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2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6 - Racing Days Generally › Section 19533.6.

19533.6. Notwithstanding Section 19533, the board may authorize any racing association licensed to conduct a live quarter horse racing meeting to also conduct mule racing at that racing meeting, subject to the following conditions:
(a) Mule races may only be conducted when a fair is not licensed to conduct live races with parimutuel wagering.
(b) The consent of the quarter horse horsemen’s organization contracting with the association shall be obtained with respect to the inclusion of mule racing.
(c) The majority of the races conducted on any given racing day shall be quarter horse races.
(d) A quarter horse association may conduct mule races provided that the total number of Arabian and mule races run in a year do not exceed the total number of Arabian races run in the state in 2001.
(e) An Arabian race with seven or more entries shall not be replaced by mule race, without the consent of the organization that represents Arabian horsemen and horsewomen.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 924, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19540.

19540. In order to encourage and develop the racing of all horses in California, regardless of breed, whenever a fair conducts a program of horse races on which there is parimutuel wagering, the fair, so far as practicable, shall provide a program of racing that includes thoroughbred racing, quarter horse racing, Arabian racing, and Appaloosa racing, if a sufficient number of horses is available to provide competition in one or more races.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 505, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19542.

19542. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fairs that conduct live horse racing meetings in the northern zone may allow a joint powers authority to administer and distribute purses and to achieve the purposes of Section 19606.4.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 619, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19546.

19546. (a) In order to encourage and develop the racing of all horses in California, regardless of breed, whenever a fair conducts a program of parimutuel wagering, it may provide a program of mixed breed racing that includes thoroughbred racing, harness racing, quarter horse racing, Arabian racing, paint racing, Appaloosa racing, steeplechase races, barrel races, and show jumping races.
(b) All recognized breeds of horses may compete in barrel races, show jumping races, and steeplechase races. Parimutuel wagering may be conducted on barrel races, show jumping races, and steeplechase races at any public or private facility that has been approved and licensed by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 58. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19547.

19547. Notwithstanding Section 19490, no deposit shall be required for any horse racing meeting conducted by a state designated fair.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 59. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19548.

19548. Except as provided in this chapter, no license, tax, or fee shall be assessed against or collected from any fair which, directly and not through any private person, conducts a horse racing meeting.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 60. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.

19549. Except as provided in Section 19549.1, the maximum number of racing weeks that may be allocated to a fair shall be four weeks each year. The board shall take public testimony and make all determinations on the allocation of racing dates during a public hearing. All discussions of allocating racing dates by the board or its subcommittees shall be conducted during a public hearing. Nothing in this section diminishes the authority of the board to establish racing dates.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 380, Sec. 2. Effective September 27, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.1.

19549.1. Notwithstanding Sections 19533 and 19549 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may allocate horse racing days for mixed breed meetings and combined fair horse racing meetings pursuant to Section 4058 of the Food and Agricultural Code. Days may not be allocated for a mixed breed meeting or a combined fair horse racing meeting during the month of June at the California Exposition and State Fair if a standardbred meeting is being conducted at that facility during the month of June.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 225, Sec. 1. (SB 1418) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.2.

19549.2. From the weeks available for harness and quarter horse racing pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531, the board may allocate a maximum of 12 weeks of harness racing to the 22nd District Agricultural Association to be conducted on the 22nd District Agricultural Association grounds. The racing shall be conducted by a person other than the 22nd District Agricultural Association.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 428, Sec. 4. (AB 1074) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.4.

19549.4. Notwithstanding Section 19414.5, the board may allocate racing weeks consisting of fewer than five days to an association conducting harness or quarter horse racing meetings if the association and the organization representing the horsemen participating in the meeting agree to the allocation.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 273, Sec. 2) by Stats. 1991, Ch. 424, Sec. 2.5. Effective September 19, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.6.

19549.6. Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Sections 19540, 19546, and 19549, the board may allocate additional weeks of harness racing to the California Exposition and State Fair in Sacramento or its lessee, to be raced at the California Exposition and State Fair in Sacramento.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 428, Sec. 5. (AB 1074) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.7.

19549.7. Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Section 19549, the board may allocate additional weeks of quarter horse racing to a lessee of the California Exposition and State Fair in Sacramento to be raced at the California Exposition and State Fair in Sacramento.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 428, Sec. 6. (AB 1074) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.9.

19549.9. Notwithstanding paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Section 19549, the board may allocate up to 10 additional weeks of harness racing to the Los Angeles County Fair, or its lessee, to be raced at the fairgrounds in Pomona.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 428, Sec. 7. (AB 1074) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.12.

19549.12. Notwithstanding Sections 19482 and 19549, any weeks of harness racing or quarter horse racing allocated by the board to be raced at the facilities of a county fair that conducts its racing meeting pursuant to Section 19549.3 may be conducted by the fair.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 50, Sec. 3. (SB 721) Effective June 25, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.13.

19549.13. (a) Fairs that conduct racing meetings in the northern zone may, and horsemen’s organizations that represent horsemen who participate at fair racing meetings in the northern zone shall, jointly develop a program to provide for stabling and training facilities. This program shall be based on the anticipated inventory of horses and the number of available stalls and locations.
(b) Participating fairs and horsemen’s organizations shall annually ratify an agreement which includes provisions governing the operation of the stabling and training facilities. The agreement shall also specify the conditions under which a participating fair may terminate its participation in the program.
(c) Individual horsemen who elect to participate in the program shall be required to sign standard agreements with the participating fair governing the operation of the program. The agreements shall contain provisions that govern the operation of the program, including, but not be limited to, insurance coverage and payment of a security deposit.
(d) All agreements provided for in this section shall be approved by the board.
(e) Each fair that conducts racing meetings in the northern zone may elect whether to participate in the stabling and training program.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1211, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.14.

19549.14. (a) Notwithstanding, Section 19489 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may permit the San Mateo County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at another site within or outside San Mateo County if its present site, Bay Meadows, closes.
(b) Live horse racing meetings conducted by the San Mateo County Fair, whether they are conducted within or outside of San Mateo County, shall be subject to the same provisions as are presently applicable to the San Mateo County Fair’s conduct of live horse racing meetings at Bay Meadows.
(c) If the racing association licensed in the year 2002 to conduct thoroughbred race meetings in San Mateo County is not licensed to conduct a horse racing meeting in that county in any subsequent year, the San Mateo County Fair may, subject to the approval of the board, conduct its racing dates at a facility operated by a thoroughbred racing association or fair licensed to conduct a meeting in the northern zone.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1063, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.15.

19549.15. (a) Notwithstanding Section 19489 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may permit the Solano County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at another site within or outside Solano County, if the site of its 2002 racing meeting is no longer available for horse racing in any subsequent year. Further, subject to the approval of the board, the Solano County Fair may conduct its racing dates at a facility operated by a thoroughbred racing association or fair licensed to conduct a racing meeting in the northern zone.
(b) Any racing meeting licensed to the fair pursuant to subdivision (a) may be operated by the fair or the fair may contract for the operation and management of the racing meeting with an individual thoroughbred racing association or fair, or a partnership, joint venture, or other affiliation of one or more thoroughbred racing associations or fairs.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 874, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.16.

19549.16. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may allocate racing days, pursuant to this article, to a fair in the northern zone to be conducted by the fair or, at the request of the fair, the board may license a racing association that was licensed by the board to conduct racing meetings in California prior to 2010 to conduct live horse racing at the fair during the dates allocated to the fair by the board.
(b) The live horse racing days, whether they are conducted by the fair or the racing association contracting with the fair, shall be subject to the same provisions of law as are presently applicable to a fair race meeting in the northern zone.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 7, Sec. 1. (AB 1303) Effective March 28, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions › Section 19549.17.

19549.17. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may permit the Los Angeles County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at another site within or outside the County of Los Angeles. Subject to approval of the board, the Los Angeles County Fair may conduct its racing dates at a facility operated by a thoroughbred racing association licensed to conduct a racing meeting in the southern zone.
(b) A racing meeting licensed to the fair pursuant to subdivision (a) may be operated by the fair, or the fair may contract for the operation and management of the racing meeting with an individual racing association that was previously licensed to conduct a racing meeting.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 50, Sec. 4. (SB 721) Effective June 25, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 7 - Charity Racing Days › Section 19550.

19550. (a) The board shall require each licensed racing association that conducts 14 or less weeks of racing to designate 3 racing days, and each licensed racing association that conducts more than 14 weeks of racing to designate five racing days during any one meeting, to be conducted as charity days by the licensee for the purpose of distribution of the net proceeds therefrom to beneficiaries through the distributing agent. For the purposes of this section, a split meeting shall be considered a single meeting and the appropriate number of charity days shall be based on the total weeks of racing allocated for both periods of the meeting.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or any other provision of law, no racing association shall be required to pay to a distributing agent for the purpose of distribution to beneficiaries more than an amount equal to two-tenths of 1 percent of the association’s total on-track handle on live races conducted by the association at the meeting.
(c) This section does not apply to a fair, or to a licensed racing association conducting three weeks of racing or less.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 66. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 7 - Charity Racing Days › Section 19551.

19551. As a condition of the issuance of the license, the board shall require that the licensee of such meeting shall conduct such charity day racing and shall furnish its plant, facilities and all personnel and property necessary for the conduct of racing on the charity days.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 7 - Charity Racing Days › Section 19552.

19552. All racing officials required by law or regulation to serve in connection with the meeting shall also serve, without further authority or designation, in their respective capacities and at the same rate of compensation in connection with the charity day racing.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 7 - Charity Racing Days › Section 19553.

19553. On such charity days the income from all operations carried on in connection with or resulting from the conduct of racing on such days, including income from parimutuel wagering, admissions, parking, program sales and concessions shall be income from operations on such charity days.
From the gross income from such operations on charity days there shall be deducted only the expenses incurred because of the conduct of racing on such days, but no deduction shall be made by the licensee for any overhead expenses or for expenses of the licensee which would be incurred irrespective of the conduct of the charity days racing.
The balance of such income after such deductions is herein designated as charity days’ net proceeds and shall be paid by such licensee to a distributing agent selected and qualified in accordance with this article. No profit shall be made, either directly or indirectly, from such charity days’ operations by the licensee of the meeting.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 7 - Charity Racing Days › Section 19554.

19554. Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the distributing agent for charity distributions shall be a nonprofit organization or corporation, or nonprofit organizations or corporations, selected by the licensee of the meeting and approved by the board.
(a) Each distributing agent to be qualified hereunder shall conform to the then existing laws and regulations of this state and the United States, so as to be exempt or be entitled to exemption from the payment of any tax measured by income.
(b) Each distributing agent shall have not less than five trustees or directors. None of the individuals constituting the governing board of trustees or directors of the distributing agent shall be directly connected with, be a stockholder, or have any interest in the racing association that is the licensee of the race meeting. Each of the individual trustees or directors shall be a person who is, at the time, both a resident of this state, and an executive, officer, director, trustee, or member of the governing body or board, by whatever name the governing body or board may be known, of an organization engaged in civic, religious, charitable, educational, or veteran activities in this state.
(c) Each distributing agent shall adopt bylaws, shall provide for election to fill vacancies in the board of directors or trustees, and shall hold at least one meeting each year.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, with the approval of the board, a racing association whose board of trustees or directors is precluded by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, or by contract from receiving compensation for services in the capacity of trustee or director may act as its own distributing agent.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, with the approval of the board, a racing association may act as its own distributing agent provided it allocates and distributes for charitable purposes an amount at least equal to that specified in subdivision (b) of Section 19550 in accordance with Section 19555 and subdivision (b) of Section 19556.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 170, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 7 - Charity Racing Days › Section 19555.

19555. Each licensee shall pay over such charity days’ net proceeds to such distributing agent as soon as practicable after the determination thereof, and such agent or agents shall hereafter distribute not less than 90 percent of the aggregate proceeds from charity days’ racing received and available for distribution by it to beneficiaries within 12 calendar months after the last day of the meeting during which such charity days were conducted. The balance, if any, of such aggregate charity days’ net proceeds not distributed within such 12-month period shall be distributed as soon thereafter as is practicable.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 7 - Charity Racing Days › Section 19556.5.

19556.5. The board shall designate a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to research and development of improved safety standards for horse racing as a beneficiary qualified to receive a distribution pursuant to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 67. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 7 - Charity Racing Days › Section 19557.

19557. Within the 12-month period specified in Section 19555, and prior to the payment of any charity days’ net proceeds to any beneficiary, the distributing agent shall submit the name of the beneficiary to the board for the board’s approval.
If the board does not disapprove of the beneficiary within 60 days after the submission, its approval shall be deemed to have been given.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19560.

19560. No person shall, without complying with this chapter, hold or conduct, or assist, aid, or abet in holding or conducting, any meeting in this State where there is horse racing with wagering on its results.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19562.

19562. The board may prescribe rules, regulations, and conditions, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, under which all horse races with wagering on their results shall be conducted in this State.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19563.

19563. The board may adopt any rules and regulations of the United States Trotting Association, not inconsistent with this chapter, for the regulation of harness racing.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19564.

19564. The board may adopt any rules and regulations of the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association, not inconsistent with this chapter, for the regulation of quarter horse racing.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 314, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19565.

19565. Subject to the provisions of this article, the board shall by rule provide for the registration of all California-bred horses.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 68. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19566.

19566. The official Stud Book and Registry of the American Quarter Horse Association shall be recognized as the sole official registry for quarter horses. The board shall, however, by rule provide for the registration of California-bred quarter horses to enable compliance with this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 682.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19566.5.

19566.5. The Stud Book of the Appaloosa Horse Club as approved by the Appaloosa Horse Club shall be recognized as the sole official registry for Appaloosa horses. The Stud Book of the Arabian Horse Registry of America, Inc. shall be recognized as the sole official registry for Arabian horses. The board shall, however, by rule provide for the registration of California-bred Appaloosa horses and Arabian horses to enable compliance with this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 638.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19566.6.

19566.6. The registry for registered California standardbred stallions shall be maintained by the California Horse Racing Board or its designee and shall be recognized as the sole official registry for stallions whose offspring are eligible to compete in the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1148.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19567.

19567. (a) Since the purpose of this chapter is to encourage agriculture and the breeding of horses in this state, a sum equal to 10 percent of the first money of every purse won by a California-bred horse at a horse race meeting shall be paid by the licensee conducting the meeting to the breeder of the horse. This section applies to any California-bred standardbred horse that is foaled on or after November 1, 1977, for all races, except the California standardbred sires stakes races.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a sum equal to 10 percent of the first and second place money of every purse won by a California-bred Arabian horse for first or second place at a horse race meeting shall be deposited with the official registering agency, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.8, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c) to (g), inclusive, of Section 19617.8.
(c) Moneys from quarter horse racing derived pursuant to this section shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.7 and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.7.
(d) Moneys from Appaloosa horse racing derived pursuant to this section shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.9 and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 19617.9.
(e) This section does not apply to thoroughbred horses or thoroughbred racing.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 69. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19568.

19568. (a) Every licensee conducting a horse racing meeting shall, each racing day, provide for the running of at least one race limited to California-bred horses and California-sired horses, to be known as the “California-bred race.” If, however, sufficient competition cannot be had among horses of that class on any day, the race, with the consent of the board, may be eliminated for that day and a substitute race provided.
(b) For thoroughbred and quarter horse racing only, the total amount distributed to horsemen and horsewomen for California-bred and California-sired stakes races, and for races featuring California-breds upon the approval of the official registering agency, from the purse account, including overnight stakes, shall be not less than 10 percent of the total amount distributed for all stakes races from the purse account, including overnight stakes races, at that meeting of the racing association licensed to conduct live racing.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the thoroughbred racing associations in this state, in conjunction with the official registering agency, and owners and trainers organizations meet and report to the board on the establishment of a coordinated California-bred restricted schedule of stakes races designed to showcase California-bred restricted stakes races and qualify registered California-bred horses for the California Cup and the California Cup Day races. It is also the intent of the Legislature that the report be submitted to the board annually at least 60 days prior to the start of the racing year.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 509, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19569.

19569. In order to encourage and develop the racing of quarter horses, whenever a fair conducts a program of horse races on which there is parimutuel wagering, it shall, so far as practicable, provide a program of quarter horse racing on the same days that it provides a program of other types of horse racing, if sufficient quarter horses are available to provide competition in one or more quarter horse races.
Such quarter horse events may be in addition to the customary number of thoroughbred or standardbred events.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 71. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19572.

19572. The board may, by rule, provide for the exclusion or ejection from any inclosure where horse races are authorized, or from specified portions of that inclosure, of any known bookmaker, known tout, person who has been convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter or of any law prohibiting bookmaking or any other illegal form of wagering on horseraces, or any other person whose presence in the inclosure would, in the opinion of the board, be inimical to the interests of the state or of legitimate horse racing, or both. No rule shall provide for the exclusion or ejection of any person on the ground of any characteristic listed or defined in subdivision (b) or (e) of Section 51 of the Civil Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 568, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19573.

19573. Any person who, pursuant to a rule of the board, is excluded or ejected from any inclosure where horse racing is authorized may apply to the board for a hearing on the question of whether the rule is applicable to him.
The board shall hold the hearing either at its next regular meeting after receipt of the application at the office of the board nearest the residence of the applicant or at such other place and time as the board and the applicant may agree upon.
If, upon the hearing, the board determines that the rule does not or should not apply to the applicant, it shall notify all persons licensed under Article 4 of this chapter of such determination.
If the board determines that the exclusion or ejection was proper, it shall make and enter in its minutes an order to that effect. Such order shall be subject to review by any court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with law.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19574.

19574. Any person who is excluded or ejected from an inclosure pursuant to a rule or rules promulgated pursuant to the provisions of Section 19572 is guilty of a misdemeanor if he thereafter enters the inclosure of any association during its horse race meeting without having first obtained a determination by the board that the rule or rules pursuant to which he was excluded or ejected does not or should not apply to him.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 73. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19576.

19576. (a) No person may furnish an audio or video recording of any quarter horse race occurring in this state to any other person either within or outside of the state for any commercial purpose, including the use of the recording in any type of video game, without first securing the consent of the racing association conducting the meeting, the organization representing horsemen and horsewomen participating in the meeting, and the board.
(b) No person may use any audio or video recording of any quarter horse race occurring in this state for any commercial purpose without first securing the consent of the racing association holding the meeting, the organization representing horsemen and horsewomen participating in the meeting, and the board.
(c) Any person whose consent is required under this section may file and maintain an action in superior court to obtain an injunction against the furnishing or commercial use of a recording of a quarter horse race in violation of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 88, Sec. 7. (AB 176) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19578.1.

19578.1. If the equine drug testing is not conducted by the Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory at the University of California, Davis, the board shall contract with the best qualified equine drug testing laboratory at a compensation rate that the board determines is fair and reasonable to the State of California and the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 76. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8 - Regulation Generally › Section 19578.2.

19578.2. At the discretion of track stewards, horses that ship in on racing days may be subject to video surveillance for purposes of monitoring compliance with this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 251, Sec. 2. (AB 1974) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8.5 - Equine Medication › Section 19580.

19580. (a) The board shall adopt regulations to establish policies, guidelines, and penalties relating to equine medication in order to preserve and enhance the integrity of horse racing in the state. Those policies, guidelines, and penalties shall include, at a minimum, the provisions set forth in this article.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the board, in its testing efforts to determine illegal or excessive use of substances, recognize the greater importance of conducting complete and thorough testing of a lesser number of samples in preference to conducting less thorough testing on a greater number of samples.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 77. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8.5 - Equine Medication › Section 19581.

19581. No substance of any kind shall be administered by any means to a horse after it has been entered to race in a horse race, unless the board has, by regulation, specifically authorized the use of the substance and the quantity and composition thereof. The board may require that the official veterinarian approve, in writing, the administration of those substances in accordance with the regulations of the board. Any medication or equipment used to dispense medication that is located within the inclosure is subject to search and inspection at the request of any board official.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 78. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8.5 - Equine Medication › Section 19582.

19582. (a) (1) Violations of Section 19581, as determined by the board, are punishable as set forth in regulations adopted by the board.
(2) The board may classify violations of Section 19581 based upon each class of prohibited drug substances, prior violations within the previous three years, and prior violations within the violator’s lifetime.
(3) (A) The board may provide for the suspension of a license for not more than three years, except as provided in subdivision (b), or a monetary penalty of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or both, and disqualification from purses, for a violation of Section 19581.
(B) The actual amount of the monetary penalty imposed pursuant to this paragraph shall be determined only after due consideration has been given to all the facts, circumstances, acts, and intent of the licensee, and shall not be solely based on the trainer-insurer rule, as established in Sections 1843 and 1887 of Title 4 of the California Code of Regulations.
(4) The punishment for second and subsequent violations of Section 19581 shall be greater than the punishment for a first violation of Section 19581 with respect to each class of prohibited drug substances, unless the administrative law judge, in findings of fact and conclusions of law filed with the board, concludes that a deviation from this general rule is justified.
(b) (1) A third violation of Section 19581 during the lifetime of the licensee, determined by the board to be at a class I or class II level, may result in the permanent revocation of the person’s license.
(2) The administrative law judge shall, after consideration of the circumstances surrounding a violation specified in paragraph (1), file a decision with the board that includes findings of fact and conclusions of law.
(c) Any person whose license is suspended or revoked pursuant to this section shall not be entitled to receive any material benefit or remuneration in any capacity or from any business activity permitted or allowed by the license during any period of its suspension or revocation.
(d) The penalties provided by this section are in addition to any other civil, criminal, and administrative penalties or sanctions provided by law, and do not supplant, but are cumulative to, other penalties or sanctions.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 155, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8.5 - Equine Medication › Section 19582.5.

19582.5. The board may adopt regulations that prohibit the entry in a race of a horse that tests positive for a drug substance in violation of Section 19581. Upon a finding of a prohibited drug substance in an official test sample, a horse may be summarily disqualified from the race in connection with which the drug sample was taken. Upon the disqualification of a horse pursuant to these regulations, any purse, prize, award, or record for that race shall be forfeited. However, the board, including its hearing officers and stewards, shall have the authority to order, in the interests of justice, that a jockey be permitted to keep his or her share of the purse, prize, or award for that race upon a finding that a person, other than the jockey, willfully, and with flagrant disregard for recommended veterinary practice and the regulations of the board, administered the prohibited substance. Such an order may provide that the jockey’s share of the purse, prize, or award shall be paid by the person or persons determined to be responsible for willfully administering the prohibited substance.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 329, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8.5 - Equine Medication › Section 19583.

19583. Every veterinarian who treats a horse within the inclosure shall, in writing, on a form prescribed by the board, report to the official veterinarian in a manner prescribed by him or her, the name of the horse treated, the name of the trainer of the horse, the time of treatment, any medication administered to the horse, and any other information requested by the official veterinarian.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 881, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8.5 - Equine Medication › Section 19583.5.

19583.5. (a) Horses that are unsound or lame are subject to immediate placement on the Veterinarian’s List with criteria for removal that may include diagnostic imaging, examination of blood, and counsel with attending veterinarians.
(b) A horse placed on the Veterinarian’s List for being unsound or lame shall not workout for seven days after being placed on the list without the permission of the official veterinarian.
(c) The official veterinarian shall require any horse placed on the Veterinarian’s List to undergo a veterinary examination that may include diagnostic imaging before resuming training at any facility under the jurisdiction of the board.
(d) A horse placed on the Veterinarian’s List as unsound or lame shall be removed from the list only after having established or demonstrated to the satisfaction of the official veterinarian that the horse is then raceably sound and in fit physical condition to exert its best effort in a race.
(e) (1) A horse placed on the Veterinarian’s List as unsound or lame for the first time within a 365-day period shall stay on the Veterinarian’s List for a minimum of 15 days before the horse is eligible to be removed from the list.
(2) A horse placed on the Veterinarian’s List as unsound or lame for the second time in 365 days shall stay on the Veterinarian’s List for a minimum of 45 days before the horse is eligible to be removed from the list.
(3) A horse placed on the Veterinarian’s List as unsound or lame for the third time in 365 days shall stay on the Veterinarian’s List for a minimum of 75 days before the horse is eligible to be removed from the list.
(4) A horse placed on the Veterinarian’s List as unsound or lame for the fourth time in 365 days shall stay on the Veterinarian’s List for a minimum of 180 days before the horse is eligible to be removed from the list.
(f) The board may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section.
(g) As used in this section, “workout” means an exercise session near full speed, or close to full speed.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 251, Sec. 3. (AB 1974) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8.5 - Equine Medication › Section 19583.7.

19583.7. In addition to any criteria set forth by a racing association, a thoroughbred or quarter horse that is four years of age or older that has not competed in a race or has previously raced but has not raced in the preceding 365 days shall not be allowed to race, unless the horse has passed an examination and a postwork official blood test or tests required by the official veterinarian or the equine medical director, administered by the official veterinarian or the equine medical director’s designee. The horse shall race within 30 days after meeting these requirements. A thoroughbred or quarter horse that has not raced within 120 days but has raced within 365 days shall have an examination performed by the official veterinarian or the equine medical director’s designee within 14 days before entry. Based upon that examination, the official veterinarian or the equine medical director’s designee may require the horse to work before being allowed to enter in a race. If the horse is required to work, it shall meet the same requirements as a horse that is working to be taken off the Official Veterinarian’s List, as specified in Section 19583.5 or any regulation adopted by the board pursuant to that section.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 251, Sec. 4. (AB 1974) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8.5 - Equine Medication › Section 19583.9.

19583.9. (a) All horses at a licensed thoroughbred, fair, or quarter horse race meet shall be subject to veterinary monitoring during morning training. A licensed trainer and their staff shall be required to cooperate fully with all requests made by board-licensed veterinarians and outriders. All examining veterinarians at a race meet conducting live racing shall be under the direct supervision of the official veterinarian or the equine medical director.
(b) A trainer shall not administer, directly or indirectly, or otherwise permit to be administered, any medication to a horse under the trainer’s care that is racing or training at a board-approved racetrack, unless the medication is prescribed for that specific horse and administered strictly in accordance with board regulations.
(c) A trainer shall not apply to a horse’s feet on racing day any type of topical medication designed to alleviate pain, soreness, or tenderness of a horse’s feet.
(d) The use of diagnostic imaging shall be an accepted component of prerace examinations by an examining veterinarian. The official veterinarian may order the diagnostic imaging if they believe that the use is warranted. In addition, video footage may be used and maintained by the official veterinarian for the purpose of comparison when a horse is removed from the Veterinarian’s List.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 251, Sec. 5. (AB 1974) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8.5 - Equine Medication › Section 19583.10.

19583.10. A racing association shall provide a location within the inclosure where a horse can be observed jogging in a circle in both directions by the official veterinarian or the equine medical director’s designee, if needed, as part of the prerace examination process.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 251, Sec. 6. (AB 1974) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 8.5 - Equine Medication › Section 19585.

19585. The board shall establish and maintain a whistleblower program through which an owner, trainer, jockey, or stable-area employee may call designated persons under strict confidentiality to report questionable activity or concerns relating to the health and safety of humans or horses under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 251, Sec. 7. (AB 1974) Effective January 1, 2021.)