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CA Bus & Prof Code § 19481 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19481.

19481.  In performing its responsibilities, the board shall do all of the following:(a) Establish safety standards governing the uniformity and content of the track base and racing surface, inner and outer rails, gates and gaps, turf, access and egress to the track, lighting for night racing, equipment for horse and rider, drainage, communications, veterinary services, medical and ambulance services, and other track facilities in order to improve the safety of horses, riders, and workers at the racetrack.(b) Designate a steward at all horse racing meetings to be responsible for enforcing compliance with safety standards.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19481.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19481.5.

19481.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no license shall be issued to conduct a horse racing meeting upon a track unless the track has been inspected by the board within 30 days prior to the date of application for a license and the track has been approved by the board as conforming to the racetrack safety standards set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 19481.(b) The board shall adopt regulations to establish standards governing the employee housing provided to backstretch personnel at licensed racetracks. These regulations shall be commensurate with the housing standards established in the Employee Housing Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 17000) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code), and shall consider the following:(1) The health and safety of the human and equine population and the necessity for humans and horses to live in close proximity.(2) The housing needs of state or county facilities with live racing meetings of no more than 43 days in duration that do not operate as year-round training facilities. The board shall specifically consider the different needs of these facilities compared to permanent facilities or other state and county facilities that function on a year-round basis, including state and county fair facilities that operate as year-round training facilities where horses are stabled and workers live.(3) Compliance of facilities with racing meetings of 19 days or less, even if they operate as a year-round training facility, with this subdivision shall be contingent on funding in the Budget Act of 2002 (Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2002).(c) Commencing January 1, 2004, the board, with assistance from the California Department of Housing and Community Development or a local building department or other local entity designated by the jurisdiction in which the racetrack is located, shall annually inspect the living conditions of backstretch employee housing to ensure compliance with the housing standards established by the board, the findings or results of which shall be submitted to the board. No license shall be issued to a racing association to conduct a horse race meeting unless the board has inspected the housing conditions that exist on the racetrack’s backstretch and determined the living conditions to be in compliance with the standards established by the board in subdivision (b).(d) The board may assess a reasonable fee upon racing associations to defray the costs associated with the inspections provided for in subdivision (c).(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 21. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19482 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19482.

19482.  No license to conduct a horse racing meeting shall be issued to any of the following:(a) Any nonprofit corporation entitled to an exemption from any tax imposed by this State.(b) Any applicant who proposes to conduct a horse racing meeting for the benefit of any such nonprofit corporation or under any arrangement pursuant to which such nonprofit corporation is to share in the receipts of the licensee from the conduct of such meeting, whether by rentals or otherwise.Nothing in this section prohibits the board, in its discretion, from issuing a license to conduct a horse racing meeting to any corporation to which it has, prior to September 7, 1955, issued a license to conduct such a meeting.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19483 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19483.

19483.  Unless the board finds that the purpose of this chapter will be better served thereby, no license to conduct a horseracing meeting at any track shall be issued to any person or held by any person having any financial interest in the conduct of any horseracing meeting by any other person at any other track in this State.Ownership of stock in one corporation by another corporation constitutes a financial interest within the meaning of this section.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2059.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19484 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19484.

19484.  Unless the board finds that the purpose of this chapter will be better served thereby, no person licensed under this article to conduct a horseracing meeting at any place, track or inclosure shall own or acquire any stock or hold or obtain any other financial interest in any other track of another such licensee or in the operation thereof, or in the operation of authorized wagering on the results of horseraces at any such other track.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2059.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19485 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19485.

19485.  The board shall not issue a license to conduct a horse racing meeting at any place, track or inclosure, not used for horse racing meetings prior to July 1, 1941, unless prior to the beginning of the construction or preparation of such track for horse racing meetings, the board, upon application in such form as it may require, has determined that the conduct of horse racing meetings at such track will be in the public interest and will subserve the purposes of this chapter.This section does not apply in respect to any track of not less than five-eighths of one mile in circumference or length partially or entirely in the infield of a mile track constructed and operated by a thoroughbred licensee under this article provided that such infield track is to be used solely for thoroughbred racing.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19487 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19487.

19487.  Notwithstanding Section 19485, any licensed racing association operating a racetrack may construct another track of not less than one-half mile in circumference or length partially or entirely in the infield of such track, if prior to the beginning of construction or preparation of such track for horse race meetings, the board has determined upon application, in such form as it may require, that the conduct of horse race meetings at such track will be in the public interest and subserve the purposes of this chapter. A license may be granted to any harness racing association to conduct a harness racing meeting upon such a track of less than one mile.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19488 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19488.

19488.  (a) Every license issued under this article shall specify the following:(1) The name of the person to whom it is issued.(2) The track where the horse racing meeting to which it relates is to be held or conducted.(3) The days and hours of the day when the meeting will be permitted.(4) The number and types of races to be run on each day of the meeting.(5) The number of useable stalls available for the meeting.(6) The name of the person responsible for supervising the maintenance of racetrack safety standards.(b) The license shall also recite the payment to, and receipt by, the board of the deposit to secure payment of the license fee required by this article.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 36. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19489 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19489.

19489.  A license issued under this article is not transferable nor does it permit the conduct of a horse racing meeting at any track not specified therein.If, however, the track specified in a license becomes unsuitable for racing because of fire, flood, or other catastrophe, the meeting or any remaining portion thereof may be conducted at any other track specified by the board in the same area. The board may specify any other track within the area for the conduct of the meeting, whether or not such conduct would result in increasing the number of racing days in the county or area in which such track is situated. Before any other track is so specified, the board shall obtain the consent of the person licensed to conduct a meeting at the track which has become unsuitable for racing and of the owners and operators licensed to conduct a meeting at such other track.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19490 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19490.

19490.  Each application for a license to conduct a horse racing meeting shall be accompanied by a deposit to secure the payment of any license fee imposed by this article, in the form of a certified check payable to the Treasurer of the State of California, in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 38. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19491 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19491.

19491.  (a) Subject to Sections 19491.5 and 19491.6, and except as provided in Section 19491.7, every association which conducts a racing meeting shall pay as an additional license fee one-half of the breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 on the first twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000) or less, excluding wagering at a satellite wagering facility, of the total amount handled in the parimutuel pools relating to its meeting and all of the breakage deducted on amounts so handled in excess of twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000), excluding wagering at a satellite wagering facility.(b) Every association which conducts a racing meeting shall distribute the remaining one-half of the breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 on the first twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000) or less, excluding wagering at a satellite wagering facility, of the total amount handled in the parimutuel pools relating to the meeting as additional purses and for additional commissions in the same proportion, as between purses and commissions, as provided in Sections 19611, 19612, 19612.6, and 19614.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), one-half of all the breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 at fair racing meetings shall be retained and distributed as additional commissions.Payment of the fee shall be made weekly on account during each meeting, and the amount attributable to breakage shall be reported as a separate item.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19491.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19491.5.

19491.5.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 19491, an association, including the California Exposition and State Fair or a county or district agricultural association fair, which conducts, or whose predecessor association has conducted, a horseracing meeting during the preceding year at which the total amount handled in the parimutuel pools operated by the association, or by such predecessor association, is not more than two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000), excluding wagering at a satellite wagering facility, shall be exempt from payment of that portion of the license fee provided in subdivision (a) of Section 19491 on the amount handled by it under one hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000), excluding wagering at a satellite wagering facility. All the money accruing pursuant to this section shall be distributed as purses. In addition, an association which conducts, or whose predecessor association has conducted, a horseracing meeting during the preceding year at which the total amount handled in the parimutuel pools operated by the association or predecessor association is more than two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000), excluding wagering at a satellite wagering facility, shall be exempt from the payment of that portion of the license fee provided in subdivision (a) of Section 19491 on the amount handled in excess of twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000) but not in excess of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000).“Predecessor association,” as used in this section, means a person who was previously licensed to conduct racing of the same kind and at the same racing facility as the presently existing association.It is the intent of the Legislature that the amendment to this section at its 1970 Regular Session shall be deemed to be a clarification of the effect of this section, and that such amendment does not constitute a substantive change.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1285, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19491.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19491.6.

19491.6.  Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 19612, the exempt amount retained by the association shall be regularly deposited in a separate account with a depository approved by the board. The funds deposited shall be distributed as purses.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1043, Sec. 9.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19491.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19491.7.

19491.7.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 by an association licensed to conduct harness racing shall be used to fund the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program as set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 19619.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 595, Sec. 3.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19493 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19493.

19493.  Upon the termination of the horse racing meeting for which a license has been granted:(a) If the licensee has fully paid the license fee imposed by this article, the sum deposited with the application for the license shall be returned to the licensee.(b) If the licensee fails, refuses, or neglects to pay such fee, the amount thereof shall be deducted from the sum deposited and the balance, if any, shall be returned to the licensee.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19494 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19494.

19494.  If by reason of any cause beyond control, and through no fault or neglect of any licensee, and when the licensee is not in default, it becomes impossible for the licensee to hold or conduct racing upon any day authorized by the board, the board, in its discretion and at the request of the licensee, may either return any fee paid by the licensee for racing on that day or, as a substitute for such day, may specify any other day for the holding or conducting of racing by the licensee.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19495 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19495.

19495.  Except as provided in this chapter, no license or excise tax or fee in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) for each racing day shall be assessed against or collected from any licensee by the State or by any county, city, district, or any other body having the power to assess or collect any license, tax, or fee.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19497 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators|Section 19497.

19497.  Any person who is licensed to conduct a horse racing meeting at any place, track or inclosure which is leased by him from the state, shall not transfer any such property to any other person, whether licensed under this chapter or not, for the purpose of furnishing such other person a place, track or inclosure at which it may conduct a horse racing meeting, unless such transfer is first submitted to the Department of General Services and the department finds that its terms and provisions are just and reasonable and approves of it.As used in this section, “transfer” includes any sublease, permit to use, license to use, and any other transaction or arrangement of any kind or nature whereby any right to the use or possession of property, or any part thereof, for the purpose of conducting a horse racing meeting is conferred upon any person.The provisions of this section which are applicable to a person licensed under this chapter to conduct a horse racing meeting shall also apply to any person to whom a transfer is made by such a licensee in accordance with this section.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4.5 - Jockeys|Section 19500.

19500.  (a) A jockey who agrees to exercise a racehorse shall be paid no less than the standard rate that is paid to exercise riders unless the jockey has been employed to ride that racehorse in a parimutuel race or the jockey is engaged in an official timed and recorded workout. If there is a dispute over the standard rate for exercising a horse, the steward shall determine the rate.(b) The board shall adopt regulations no later than July 1, 2007, consistent with existing practice of the stewards, that provide both of the following:(1) Establish the circumstances under which a jockey is entitled to receive a mount fee when he or she is removed from a mount prior to scratch time.(2) Establish the circumstances under which a jockey is entitled to receive both a mount fee and the riding fee when he or she is removed from a mount after scratch time.(c) The paymaster of a racing association or racing fair shall not disburse any sum from a jockey’s compensation to any person other than the jockey except with the written permission of the jockey, upon order of the board, or pursuant to a court or administrative order.(d) For the purposes of this section the following definitions apply:(1) “Scratch time” means the time designated by the purse agreement when final changes in racing programs must be made.(2)  “Riding fee” means the amount of money, whether calculated as a percentage of the purse or by any other means, that is due to a jockey in addition to the jockey mount fee as a result of the performance of a racehorse in a race.(3) “Mount fee” is the fee that is paid a jockey who accepts a mount on a racehorse.(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 329, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4.5 - Jockeys|Section 19501.

19501.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:(1) Professional jockeys are vital to the horse racing industry and the work they perform is very dangerous.(2) The minimum wage that jockeys receive in a horse race is established by the board as a minimum jockey riding fee. Jockeys may earn additional compensation if the horse they are racing is a winning mount, a second place mount, or a third place mount.(3) The minimum jockey riding fee has not kept up with inflation or the cost of living. Since 1970, the state minimum wage has increased at more than twice the rate that the average jockey riding fee increased over the same period.(4) The riding fee should be increased at least as much on a percentage basis as the state minimum wage, so that the average full-time jockey can earn an income sufficient to provide for the basic necessities of life.(b) (1) Effective January 1, 2010, the scale of minimum jockey riding fees for losing mounts established by the board shall be increased by ten dollars ($10) per mount from the rate in effect on December 31, 2009. Effective January 1, 2012, the scale of minimum jockey riding fees for losing mounts established by the board shall be increased by ten dollars ($10) per mount from the rate in effect on December 31, 2011, except the three lowest fees on the scale shall be increased by five dollars ($5) per mount. Thereafter, the scale of minimum jockey riding fees for losing mounts shall be increased whenever the state minimum wage is increased by the percentage of that increase.(2) Effective January 1, 2010, the minimum amount awarded to the jockey who finishes second or third in a race shall be increased by ten dollars ($10) over the amount required to be paid on December 31, 2009. Effective January 1, 2012, the minimum amount awarded to the jockey who finishes second or third in a race shall be increased by five dollars ($5) over the amount required to be paid on December 31, 2011. This subdivision shall apply to races in which the purse is nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($9,999) or less.(c) No jockey shall be paid less than the minimum jockey riding fees established pursuant to this section.(d) Nothing in this section prohibits the board from increasing the minimum jockey riding fee above the minimum level required by this section.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 22. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing|ARTICLE 4.5 - Jockeys|Section 19502.

19502.  Notwithstanding any other law, the board shall not permit any portion of an entry, nomination, or other fee paid by an owner to be deducted from a jockey riding fee unless the entry, nomination, or other fee is paid exclusively by the owner and not reimbursed by any other person or entity.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 434, Sec. 1. (AB 1226) Effective September 30, 2013.)