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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 19612.7.

19612.7. With respect to a harness race meeting, in addition to any other distributions, a portion of the money allocated for purses pursuant to this chapter may be used to pay for obtaining, providing, or defraying the cost of workers’ compensation coverage for stable employees and drivers of licensed standardbred trainers. This portion of the purse money, if any, shall be specified in a written agreement between the racing association that conducts the live harness race meeting and the organization representing the horsemen participating at the race meeting, and shall be jointly administered by the racing association and the organization representing the horsemen. This agreement is subject to the approval of the board.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 923, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 2002.)
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 19612.8.

19612.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any association conducting a racing meeting shall pay not less than the actual amount necessary to cover the costs for compensation, including any fringe benefits, to stewards and official veterinarians and to cover the costs for that racing meeting, as provided by the board under Section 19518.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 102. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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 19612.9.

19612.9. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 19601, unclaimed refunds shall be distributed to the organization that is responsible for negotiating purse agreements, satellite wagering agreements, and all other business agreements on behalf of the horsemen participating in the racing meeting for the purpose of negotiating, in good faith, an agreement of at least three years’ duration with a jockeys’ organization to provide health and welfare benefits to California licensed jockeys, former California licensed jockeys, and their dependents if those persons contribute to the plan and do not receive welfare benefits pursuant to Section 19613.
(2) The amount of money distributed annually pursuant to this section shall be held in trust solely for the purpose described in this section and shall not exceed four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000), adjusted annually for inflation. The board shall determine the inflation adjustment based on an index quantifying changes in the cost of health insurance benefits.
(3) If an agreement is not reached before the regular meeting of the board in November of any calendar year, the board, on its own motion, shall provide that the provisions of the existing agreement, if any, shall remain in effect until a subsequent agreement is reached.
(b) The jockeys’ organization referred to in subdivision (a) shall represent a majority of the jockeys licensed by the board, and the board shall initially certify that the organization represents the majority of those licensed jockeys. The organization shall maintain an office in this state. The organization certified by the board shall provide an annual audit of the health and welfare fund established pursuant to this section. The organization shall make available to the board all records and documents necessary for the performance of its duties.
(c) The jockeys’ organization certified by the board shall develop reasonable nondiscriminatory criteria for eligibility for health and welfare benefits.
(d) The agreement shall be approved by the board and, if approved, no other entity licensed in this state shall be required to enter into an agreement for the purposes of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 103. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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 19613.1.

19613.1. (a) With respect to thoroughbred racing, except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall determine which matters shall be the subject of negotiation and contract between the owners’ organization and the association, and which matters shall be the subject of negotiation and contract between the trainers’ organization and the association.
(b) The owners’ organization shall generally be responsible for negotiating purse agreements, satellite simulcast agreements, and all other business agreements relating to the conduct of racing that affect the owners. The trainers’ organization shall generally be responsible for negotiating issues relating to the backstretch, track safety, and the welfare of backstretch employees.
(c) The board shall resolve issues that are not settled between the associations and the organizations representing owners and trainers.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 62, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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 19613.2.

19613.2. (a) Any horsemen’s, owners’, or trainers’ organization or organization representing horsemen, owners, or trainers shall be incorporated under the laws of the State of California in order to receive a distribution or deduction under this chapter. Each corporation shall represent a majority of the horsemen, owners, or trainers in the state with respect to the breed of horses the corporation represents. The board shall initially determine the organization that represents California horsemen with respect to each breed. Any distribution or deduction received by any of those organizations shall be used only for the benefit of California horsemen.
(b) No portion of the amount distributed pursuant to Section 19613 to an owners’, trainers’, or horsemen’s organization shall be used for the purpose of making contributions to candidates for public office, or to urge or oppose any measure on the ballot. The organizations representing owners, trainers, and horsemen may expend no more than the amount reasonably necessary to represent its members before the Legislature and the board with respect to issues that directly affect services rendered to owners, trainers, and horsemen. The board shall annually review the budgets of the organizations representing owners, trainers, and horsemen and shall determine the appropriate amount to be expended for providing the representation authorized by this subdivision.
(c) If an owners’, trainers’, or horsemen’s organization is conducting itself contrary to statute, regulation, or order of the board, the board may take disciplinary action against the organization, including ordering an association to withhold any distribution authorized pursuant to Section 19613.
(d) Upon recognition by the board of a successor horsemen’s, owners’, or trainers’ organization or organization representing horsemen, owners, or trainers, the board shall apportion those assets that were generated pursuant to Section 19613 for the benefit of the horsemen and the successor organization.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2007.)
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 19613.5.

19613.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, of the amount deducted for license fees, commissions, and purses from parimutuel pools at a racing meeting an amount may be retained and distributed for payment of any actual losses sustained at the meeting on parimutuel minus pools prior to the distribution of license fees, commissions, and purses. The proportion of license fees, commissions, and purses distributed for payment of such parimutuel minus pools shall be in the same proportion as they would be distributed in the provision under which they were deducted.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 76, Sec. 2.)
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 19613.6.

19613.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the owners’ organization referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 19613.2 that represents thoroughbred owners may elect to contribute the purses from one race conducted annually by each licensed thoroughbred racing association or fair to a welfare fund. The contribution shall be used for the benefit of horsemen, and the trainers’ organization shall make an accounting to the board within one calendar year of the receipt of the contribution. The designation of a specific race from which the horsemen elect to contribute the purses is subject to the mutual agreement of the horsemen’s organization and the racing association or fair that conducts the race.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 62, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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 19613.8.

19613.8. Within 60 days of a statewide majority of backstretch workers having chosen to be represented by an exclusive collective bargaining agent pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 19455) or any other law, and so long as a majority continues to be represented by the agent, that agent shall designate two representatives to replace two of the members if the CHBPA Pension Administrative Committee and the plan document shall be amended to provide for this representation.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 198, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2002.)
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 19614.

19614. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 19611 and 19612, and except for an association that qualifies pursuant to Section 19612.6, for a fair conducting a live racing meeting, 1 percent of the total amount handled on live races, excluding wagering at a satellite facility, shall be retained by the fair association for payment to the state as a license fee.
(b) Additionally, 0.48 percent of the total amount handled on live racing, excluding wagering at a satellite facility, shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19617.2.
(c) (1) After distribution of the applicable amounts as set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) and the payments made pursuant to other relevant sections of this chapter, all funds remaining from the deductions provided in Section 19610 shall be distributed 47.5 percent as commissions and 52.5 percent as purses. From the amount distributed as thoroughbred purses, a sum equal to 0.07 percent of the total handle shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19617.2.
(2) Any additional amount generated for purses and not distributed during the previous corresponding meeting shall be added to the purses at the current meeting.
(d) In addition to the amounts deducted pursuant to Section 19610, any fair racing association shall deduct 1 percent from the total amount handled in its daily conventional and exotic parimutuel pools. The additional 1 percent shall be deposited in the Fair and Exposition Fund and is hereby appropriated for the purposes specified in Section 19630, except as specified in subdivision (e).
(e) (1) A fair conducting a live racing meeting at a fair in the northern zone or a joint powers authority designated by a fair racing association in the northern zone involved in conducting live racing meetings at fairs in the northern zone may retain the funds described in subdivision (d) for the purposes of improving a fair enclosure, racetrack maintenance, safety at fairs, or other similar activities if both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(A) The administrative costs do not exceed 7.5 percent of the funds retained.
(B) An annual audit of the funds is conducted by an independent third party to ensure compliance with the law and approved standards and policies that shall be filed with the Department of Food and Agriculture, the board, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Governmental Organization.
(2) This subdivision shall apply retroactively to January 1, 2016.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 817, Sec. 2. (AB 460) Effective January 1, 2018.)
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 19614.2.

19614.2. (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, a fair, or an association conducting its meeting pursuant to Section 19549.1, may deduct from the total amount handled in daily double, quinella, exacta, and other multiple wagering pools approved by the board up to 3 percent thereof to be distributed as additional commissions and purses in the current year of the fair meet. Of the amount deducted, if any, 52.5 percent shall be distributed as additional purses and 47.5 percent shall be distributed as additional commissions. From the amount distributed as thoroughbred purses, a sum equal to 0.07 percent of the total amount handled shall be held by the association to be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2, and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19617.2.
(b) At least 30 days prior to the commencement of its meeting, the association shall file with the board a statement of the additional deduction to be made pursuant to subdivision (a). Except with the consent of the board, the amount of the deduction shall not be changed during the course of the meeting.
(c) From the amount deducted for quarter horse purses under subdivision (a), a sum equal to 25 percent thereof shall be paid as breeder premiums and owners’ and stallion awards as provided in Section 19617.7, 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) From the amount deducted for Arabian horse purses under subdivision (a), 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 thereafter shall be distributed in accordance with Section 19617.8. The board shall designate the officially recognized organization representing Arabian horsemen to administer this subdivision and to distribute premiums. The organization may, with the approval of the board, make a deduction for expenses of up to, but not to exceed, 10 percent of the total awards fund.
(e) From the amount deducted for Appaloosa horse purses under subdivision (a), a sum equal to 13.33 percent thereof shall be paid as breeder premiums and owners’ and stallion awards as provided in Section 19617.9, and 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), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.9.
(f) Amounts distributed pursuant to this section are derived from owners’ purses.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 106. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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 19614.3.

19614.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a racing association and the organization representing horsemen may agree to reduce the portion deducted from the parimutuel pool for purses and commissions, provided that the change only affect funds available for purses and commissions.
(b) Any collective bargaining agreement that is premised in part on the amount of commissions earned shall continue to be calculated based on the amount of commissions that would have been earned had this section not become law.
(c) An agreement by a horsemen’s organization and a racing association to reduce the portion deducted from the parimutuel pool for purses and commissions is subject to the approval of the California Horse Racing Board, and may not be approved unless notice has been given to any labor organization that could be affected by the agreement.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 924, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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 19614.4.

19614.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in addition to any amounts provided for purses by any other provision of this chapter, from the amount deposited with the official registering agency for distribution pursuant to Section 19617.2, the official registering agency shall make the following distributions as owners’ premiums:
(1) An amount equal to 20 percent of the winner’s share of the purse for a qualifying race, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 19617, shall be distributed as an owner premium to the owner of a registered California-bred thoroughbred horse conceived by a registered eligible thoroughbred stallion, as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 19617, which finishes first in the race.
(2) An amount equal to 10 percent of the winner’s share of the purse for a qualifying race, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 19617, shall be distributed as an owner premium to the owner of a registered California-bred thoroughbred horse that finishes first in the race and that was not conceived by a registered eligible thoroughbred stallion as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 19617, which finishes first in the race.
(b) The official registering agency shall develop a policy for the payment of owner premiums pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) in the event of a dead heat that involves one or more registered California-bred horses.
(c) From the amounts distributed as purses pursuant to this chapter, the organization responsible for negotiating purse agreements on behalf of thoroughbred horsemen participating in racing meetings, at its discretion, may pay an owner’s premium for a qualifying race, as defined by the organization, to the owner of a registered California-bred thoroughbred that finishes first through fifth in the qualifying race. Notwithstanding the foregoing, these payments shall be not less than the amount of the total payments made by the organization in 1998, and the discretion accorded the organization pursuant to this subdivision shall be exercised on a statewide basis for all racing meetings.
(d) The organization responsible for negotiating purse agreements on behalf of thoroughbred horsemen participating in racing meetings shall pay, from purse revenues generated, to the official registering agency for the purpose of the California-bred bonus program an amount equal to the amount determined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 19617.2, not to exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000) annually, and that amount shall be used for California-bred incentive awards.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 550, Sec. 1. (AB 1578) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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 19614.6.

19614.6. Notwithstanding Section 19614, any county fair in the central zone that conducted fair racing meetings prior to January 1, 1980, commencing with the 2006 racing season, may retain that portion of the license fee applicable to its live racing meeting that exceeds the amount of license fees paid during its 2004 live racing meeting for payment of a capital expense loan incurred for the purpose of improving its facilities for horse racing. The license fee retention shall be applicable only during the loan period, only in an amount equal to the loan payments, and only if all the moneys retained are used to pay off the loan for those capital expenses. Any portion of the license fee in excess of the amount needed to make loan payments pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Fair and Exposition Fund. However, if after the effective date of this section, the rate of the license fee imposed on fairs is reduced, the county fair may retain that portion of the license fee applicable to its live racing meeting that exceeds the amount of the license fees that would have been paid on its 2004 live racing meeting at the reduced rate.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 918, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
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 19615.

19615. (a) The board shall provide a method for estimating the aggregate handle for each association’s proposed race meeting. Estimates may be revised during the course of the meeting. Based upon the estimate, each association shall pay its license fee weekly, and purses shall be reasonably allocated over the period of the association’s anticipated race meeting pursuant to a purse program developed by the association in consultation with the horsemen’s organization contracting with the association with respect to the conduct of racing meetings subject to approval of the board.
(b) Within seven days after the close of a race meeting, an association shall pay any license fee theretofore unpaid, or shall have refunded to it any excess license fee theretofore paid.
(c) If, at the close of a thoroughbred racing meeting, it is determined that the association conducting the meeting has not made payments to or for the benefit of owners and breeders of horses in an amount equaling the percentages set forth in this chapter, any excess shall be deducted from, and any deficiency not in excess of an amount agreed upon between the association and the horsemen’s organization contracting with the association with respect to the conduct of racing meetings shall be added to, the amount the association is required to pay to or for the benefit of owners and breeders of horses at its racing meeting in the following calendar year. Any deficiency in excess of the amount agreed upon shall be distributed as provided in the agreement.
(d) If, at the close of any other racing meeting, it is determined that the association conducting the meeting has not made payments to or for the benefit of owners and breeders of horses in an amount equaling the percentages set forth in this chapter, any excess shall be deducted from, and any deficiency shall be added to, the amount the association is required to pay to or for the benefit of owners and breeders of horses at its racing meeting in the following calendar year.
(e) Any two associations conducting a meeting pursuant to Section 19612 or 19612.6 may, with the approval of the board, combine their excesses or deficiencies from prior meetings if the associations and the organizations representing the horsemen all agree.
(f) Any associations conducting a harness meeting in the northern zone, including an association conducting any meeting pursuant to Section 19549.3, may, with the approval of the board, combine their excesses or deficiencies from prior meetings if the associations and the organizations representing horsemen all agree.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 139, Sec. 2. Effective July 22, 1991.)
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.

19616. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, wagers accepted on out-of-state or out-of-country races pursuant to Sections 19596 and 19596.2, or on any multiple race exotic wager involving out-of-state races that is designated as a national wager, but not included in the parimutuel pool or pools of the entity conducting the out-of-state or out-of-country racing, shall be placed in a separate parimutuel pool or pools and shall be distributed as provided by this section.
(b) Each association accepting wagers on an out-of-state or out-of-country race shall deduct a percentage of the amount handled in its conventional and exotic parimutuel pools that is equal to the percentage deducted from the amount handled by the association in its parimutuel pools at its racing meeting.
(c) 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), after payment of the state license fee and the contractual payment to the out-of-state host racing association, shall be distributed in accordance with 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) 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. 29. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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 19616.2.

19616.2. (a) Except as provided in Section 19616.1, an association conducting wagering on an out-of-state feature race that is included in the parimutuel pool of the out-of-state entity conducting the out-of-state racing shall deduct a percentage equal to the percentage deducted from the amount handled by the association in its parimutuel pools at its racing meeting.
(b) An association that accepts wagers in a common parimutuel pool on an out-of-state feature race and deducts a percentage equal to that deducted from the amount handled by the association in its parimutuel pool at its racing meeting, as specified in subdivision (a), shall calculate payments on winning tickets as provided in Section 19602.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 644, Sec. 2. Effective September 14, 1992.)
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 19616.52.

19616.52. Notwithstanding Section 19616.51, in lieu of all amounts payable prior to July 1, 2009, pursuant to Section 19616.51, as that section existed prior to July 1, 2009, from amounts generated by parimutuel wagering on horse races, the sum of five million five hundred thousand dollars ($5,500,000) shall be paid by racing associations and fairs from the amount available for commissions, purses, and breeder awards, as determined by the board, into the State Treasury to the credit of the Fair and Exposition Fund over a period of six years. Commencing with the 2009–10 fiscal year, one-sixth of the sum shall be payable equally for six successive fiscal years. The proportionate share to be paid by each racing association and fair and the method of payment shall be determined by a formula approved by the board in consultation with the industry.
(Added by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 12, Sec. 2. Effective July 28, 2009.)
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 19617.4.

19617.4. (a) The official registering agency shall invest the funds deposited with it, and the interest earned on those deposits shall be a part of the total deposits distributable under subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 19617.2.
(b) In the event there are insufficient funds to make the distributions described in Section 19617.2, there shall be no additional assessments made against any association or the state to fund the deficiencies.
(c) Any award or premium remaining uncollected for two consecutive years from that date of disbursement shall be deemed null and void. The official registering agency shall deposit the amount of the uncollected award or premium into the breeder fund existing at that time.
(d) Any dispute with respect to a breeder award, owner premium, or stallion award shall be decided by the official registering agency, which may demand and inspect any registration certificate or record, or require the submission of claims forms, affidavits, and declarations or make that inspection and require submissions of that information. The decision of the official registering agency shall be subject to review by the board pursuant to subdivision (e).
(e) A decision made by the official registering agency with respect to a breeder award, owner premium, or stallion award may be appealed to the board. The appeal shall be submitted in writing to the board in such manner and at such time as to permit the board, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, to determine the appeal prior to the time at which distribution of that award or premium is to be made. The board’s decision on this matter shall be final and binding upon all parties.
(f) The official registering agency shall report annually to the board, which in turn shall report annually to the Governor and Legislature, with respect to the funds deposited pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19617.2.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1019, Sec. 9.)
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 19617.5.

19617.5. (a) Any association conducting a quarter horse or harness racing meeting shall pay the sums required to be paid by Section 19567 out of the amounts deducted from the parimutuel pool for license fees, commissions, and purses in the same proportion as the distribution of the license fees, commissions, and purses.
Those sums deducted for quarter horse meetings 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.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any association conducting a fair racing meeting other than a harness meeting or conducting a mixed breed meeting shall deduct an additional 0.34 of 1 percent of the total amount handled in its daily conventional and exotic parimutuel pools for all races for payment of breeder and stallion awards provided for in this chapter. Following the close of the meeting, the respective official registering agency or officially recognized horsemen’s organization shall distribute the amounts so deducted as follows:
(1) With respect to thoroughbred races, the amounts deducted shall be paid as breeder awards, owners’ premiums, and stallion awards as provided in Section 19617.2.
(2) With respect to quarter horse races, the amounts deducted shall be paid as breeder premiums, and owners’ and stallion awards, as provided in Section 19617.7.
(3) With respect to Arabian races, the amounts deducted shall be paid as breeder premiums, and owners’ and stallion awards as provided in Section 19617.8.
(4) With respect to Appaloosa races, the amounts deducted shall be paid as breeder premiums, and owners’ and stallion awards, as provided in Section 19617.9.
(5) With respect to paint horse races, the amounts deducted shall be paid as breeder and owners’ premiums, and stallion awards, as provided in Section 19617.3.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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 19617.6.

19617.6. (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 each purse won by a registered California-bred horse at a harness racing meeting shall be paid by the licensee conducting the meeting to the owner of the horse. This section applies to any California-bred standardbred horse for all races except the California Standardbred Sires Stakes races, other stakes races designed for California-bred standardbred horses, and late closing events and series conducted at the harness racing meetings in California.
(b) Each licensee conducting a harness race meeting shall pay the sums required to be paid in subdivision (a) out of the amount deducted for purses pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19612, Section 19612.6, and subdivision (d) of Section 19616.1.
(c) Funds paid to owners of California-bred standardbred horses pursuant to this section shall be distributed by the licensed harness racing association no later than 30 calendar days after the conclusion of the racing meeting.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 12, Sec. 2. Effective April 1, 1998.)
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 19617.75.

19617.75. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the breeding and ownership of quarter horses for racing is an industry that has proven to be beneficial to the welfare of the state’s economic growth. The Legislature further finds and declares that an annual California-bred Quarter Horses Championship races program will further expand and improve the quality of mares bred to California stallions and promote ownership of quality breeding stock in the State of California, which thereby will establish a foundation for expanded investment in this great industry.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that in addition to the awards, premiums, and payments provided for in Section 19617.7, the official registering agency for quarter horses shall establish a separate, segregated account for the deposit of funds distributed to it pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 19605.7 and subdivision (c) of Section 19605.71. Moneys in this fund shall be used to supplement purses in the annual California-bred Quarter Horse Championship races, to be established pursuant to regulation of the California Horse Racing Board. The distribution of these purse moneys among these races shall be made pursuant to mutual agreement between the quarter horse association and the registering agency. On June 1 of each year, the official registering agency shall provide the board with an annual report accounting for the current and projected balance of this separate fund. Furthermore, it is the intent of the Legislature that the authorization for this fund be retroactive from June 1, 2000, so as to enable the running of the 2001 California-bred Quarter Horse Championship races.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 65, Sec. 3. Effective July 16, 2001.)
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 19618.

19618. (a) Except as provided in Article 9.2 (commencing with Section 19605), no person licensed under this chapter to conduct a racing meeting shall pay or distribute to, or on behalf of, any horse owner, any agent, or person or organization representing any horse owner or owners, purses, or any other type of consideration to, or for, the benefit of horsemen, other than that expressly provided in this chapter.
(b) Except as provided in Article 9.2 (commencing with Section 19605), no horse owner, any agent, or person or organization representing any horse owner or owners, shall receive, solicit, or obtain from any person licensed under this chapter to conduct a race meeting, purses, or any other type of consideration to, or for, the benefit of horsemen, other than that expressly provided in this chapter.
(c) No plaque, cup, tray, ribbon, trophy, or similar award given in recognition of achievement or special event is deemed to be consideration for the purpose of subdivisions (a) and (b).
(d) Subdivisions (a) and (b) do not apply to any payment by an association in connection with any match race or special racing event.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or (b), or any other provision of law, the horsemen’s organization that represents the horsemen participating in a racing meeting and a licensed racing association may enter into an agreement which provides for the division of, and sharing by the organization and the association of, the interest earned on the association’s paymaster accounts during racing meetings conducted prior to, during, or subsequent to, 1990, if both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The agreement is filed with the board.
(2) The share of earned interest allocated to the horsemen’s organization is used exclusively for the benefit of horsemen, including, among other purposes, purses.
(f) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or (b), or any other provision of law, the horsemen’s organization that represents the horsemen participating in a racing meeting and a licensed racing association may enter into an agreement that provides for the supplementing of purses due to the impact, if any, of activities regulated pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 19800) that are conducted on the association’s property during a race meeting, if both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The agreement is approved by the board.
(2) Any sum agreed to pursuant to this subdivision is used exclusively to supplement purses.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 127, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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 19618.1.

19618.1. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 19618 shall not apply to any payment by a licensed harness racing association in the northern zone, or by any fair, in connection with promotional contests or sponsorship contributions.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 127, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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 19618.2.

19618.2. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 19618 shall not apply to either of the following:
(a) Any payment by a licensed quarter horse racing association in the southern zone, to horsemen participating in its race meeting.
(b) Any payment by a licensed thoroughbred racing association in connection with funds contributed or authorized by the horsemen’s organization responsible for negotiating purse agreements on behalf of the horsemen participating in the racing meeting, including purse supplements, sponsorship contributions, or promotional funds.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 75, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
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 19619.1.

19619.1. With respect to harness meetings, all funds that are not distributed to horsemen as purses pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19612, Section 19612.6, and subdivision (d) of Section 19616.1 or as breeder awards pursuant to Sections 19567 and 19617.5 within 180 days after the conclusion of a licensed harness race meet or a portion of a split harness meet, shall be deposited into the account for the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program established pursuant to Section 19619.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 748, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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 19619.2.

19619.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, funds may be made available to supplement the purses distributed by the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program from purse funds generated pursuant to Sections 19612, 19612.2, 19612.3, and 19612.6 upon agreement by the recognized harness horsemen’s organization and the harness racing association conducting the live racing meeting.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
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 19619.6.

19619.6. Every association or fair that provides a live audiovisual signal of its program to a satellite wagering facility pursuant to Sections 19608 and 19608.1 shall cooperate with the operator of the satellite wagering facility with respect to arrangements with the ontrack totalizator company for access to its ontrack totalizator system for purposes of combining parimutuel pools.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 57, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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 19619.7.

19619.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no later than July 1, 2008, the board shall provide that the jockey who rides the horse that finishes in fourth place in a thoroughbred horse race shall be entitled to a reasonable riding fee, not to exceed 2 percent of the owner’s share of the purse, provided that the riding fee is no greater than that earned by the jockeys whose horses finish second and third in the same race.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 605, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 10 - Revenue › Section 19620.

19620. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Department of Food and Agriculture is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the Fair and Exposition Fund, administering allocations from the fund to the network of California fairs, as defined in Sections 19418 to 19418.3, inclusive, and providing oversight of activities carried out by each California fair.
(b) Oversight shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Monitoring the solvency of the Fair and Exposition Fund.
(2) Distributing available state resources to the network of California fairs based on criteria for state allocations approved by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. The criteria for the distribution of available state resources to the network of California fairs shall not include a consideration of the structure that governs the fair.
(3) Creating a framework for administration of the network of California fairs allowing for maximum autonomy and local decisionmaking authority, and conducting, or causing to be conducted, annual fiscal audits and periodic compliance audits.
(4) Conducting fiscal and performance audits of county fairs and citrus fruit fairs that are requested by the fair that is the subject of the audit, and that the Department of Food and Agriculture deems to be necessary.
(5) Guiding and providing incentives to fairs to seek matching funds and generate new revenue from a variety of sources.
(6) Supporting continuous improvement of fair programming to ensure that California fairs remain highly relevant community institutions.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 181, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 10 - Revenue › Section 19620.1.

19620.1. From the total revenue received by the department, exclusive of money received pursuant to Sections 19640 and 19641, the Legislature shall annually appropriate to the department those sums as it deems necessary for the following purposes:
(a) For the oversight of the network of California fairs receiving money from the fund.
(b) For the auditing of all district agricultural association fairs, county fairs, and citrus fruit fairs.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 2, Sec. 6. (AB 95) Effective March 24, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 10 - Revenue › Section 19620.2.

19620.2. (a) Any unallocated balance from Sections 19606.1 and 19620.1, revenue deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to Section 19614, and funding appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise designated for California fairs pursuant to this chapter or any other law is hereby appropriated without regard to fiscal years for allocation by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for capital outlay to California fairs for fair projects involving public health and safety, for fair projects involving major and deferred maintenance, for fair projects necessary due to any emergency, for projects that are required by physical changes to the fair site, for projects that are required to protect the fair property or installation, such as fencing and flood protection, and for the acquisition or improvement of any property or facility that will serve to enhance the operation of the fair.
(b) A portion of the funds subject to allocation pursuant to subdivision (a) may be allocated to California fairs for general operational support. It is the intent of the Legislature that these moneys be used primarily for those fairs whose sources of revenue may be limited for purposes specified in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 808, Sec. 1. (SB 368) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 10 - Revenue › Section 19620.3.

19620.3. The Horse and Jockey Safety and Welfare Account is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Sections 19606.1, 19616.51, 19620, 19620.1, and 19632, Section 13340 of the Government Code, or any other law, moneys from license fees imposed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 19460) shall be deposited in the Horse and Jockey Safety and Welfare Account and be continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for allocation by the Department of Finance to the board for equine safety measures to improve the integrity and safety of horse racing that shall include, but are not limited to, contracting for additional state veterinarians, stewards, and infrastructure support related to the safety and welfare of racehorses and jockeys.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 251, Sec. 8. (AB 1974) Effective January 1, 2021.)