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AL Code § 11-65-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-24 - Application for Permit.

Section 11-65-24Application for permit. Any person, firm, corporation, or partnership desiring to obtain a permit as required by this chapter shall make application therefor on a form prescribed by the appropriate commission. Each individual applicant and each principal of any firm, chief executive officer of any corporation, and managing partner of any partnership applying for a permit for such firm, corporation, or partnership, as the case may be, shall be photographed and fingerprinted and shall supply such information as such commission may require. All information contained in, or submitted in support of, any application for a permit shall be confirmed by an affidavit of the person or persons making such application, whether such application shall be made on behalf of such person or persons or on behalf of a firm, corporation, or partnership. Any application for a permit made by an individual who seeks to work at a racing facility under the jurisdiction of a commission and any application for a permit made by a firm, corporation, or partnership that seeks to provide services or sell merchandise at such racing facility, as the case may be, shall include a statement as to whether such individual, or any owner, principal, officer, director, or partner of such firm, corporation, or partnership, or any employee of such firm, corporation, or partnership who will actually work at such racing facility, has ever been convicted of a felony or other offense involving moral turpitude. Any firm, corporation, or partnership which has previously received an effective permit from a commission to provide services or sell merchandise at a racing facility shall, as a condition of maintaining such permit, file with such commission supplemental information (including the statement described in the preceding sentence) concerning any new or additional owners, principals, officers, directors, or partners of such firm, corporation, or partnership, as the case may be, or any new or additional employees thereof who will actually work at such racing facility. A commission shall be entitled to charge fees for permits according to such schedule as it shall adopt from time to time, and in addition to the fee that it may charge a firm, corporation, or partnership having employees at a racing facility under its jurisdiction, it may charge a separate fee for each individual employee of such firm, corporation, or partnership working at such racing facility; provided, however, that (1) the permit fee for any one firm, corporation, or partnership shall not exceed $1,000.00 in any period of one year and (2) the permit fee for any individual shall not exceed $50.00 in any period of one year, regardless of whether such individual is self-employed or is employed by a firm, corporation, or partnership also paying a permit fee. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §24.)
AL Code § 11-65-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-26 - Suspension or Revocation of Permit.

Section 11-65-26Suspension or revocation of permit. A commission may suspend or revoke a permit issued under this chapter or fine the holder of such permit not to exceed $1,000.00, after hearing with 15 days' notice to such holder, in any case where it has reason to believe that any provision of this chapter, or any reasonable rule or regulation of the commission, has not been complied with or has been violated. The commission may revoke such permit, after such hearing, if it finds that facts not known by it at the time it considered the application for such permit indicate that such permit should not have been issued. Deliberations of a commission concerning the suspension or revocation of a permit may be conducted in executive session unless otherwise requested by the holder of such permit. If any permit is suspended or revoked, the commission shall state its reasons for so doing and shall enter the same in the permanent records of its proceedings. The suspension or revocation of a permit shall be final unless an appeal is taken in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §26.)
AL Code § 11-65-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-27 - Licenses Required for Stewards and Judges of Races; Appointment of Stewards and Judges.

Section 11-65-27Licenses required for stewards and judges of races; appointment of stewards and judges. Any person desiring to act as a steward for any horse race conducted by a horse racing operator licensed by a commission pursuant to this chapter must obtain a steward's license from such commission. Likewise, any person desiring to act as a judge for any greyhound race conducted by a greyhound racing operator licensed by a commission pursuant to this chapter must obtain a judge's license from such commission. Each commission shall require each applicant for a steward's license or a judge's license, as the case may be, to pass one or more examinations on matters relating to the duties of stewards or judges. Such examinations shall be prepared and administered in accordance with rules and regulations to be adopted by the commission. The commission may establish other requirements, in addition to successful completion of such examinations, which must be met by any applicant in order to obtain a steward's license or a judge's license, as the case may be, including, without limitation, payment of reasonable license fees. Any steward's license or judge's license issued by a commission pursuant to this chapter shall have a term not exceeding two years, provided that the term of any such license may be extended or renewed at the option of the commission. Three licensed stewards shall be appointed to supervise each program of horse racing conducted by a horse racing operator licensed pursuant to this chapter. Two of such stewards shall be appointed by the commission licensing such operator and one shall be appointed by such operator. Such stewards shall exercise such powers and perform such duties for each program of horse racing as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the licensing commission. The horse racing operator shall pay the wages and other employment costs of the steward whom it shall appoint, and the commission shall pay the wages and other employment costs of the two stewards whom it shall appoint. Three licensed judges shall be appointed to supervise each program of greyhound racing conducted by a greyhound racing operator licensed pursuant to this chapter. Two of such judges shall be appointed by the commission licensing such operator and one shall be appointed by such operator. Such judges shall exercise such powers and perform such duties for each program of greyhound racing as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the licensing commission. The greyhound racing operator shall pay the wages and other employment costs of the judge whom it shall appoint, and the commission shall pay the wages and other employment costs of the two judges whom it shall appoint. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §27; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §22.)
AL Code § 11-65-28.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-28.1 - Modification of Takeout for All Racing Events.

Section 11-65-28.1Modification of takeout for all racing events.  In order to provide a uniform takeout for pari-mutuel wagering on racing events that reflects the competitive pressure on pari-mutuel wagering from other forms of gambling in surrounding states, and to enable any racetrack in a Class 1 municipality (a "Class 1 racetrack") to maximize its participation in combined pools with other racetracks both inside and outside the State of Alabama, the Legislature hereby finds and determines that it is necessary and desirable to authorize the uniform takeout hereinafter provided for pari-mutuel pools wagered by bettors present at a Class 1 racetrack, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 11-65-28 and 40-26A-2, which sections are hereby superseded to the extent that their provisions purport to govern the takeout at a Class 1 racetrack in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this section. Subject to the continued effectiveness of the provisions of Section 11-65-32.1, including particularly those provisions related to adjustment of the takeout for combined pools, the total takeout allowed to the racing operator of a Class 1 racetrack for all pari-mutuel pools wagered at such racetrack on live horse or greyhound racing events conducted at such racetrack and for all pari-mutuel pools wagered at such racetrack on horse or greyhound racing events conducted elsewhere and received by television at such racetrack, before deducting any state or local wagering taxes or fees, shall be twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount wagered in such pools by bettors present at the Class 1 racetrack, irrespective of the number or combination of racing contestants selected by the bettors. (Act 98-128, p. 188, §1.)
AL Code § 11-65-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-31 - Purses for Horse Races and Greyhound Races.

Section 11-65-31Purses for horse races and greyhound races. From the moneys deposited in pari-mutuel pools for horse races which constitute the "takeout" deducted by a horse racing operator pursuant to Section 11-65-28(b), each horse racing operator shall apply an amount equal to seven percent of its total horse racing handle to provide purse moneys for horse races conducted by such operator. Prior to the commencement of any race meeting, the horse racing operator conducting such meeting shall estimate the amount of its horse racing handle to be derived from such meeting. Based upon such estimate, the horse racing operator shall adopt a schedule providing for a reasonable allocation of purse moneys over the period of the anticipated race meeting. Any such schedule may be amended from time to time during the course of a race meeting if it becomes apparent that the operator's actual horse racing handle for such race meeting will not match its original estimate. Each horse racing operator shall provide the commission licensing such operator with periodic reports respecting the amounts applied by such operator to provide purse moneys for horse races. If at the close of any race meeting it is determined that the operator conducting such meeting failed to apply an amount equal to seven percent of its horse racing handle for such meeting to provide purse moneys, then any excess shall be deducted from, and any deficiency shall be added to, the amount which such operator shall be required to provide as purse moneys for horse races conducted as part of its next succeeding race meeting. The amount of purses to be paid with respect to greyhound races conducted by any greyhound racing operator shall be determined by such operator through negotiation with the kennel owners providing the greyhounds for such races. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require, or to permit the commission by regulation or order to require, any minimum level of purses for greyhound racing, whether based on a percentage of the greyhound racing handle or any other benchmark, or to limit, or to permit the commission by regulation or order to limit, the amount that a greyhound racing operator may agree to pay for such purposes. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §31; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §27.)
AL Code § 11-65-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-33 - Racetrack Admission Fee.

Section 11-65-33Racetrack admission fee. The governing body of a sponsoring municipality may by ordinance impose a fee on an operator licensed under this chapter to conduct either horse racing or greyhound racing in an amount equal to $.25 on each person paying for admission to any daily performance of horse racing or greyhound racing. The operator may collect the amount of such fee from the ticket purchaser in addition to the amount charged for the ticket of admission. Persons holding valid permits issued by a commission who are actually employed at a racing facility under the jurisdiction of such commission and spectators holding complimentary passes issued by an operator shall be exempt from the admission fee authorized by this section. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §33; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §29.)
AL Code § 11-65-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-35 - Concerning Certain Taxes.

Section 11-65-35Concerning certain taxes. The state horse wagering fee, the commission horse wagering fee, and any other fees or taxes imposed by this chapter shall constitute all license, privilege, and excise taxes that may be imposed on horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon conducted pursuant to this chapter, and no other license or excise tax may be imposed on such activities by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof. The state dog racing privilege tax, the commission greyhound wagering fee, and any other fees or taxes imposed by this chapter shall constitute all license, privilege, and excise taxes that may be imposed on greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon conducted pursuant to this chapter, and no other license, privilege, or excise tax may be imposed on such activities by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof. Nothing in this chapter, however, shall be construed to confer any exemption with respect to any uniform taxes levied generally on property, income, or business activity, including, without limitation, (1) income taxes levied by the state, (2) occupational taxes levied on wages by a sponsoring municipality or host county, (3) ad valorem taxes levied on any racing facility at the same rates as are applicable to other commercial property having comparable market value, and (4) state and local sales taxes on merchandise sold by operators or their concessionaires at racing events. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §35; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §31.)
AL Code § 11-65-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-37 - Conducting Race Without License Prohibited; Wagering on Certain Races Prohibited.

Section 11-65-37Conducting race without license prohibited; wagering on certain races prohibited. Any person who, directly or indirectly, holds any horse race or greyhound race without having procured an operator's license as prescribed in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person wagering upon the results of such a race, except in the case of pari-mutuel wagering conducted by an operator in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, 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 $1,000.00, nor more than $10,000.00, or imprisonment of not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both, such fine and imprisonment to be in the discretion of the court. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §37; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §33.)
AL Code § 11-65-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-38 - Disqualification Due to Gambling Activities.

Section 11-65-38Disqualification due to gambling activities. No person who engages in the practice of professional gambling on horse races or greyhound races, or in the practice of making gambling or wagering books on such races, or who knowingly takes any part in such practice, shall be eligible as an applicant for any horse racing facility license or any operator's license to conduct horse racing or greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon under the provisions of this chapter, or to be connected with such licensed activities in any capacity, and any corporation, partnership, or other entity which has an officer, director, stockholder, partner, or executive or who employs any person who engages in such practices shall likewise be ineligible as a licensee, and each commission is hereby empowered to inquire into such matters in entertaining any such application and otherwise in administering this chapter. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §38; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §34.)
AL Code § 11-65-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-39 - Tampering With Racing Animals Prohibited.

Section 11-65-39Tampering with racing animals prohibited. No person shall influence or have any understanding or connivance with (i) any owner, trainer, jockey, driver, groom, or other person associated with or interested in any stable, horse, or race in which any horse participates, or (ii) any owner, trainer, handler, 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 horse race or greyhound race, nor shall any person stimulate or depress a horse or greyhound, for the purpose of affecting the results of a race, by use of any electrical device or any electrical equipment or by any mechanical or other device not generally accepted as regulation racing equipment, nor shall any person stimulate or depress a horse or greyhound through the administration of any drug or chemical, or knowingly enter any horse or greyhound in any race within a period of 24 hours after any drug or chemical has been administered to such horse or greyhound, for the purpose of increasing or retarding the speed of such horse or greyhound. No person shall, except for medical purposes, administer any poison, drug, medicine, or other substance to any horse or greyhound entered or about to be entered in any race, or expose such substance to a horse or greyhound with the intent that it be taken, or cause any foreign substance to be taken by or placed upon or in the body of such horse or greyhound, with intent to impede or increase its speed, endurance, health or physical, or mental condition. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than 10 years, or fined not less than $5,000.00 nor more than $50,000.00 or both, in the discretion of the court. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §39; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §35.)
AL Code § 11-65-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-40 - Transmission of Racing Information Prohibited.

Section 11-65-40Transmission of racing information prohibited. With the exception of televised simulcast programming of horse races and greyhound races authorized in accordance with Section 11-65-32, it shall be unlawful for any person to transmit or communicate to another by any means whatsoever the results, changing odds, track conditions, or other information relating to any horse race or greyhound race from any racetrack in a commission municipal jurisdiction 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 this period may be reduced to permit the transmitting of the result of the last race each day not sooner than 15 minutes after the official posting of such results; provided, however, that a commission may by rule permit the immediate transmission by radio, television (other than televised simulcast programming pursuant to Section 11-65-32 hereof), or press wire of any pertinent information concerning feature races. It shall be unlawful for any person to transmit by any means whatsoever racing information to any other person or 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. It is the legislative intent that the improper use of instruments of communication referred to in the preceding sentence is prohibited and not the possession or lawful use of such instruments on the premises of any racing facility under the jurisdiction of a commission, and nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit, or to authorize a commission to prohibit, the location of public telephones in or about a racing facility or the possession of portable telephones by members of the general public when attending racing events. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than 10 years, or fined not less than $5,000.00 nor more than $50,000.00, or both, in the discretion of the court. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §40; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §36.)
AL Code § 11-65-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-41 - Possession of Certain Drugs Prohibited.

Section 11-65-41Possession of certain drugs prohibited. The possession or transportation of any drug or chemical within the racing enclosure of a racing facility under the jurisdiction of a commission is prohibited except for those permitted by regulations of the commission or those justified by a bona fide veterinarian's prescription with a complete statement of uses and purposes on the container. Depending upon whether such prescription is for a horse or a greyhound, a copy thereof shall be filed with the stewards for horse racing or the judges for greyhound racing, as the case may be. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §41; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §37.)
AL Code § 11-65-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.|Section 11-65-42 - Misuse of License.

Section 11-65-42Misuse of license. Any credential, license, or permit issued by a commission, if used by the holder thereof for a purpose other than identification and in the performance of legitimate duties on a racetrack, shall be automatically revoked whether so used on or off a racetrack. (Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §42.)