2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 9.5 - License Fees, Commissions, and Purses › Section 19616.1.

19616.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, wagers accepted on out-of-state or out-of-country races pursuant to Section 19596 or 19596.2, or on any multiple race exotic wager involving races from out of state that is designated by the board as a national wager and included in the parimutuel pool or pools of the entity conducting the racing shall be distributed as provided in this section.
(b) From the amount handled by the association and included in the parimutuel pool or pools of the entity conducting the out-of-state or out-of-country racing, each association may, with the permission of the board, deduct a percentage equal to the percentage deducted by the entity conducting the out-of-state or out-of-country racing.
(c) From the amount deducted pursuant to subdivision (b), if any, each association shall pay a state license fee and make other distributions in accordance with Section 19601.
(d) The amount remaining from the deduction under subdivision (b), if any, after payment of the state license fee and the contractual payment to the out-of-state or out-of-country host racing association, shall be distributed in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 19601.
(e) From the amount distributed under subdivision (d) for Appaloosa purses, a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be held by the association to 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), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.9.
(f) From the amount distributed under subdivision (d) for quarter horse purses, a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be held by the association to 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.
(g) For the purposes of subdivisions (a) and (b), with respect to any multiple race exotic wager involving races from out of state that is designated by the board as a national wager, the totalizator hub for the wager shall be considered the “entity conducting the racing.”
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a thoroughbred association conducting a racing meeting in this state accepts wagers on a race that is part of a national wager as designated by the board, or acts as the totalizer hub pursuant to subdivision (g), the association shall not be required to pay a license fee to the state on those wagers. Amounts received by the association from the wagering shall be distributed 50 percent as commissions and 50 percent as purses to the horsemen and horsewomen participating in the racing meeting.
(i) From the amount distributed under subdivision (d) for Arabian purses, a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency, pursuant to Section 19617.8, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with Section 19617.8.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 335, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 1999.)