of any person, association, or corporation licensed under this part. The racing commission shall have power to summon witnesses before its meetings, to administer oaths to such witnesses, and to require testimony on any issue before it. Any person failing to appear before the racing commission, or failing to produce books, records, and documents ordered, or refusing to testify thereon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.  (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 10.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.10 - Licensing Powers.

Section 45-44-150.10Licensing powers. After granting of a license to operate a greyhound race track, the racing commission shall have the power to grant, refuse, suspend, or withdraw annual licenses for all persons connected with the greyhound dog race track, including gate keepers, announcers, ushers, starters, officials, drivers, dog owners, agents, trainers, grooms, stable foremen, exercise people, veterinarians, valets, sellers of racing forms or bulletins, and attendants in connection with the wagering machines, pursuant to such rules and regulations as the racing commission may adopt and upon the payment of a license fee as shall be fixed and determined by the racing commission in accordance with the position and compensation of such person. Any such license may be revoked by the racing commission, for good cause, and any person whose license is revoked shall be ineligible to participate in such occupation connected with racing unless the license is returned by the racing commission with permission to operate thereunder. The racing commission may deny or revoke any such license to any person who has been refused or denied a license by any other state racing commission or racing authority. Any person aggrieved shall be entitled to a hearing before the racing commission. (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 11.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.11 - Parimutuel Wagering; Requirements for Veterinarians, Security Force, and Insurance.

Section 45-44-150.11Parimutuel wagering; requirements for veterinarians, security force, and insurance. (a) The racing commission shall make rules governing, permitting, and regulating the wagering on greyhound dog races under the form of mutuel wagering by patrons known as parimutuel wagering, which method shall be legal to the extent that and so long as the same is carried on and conducted strictly in conformity with this part, and not otherwise. Only the persons, associations, or corporations receiving a license from the racing commission shall have the right or privilege to conduct this type of wagering and the licenses shall restrict and confine this form of wagering to a space within the race meeting grounds. All other forms of wagering on the result of the dog races shall continue to be illegal, and any or all wagering outside of the enclosure of such races, where such races shall have been licensed by the racing commission, shall be illegal. (b) No person or corporation shall directly or indirectly purchase parimutuel tickets or participate in the purchase of any part of a parimutuel pool for another for hire or for any gratuity and no person shall purchase any part of a parimutuel pool through another, wherein he or she gives or pays directly or indirectly to such other person anything of value. Any person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. (c) In addition to the other rules and regulations that may be promulgated by the racing commission, the following shall be complied with by the licensee or operator of the race plant and employees thereof: (1) A duly licensed veterinarian shall be on the grounds at weighing time and make examinations of the physical condition of each greyhound, and any dog not considered to be in good physical condition shall be reported to the presiding official. (2) An adequate security force shall be employed as prescribed by the racing commission. Members of the security force shall have the same powers as other law enforcement officers of the county while performing their duties on the premises of the race track. (3) Public liability insurance shall be carried by the licensee or operator in an amount and with a company approved by the racing commission. (4) A parimutuel ticket shall not be sold to an individual who is visibly inebriated. (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 12.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.12 - Tax Due Parimutuel Pools; Distribution of Contributions.

Section 45-44-150.12Tax due parimutuel pools; distribution of contributions. Every licensee conducting a race meeting under this part shall pay to the treasurer of the racing commission on a quarterly basis, a tax equal to four percent of the total contributions to all parimutuel pools made at the track. The total take out by a licensee on any parimutuel pool shall be 18 percent. After deducting four percent for the racing commission and 14 percent for the licensee, the remainder of the total contributions to each pool shall be divided among and redistributed to the contributors to such pools betting on the winning dogs. The amount of each redistribution for each winning bet placed shall be determined by dividing the total amount remaining in the pool after the deductions hereinabove provided for by the number of bets placed on the winning dogs. Each redistribution shall be made in a sum equal to the lowest multiple of ten cents ($.10) per dollar wagered. The licensee shall be permitted to provide separate pools for win, place, and show and also a daily double pool, a quiniela pool, a double quiniela pool, a perfecta or exacta pool, a trifecta pool, and any other bets and pools as the commission may from time to time allow. The licensee is entitled to retain the odd cents of all redistributions to be known as the breaks to a dime, and all monies represented by any unclaimed, uncashed, or abandoned parimutuel tickets known as outs money. Should there be no ticket bet on the winning dog, the entire pool shall be divided among the holders of tickets of the dog running next in line until the pool has been redistributed to the contributors. The licensee shall be required to use a totalizator system to record the wagering and to compute the odds. Rules and regulations governing the operation of each of the pools shall be established by the racing commission. The licensee shall collect from each person paying to attend a race meeting under this part ten cents ($.10) as an admission tax. Licensee shall make payment of such taxes to the treasurer of the racing commission once each quarter or three months, which payment shall be accompanied by a report on the attendance covered by such report and such other information as the racing commission may require.  (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 13.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.13 - Relation to Other Taxes.

Section 45-44-150.13Relation to other taxes. The license fees, commissions, and excise taxes imposed herein shall be in lieu of all licenses, excise taxes, occupational taxes to the State of Alabama or any county, city, town, or other political subdivision thereof including, but not limited to, any and all sales and use taxes, lease taxes, utility taxes, alcoholic beverage taxes. Provided, however, that any person, firm, or corporation who operates a restaurant, bar, or other concession on the premises, shall be subject to the usual city and county taxes that are normally levied upon such businesses. (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 14.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.15 - Violations of Part.

Section 45-44-150.15Violations of part. Any corporation, association, or person who directly, or indirectly holds any greyhound dog race without having procured a license as prescribed in this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person wagering upon the results of races, except in the parimutuel method of wagering conducted by a licensee and upon the grounds or enclosure of the licensee, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any corporation, organization, association, or person who violates this part, for which a penalty is not expressly provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of any of the above misdemeanors in a court of competent jurisdiction, the penalty shall be a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment of not less than five days nor more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 16.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.16 - Eligibility of Applicants and Licenses.

Section 45-44-150.16Eligibility of applicants and licenses. Any person who engages in the practice of professional gambling on greyhound dog races, or in the practice of making gambling or wagering books on such races, or who knowingly takes any part in such practices, or has been convicted of any charge of gambling, any felony, or any crime involving moral turpitude shall not be eligible as an applicant for any license or permit to operate a race track or a race meeting under this part. Any association, partnership, or corporation or related association, partnership, or corporation thereof, which has or has had within 10 years such a person as an officer, executive, stockholder, or director or who does or has within the past 10-year period knowingly employed any person who engages in such practices shall likewise be ineligible as a licensee and the racing commission is hereby empowered to inquire into such matters in considering any applications and otherwise administering this part. (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 17.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.17 - Manipulation of Race Outcomes.

Section 45-44-150.17Manipulation of race outcomes. Any person who shall influence or have any understanding or connivance with any owner, groom, or other person associated with or interested in any kennel, greyhound, or race in which any greyhound participates, to prearrange or predetermine the results of any such race, or any person who shall stimulate or depress a greyhound for the purpose of affecting the results of a race, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the state prison for not less than one year nor more than 10 years, or shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.  (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 18.)
AL Code § 45-44-150.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 15 - Gambling.|Part 1 - Macon County Racing Commission.|Section 45-44-150.18 - Transmission or Communication of Racing Information.

Section 45-44-150.18Transmission or communication of racing information. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to transmit or communicate to another by any means whatsoever the results, changing odds, track conditions, or any other information relating to any greyhound race from any race track in this county, between the period of time beginning one hour prior to the first race of the day and ending 30 minutes after the posting of the official results of each race, as to that particular race, except that this period may be reduced to permit the transmitting of the results of the last race each day not sooner than 15 minutes after the official posting of such results. Provided, however, that the racing commission, by rule, may permit the immediate transmission by radio, television, or press wire of any pertinent information concerning feature races. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to transmit, by any means whatsoever, racing information to any other person, or to relay the same to any other person by word of mouth, by signal, or by use of telephone, telegraph, radio, or any other means, when the information is knowingly used or intended to be used for illegal gambling purposes, or in furtherance of such gambling purposes. (c) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than 10 years, or shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. (Act 83-575, p. 882, § 19.)