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2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19417.

19417. “Thoroughbred racing” is the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is a “thoroughbred” (as herein defined), is mounted by a jockey and engages in races on the flat but does not include a steeplechase or hurdle race.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19417.5.

19417.5. “Appaloosa racing” is the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is an Appaloosa horse, is mounted by a jockey, and engages in races on the flat over a distance of not less than one-quarter of a mile or more than four miles.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19417.6.

19417.6. “Arabian racing” is the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is an Arabian horse, is mounted by a jockey and engages in races on the flat over a distance of not less than one-quarter of a mile or more than four miles.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19417.7.

19417.7. “Paint racing” is the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is a paint horse, is mounted by a jockey and engages in races on the flat over a distance of not less than 220 yards or more than four miles.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19418.

19418. (a) “State designated fairs,” referred to in this chapter as fairs, means the California Exposition and State Fair in the City of Sacramento and those fairs specified in Sections 19418.1, 19418.2, and 19418.3 that may receive financial support or are otherwise governed pursuant to this chapter. These fairs may also be referred to as part of the “network of California fairs.”
(b) A nonprofit organization that holds an annual fair pursuant to Section 4163 of the Food and Agricultural Code may elect to be a member of the network of California fairs on terms and conditions mutually agreed upon by the Department of Food and Agriculture and the nonprofit organization.
(c) A joint powers agency that holds an annual fair pursuant to Section 4171 of the Food and Agricultural Code may elect to be a member of the network of California fairs on terms and conditions mutually agreed upon by the Department of Food and Agriculture and the joint powers agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 320, Sec. 1. (SB 1085) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19418.1.

19418.1. The district agricultural associations and their locations are as follows:
(1) District 1, held in the City of Oakland.
(2) District 1-A, held in the City of San Francisco.
(3) District 2, held in the City of Stockton.
(4) District 3, held in the City of Chico.
(5) District 4, held in the City of Petaluma.
(6) District 5, held in the City of San Francisco.
(7) District 7, held in the City of Monterey.
(8) District 9, held in the City of Eureka.
(9) District 10, held in the City of Yreka.
(10) District 10-A, held in the City of Tulelake.
(11) District 12, held in the City of Ukiah.
(12) District 13, held in the City of Yuba City.
(13) District 14, held in the City of Watsonville.
(14) District 15, held in the City of Bakersfield.
(15) District 16, held in the City of Paso Robles.
(16) District 17, held in the City of Grass Valley.
(17) District 18, held in the City of Bishop.
(18) District 19, held in the City of Santa Barbara.
(19) District 20, held in the City of Auburn.
(20) District 21, held in the City of Fresno.
(21) District 21-A, held in the City of Madera.
(22) District 22, held in the City of Del Mar.
(23) District 23, held in the City of Antioch.
(24) District 24, held in the City of Tulare.
(25) District 24-A, held in the City of Hanford.
(26) District 25, held in the City of Napa.
(27) District 26, held in the City of Plymouth.
(28) District 27, held in the City of Anderson.
(29) District 28, held in the City of Victorville.
(30) District 29, held in the City of Sonora.
(31) District 30, held in the City of Red Bluff.
(32) District 31, held in the Town of Ventura.
(33) District 32, held in the City of Costa Mesa.
(34) District 33, held in the City of Hollister.
(35) District 34, held in the Town of Cedarville.
(36) District 35, held in the City of Merced.
(37) District 35-A, held in the Town of Mariposa.
(38) District 36, held in the City of Dixon.
(39) District 37, held in the City of Santa Maria.
(40) District 38, held in the City of Turlock.
(41) District 39, held in the Town of Angels Camp.
(42) District 40, held in the City of Woodland.
(43) District 41, held in the City of Crescent City.
(44) District 42, held in the City of Orland.
(45) District 44, held in the City of Colusa.
(46) District 45, held in the City of Imperial.
(47) District 46, held in the City of Perris.
(48) District 48, held in the City of City of Industry.
(49) District 49, held in the City of Lakeport.
(50) District 50, held in the City of Lancaster.
(51) District 51, held in the San Fernando Valley.
(52) District 52, held in the City of Sacramento.
(53) District 53, held in the City of Ridgecrest.
(54) District 54, held in the City of Blythe.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1577, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19418.2.

19418.2. The county fairs and their locations are as follows:
(1) The Alameda County Fair, held in the City of Pleasanton.
(2) The Butte County Fair, held in the City of Gridley.
(3) The El Dorado County Fair, held in the City of Placerville.
(4) The Humboldt County Fair, held in the City of Ferndale.
(5) The Lassen County Fair, held in the City of Susanville.
(6) The Los Angeles County Fair, held in the City of Pomona.
(7) The Madera County Fair, held in the City of Chowchilla.
(8) The Marin County Fair, held in the City of San Rafael.
(9) The Mendocino County Fair, held in the Town of Boonville.
(10) The Merced County Fair, held in the City of Los Banos.
(11) The Monterey County Fair, held in the City of King City.
(12) The Napa County Fair, held in the City of Calistoga.
(13) The Placer County Fair, held in the City of Roseville.
(14) The Plumas County Fair, held in the Town of Quincy.
(15) The Riverside County Fair, held in the City of Indio.
(16) The San Benito County Fair, held in the City of Hollister.
(17) The San Francisco County Fair, held in the City of San Francisco.
(18) The San Joaquin County Fair, held in the City of Lodi.
(19) The San Mateo County Fair, held in the City of San Mateo.
(20) The Santa Clara County Fair, held in the City of San Jose.
(21) The Shasta County Fair, held in the Town of McArthur.
(22) The Solano County Fair, held in the City of Vallejo.
(23) The Sonoma County Fair, held in the City of Santa Rosa.
(24) The Trinity County Fair, held in the Town of Hayfork.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1577, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19418.3.

19418.3. The citrus fruit fairs and their locations are as follows:
(1) The Cloverdale Citrus Fair, held in the City of Cloverdale.
(2) The National Orange Show, held in the City of San Bernardino.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1577, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19418.5.

19418.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that district agricultural associations, county fairs, citrus fruit fairs, and the California Exposition and State Fair, collectively known as state-designated fairs pursuant to Section 19418, are a valuable community resource, and recognizes that local businesses and local communities make valuable contributions to state-designated fairs that include direct and indirect support of fair programs. The Legislature further finds and declares that local businesses often provide opportunity purchases to local state-designated fairs that, for similar things available through the state purchasing program, may be purchased locally at a price equivalent to or less than that available through the state purchasing program.
(b) In order to make opportunity purchases, a state-designated fair shall develop applicable policies and procedures.
(c) As used in this section, “opportunity purchases” means purchases made locally, either individually or cooperatively, at a price equal to or less than the price available through the state purchasing program on or off state contract.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 374, Sec. 1. (AB 623) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 19419.9.

19419.9. The provisions of this chapter insofar as they are substantially the same as existing code provisions relating to the same subject matter shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof, and not as new enactments.
(Added by renumbering Section 19418 by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1577, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19420.

19420. Jurisdiction and supervision over meetings in this State where horse races with wagering on their results are held or conducted, and over all persons or things having to do with the operation of such meetings, is vested in the California Horse Racing Board.
(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 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19421.

19421. The board consists of seven members, appointed by the Governor.
Each member shall hold office for a term of four years, commencing at the expiration of the previous term.
The term of the members of the board in office on January 1, 1959, shall expire as follows: one member July 26, 1959, one member July 26, 1960, and one member July 26, 1961. The terms shall expire in the same relative order as to each member as the term for which he holds office on January 1, 1959.
The term of the members appointed pursuant to amendments made to this section during the 1977–1978 legislative session shall expire as follows: one on January 1, 1979 and one on January 1, 1982.
The term of the members appointed pursuant to amendments made to this section during the 1979–80 Regular Session of the Legislature shall expire as follows: one on January 1, 1982, and one on January 1, 1984.
Any vacancy shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.
Each member shall be eligible for reappointment in the discretion of the Governor.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1043, Sec. 7.2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19423.

19423. A person is disqualified from membership on the board if the person, the person’s spouse or any dependent child thereof:
(a) Holds a financial interest in any horse racing track.
(b) Holds a financial interest or position of management with any business entity which conducts parimutuel horse racing.
(c) Holds a financial interest in a management or concession contract with any business entity which conducts parimutuel horse racing.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19424.

19424. No board member is disqualified from receiving a share of any purse awarded him as the result of any horse race as an owner of a horse or as a breeder of a California-bred horse.
(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 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19424.5.

19424.5. In order to permit the full participation of horsemen and horsewomen who may be appointed to the board, the Legislature declares that the appointment of such persons is intended to represent and further the interests of horse owners and breeders pursuant to Section 19401, and that such representation and furtherance will ultimately serve the public interest. Accordingly the Legislature finds racehorse owners and breeders are tantamount to and constitute the public generally within the meaning of Section 87103 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19425.

19425. The members of the board shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day spent in attendance at meetings scheduled by the chairperson of the board for the purpose of fulfilling the duties of the board pursuant to this chapter, and shall be reimbursed for traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any member of the board who is also a member of, and is entitled to receive the benefits from, the Legislators’ Retirement System may elect to forego the compensation provided by this section and, if the compensation is foregone, the member shall not have his or her retirement benefits reduced and shall not be required to be reinstated into the retirement system.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 942, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19426.

19426. The Governor may remove any board member for incompetence, neglect of duty or corruption upon first giving him a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity to be heard.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1080.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19428.

19428. The board shall appoint an executive director who shall receive the annual salary established by the board and approved by the Department of Human Resources. The executive director shall be the board’s executive officer and shall carry out and execute the duties as specified by law and by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 4. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19429.

19429. A person is disqualified from employment by the board if the person, the person’s spouse, or any dependent child thereof:
(a) Holds a financial interest in a horserace track.
(b) Holds a financial interest or position of management with an entity that conducts parimutuel horseracing.
(c) Holds a financial interest in a management or concession contract with a business entity that conducts parimutuel horseracing.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1080.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19430.

19430. The salaries of the executive director, and other employees of the board, the per diem allowance of members of the board, and the necessary traveling and other expenses of the executive director and members of the board, shall be paid monthly by the Treasurer on the warrant of the Controller and the certification of the chairperson of the board out of the money appropriated for that purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19431.

19431. (a) The board shall establish and maintain a general office for the transaction of its business in Sacramento. The board may establish any branch office for the transaction of its business at a place to be determined by it, and may hold meetings at any other place within the state when the interests of the public may be better served.
(b) A public record of every vote shall be maintained at the board’s general office and posted on the board’s internet website.
(c) At least four members of the board shall concur in the taking of any official action or in the exercise of any of the board’s duties, powers, or functions.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 536, Sec. 1. (AB 1587) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19431.5.

19431.5. The board shall publish, on a weekly basis on its internet website, all racehorse fatalities related to racing or training that occur within a licensed inclosure.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 252, Sec. 2. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19432.

19432. The executive director shall keep a full and true record of all proceedings of the board, preserve at the board’s general office all books, documents, and papers of the board, prepare for service such notices and other papers as may be required of him or her by the board, and perform such other duties as the board may prescribe.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19433.

19433. The board may visit, investigate, and place expert accountants and such other persons as it may deem necessary in the office, track, or other place of business of any licensee for the purpose of satisfying itself that its rules and regulations are strictly complied with.
(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 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19434.

19434. The board may require that the books and financial or other statements of any person licensed under this chapter shall be kept in any manner which to the board may seem best.
(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 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19435.

19435. The board, its executive director, or the stewards, may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses or the production of any records, books, memoranda, documents, or other papers or things, as is necessary to enable any of them to effectually discharge their duties, and may administer oaths or affirmations as necessary in connection therewith.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19436.

19436. Any person subpoenaed who fails to appear at the time and place specified in answer to the subpoena and to bring any papers or things specified in the subpoena, or who upon such appearance, refuses to testify, or produce such records or things, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19437.

19437. Any person who testifies falsely under oath in any proceeding before, or any investigation by the board, its executive director, or the stewards, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished in the same manner prescribed by the Penal Code for the punishment of perjury.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19439.

19439. In lieu of requiring an affidavit or other sworn statement in any application or other paper or document required to be filed with it, the board may require a certification thereof under the penalty of perjury, in such form as the board may prescribe.
Any person who willfully makes and subscribes any such certificate which is materially false in any particular is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished in the manner prescribed by the Penal Code for the punishment of perjury.
(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 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19440.

19440. (a) The board shall have all powers necessary and proper to enable it to carry out fully and effectually the purposes of this chapter. Responsibilities of the board shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Adopting rules and regulations that protect and advance the health, safety, welfare, and aftercare of racehorses.
(2) Adopting rules and regulations for the protection of the public and the control of horse racing and parimutuel wagering.
(3) Administration and enforcement of all laws, rules, and regulations affecting horse racing and parimutuel wagering.
(4) Adjudication of controversies arising from the enforcement of those laws and regulations dealing with horse racing and parimutuel wagering.
(5) Licensing of each racing association and all persons, other than the public at large, who participate in a horse racing meeting with parimutuel wagering.
(6) Allocation of racing dates to qualified associations in accordance with law.
(b) The board may delegate to stewards appointed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 19510) any of its powers and duties that are necessary to carry out fully and effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 251, Sec. 1. (AB 1974) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19440.1.

19440.1. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may enter into agreements with the authority and any other private, state, or federal entity that is responsible for administering the federal Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 3051 et seq.) for the purpose of providing services consistent with the enforcement of the horseracing antidoping and medication control program and the racetrack safety program, as authorized by Section 3054(e)(2) of Title 15 of the United States Code.
(2) Upon entering into an agreement pursuant to paragraph (1), the board’s employees and contractors are authorized to provide all services contracted for under the agreement, including, but not limited to, representation in any administrative adjudicative enforcement proceeding, and general enforcement of the authority’s horseracing antidoping and medication control program and racetrack safety program.
(3) An agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be subject to state contracting laws or Department of General Services review or approval.
(b) On behalf of the authority, the board may collect and remit fees assessed by the authority to fund California’s proportionate share of the authority’s horseracing antidoping and medication control program and racetrack safety program, as authorized by Section 3052(f) of Title 15 of the United States Code. If the board elects to collect and remit fees on behalf of the authority, the board shall allocate, assess, and collect the fees assessed by the authority from those associations and fairs subject to the authority’s jurisdiction in either of the following manners:
(1) From the remaining market access fees addressed by paragraph (5) of subdivision (f) of Section 19604, pursuant to the process described in subparagraph (E) of that paragraph.
(2) As part of the license fee established by Section 19616.51 using the methodology described in that section.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may elect to subject breeds other than thoroughbreds to the federal Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 3051 et seq.), as authorized by Section 3054(l) of Title 15 of the United States Code.
(d) For purposes of this section, “the authority” has the same meaning as defined in Section 3051 of Title 15 of the United States Code.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 48, Sec. 2. (SB 189) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19440.5.

19440.5. An annual audit shall be conducted of the financial books and records of the horsemen’s organizations, including any subsidiaries of the horsemen’s organizations, by a nationally recognized accounting firm as follows:
(a) With respect to pension funds received by those organizations pursuant to Sections 19533, 19613, and 19613.1, the audit shall be conducted within 90 days of the close of the fund’s business year. The audit shall cover the period of time since the last audit, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the board, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Governmental Organization.
(b) With respect to administrative funds and welfare funds received pursuant to Sections 19533, 19606.5, 19613, and 19641, the audit shall be conducted within 90 days of the close of the fund’s business year. The audit shall cover the period of time since the last audit, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the board, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Governmental Organization.
(c) The horsemen’s organizations shall bear the cost of the audit.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 505, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19441.

19441. The board shall annually make a full report to the Governor and the Legislature of its proceedings and the state of the business of horse racing for the preceding fiscal year, on or before January 31, and shall embody therein any recommendations deemed needed for improved functioning of the horse racing laws.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19441.2.

19441.2. In its annual report required under Section 19441, the board shall include a tabulation of injuries, fatalities, and comparative accident rates for all racing and training venues within its jurisdiction. The report shall also include recommendations concerning the worker safety impacts of improvements in racetrack design, jockey equipment, racing procedures, and track and facility maintenance.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1259, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19442.2.

19442.2. The board shall, if possible, designate at least one steward at each track where a horse racing meeting is conducted who is a former jockey or at least one steward at each track where a harness meeting is conducted who is a former driver.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19443.

19443. The Attorney General and every district attorney shall enforce this chapter in their capacities as law enforcement officers.
(Added by renumbering Section 19442 by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1080.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19444.

19444. In performing its responsibilities pursuant to this chapter, the board may do the following:
(a) Pay membership fees, join, and participate in the affairs of associations having for their purpose the interchange of information relating to racing law enforcement, the licensing of horse racing participants, the registration of race horses, and subjects relating to the duties of the board.
(b) Tabulate, analyze, and publish statistical information based upon parimutuel handles, attendance, distribution of parimutuel proceeds among fees, commissions, purses, and awards, and upon the breeding and production of race horses or other information relating to parimutuel wagering.
(c) Conduct research to determine more fully the cause and prevention of horse racing accidents, the effects of drug substances on the race horses, and the means for detection of foreign drug substances.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19446.1.

19446.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a veterinarian shall not administer medications to any horse entered in the same race in which a horse is entered which he or she owns or trains.
In addition to any penalty provided for by this chapter or any other law, a violation of this section by any licensed veterinarian shall be grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of a license or imposition of a fine pursuant to Section 4883 and the veterinarian shall be subject to disciplinary action pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 4875) of Chapter 11 of Division 2.
(Added by renumbering Section 19446 (as amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1091, Sec. 13) by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1120, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19447.

19447. If a question of consent is appealed to the board under subdivision (a) of Section 19601 or subdivision (f) of Section 19605.3, the board shall hold a hearing on the appeal. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may hold a hearing pursuant to this section within 24 hours of noticing the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 575, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement › Section 19448.

19448. (a) The board shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice of all employees, prospective employees, and contractors pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.
(b) The Department of Justice shall provide a state- or federal-level response pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.
(c) The board’s chief of licensing and enforcement may investigate the criminal history of all persons listed in subdivision (a) in order to make a final determination of a person’s fitness to perform duties.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 198, Sec. 2. (SB 152) Effective September 13, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2.5 - Backstretch Worker Labor Relations › Section 19455.2.

19455.2. (a) The board shall provide for labor agreements under this article to be binding upon every applicable licensee.
(b) No horseman or trainer who has a separate agreement with the exclusive representative labor union shall be required to be a party to a multiemployer collective bargaining agreement.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 198, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 2.5 - Backstretch Worker Labor Relations › Section 19455.4.

19455.4. The board may establish reasonable rules to regulate the time, place, and manner for representatives of labor unions to meet backstretch workers within the enclosure during working and nonworking hours. Those rules shall provide that the union and its representatives shall not interfere with the work of any employee, but shall have reasonable access to backstretch employees within the enclosure during working hours and nonworking hours, as determined by the board. With the approval of the board, these regulations may be superseded by collective bargaining agreements between horsemen’s organizations or trainers’ organizations and labor organizations.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 198, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 3 - Licenses Generally › Section 19460.

19460. All licenses granted under this chapter:
(a) Shall be in writing.
(b) Are subject to all rules, regulations, and conditions prescribed by the board.
(c) Shall contain such conditions as are deemed necessary or desirable by the board for the best interests of horse racing and the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 272, Sec. 2. (AB 2792) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 3 - Licenses Generally › Section 19461.

19461. Every license granted under this chapter is subject to suspension or revocation by the board in any case where the board has reason to believe that any condition regarding it has not been complied with, or that any law, including the Labor Code and the regulations adopted thereunder, or any rule or regulation of the board affecting it has been broken or violated.
All proceedings to revoke a license shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 198, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 3 - Licenses Generally › Section 19461.1.

19461.1. (a) The withdrawal of an application for a license after it has been filed with the board shall not, unless the board has consented in writing to the withdrawal, deprive the board of its authority to institute or continue a proceeding against the applicant for the denial of the license upon any ground provided by law, or to enter an order denying the license upon any of those grounds.
(b) The suspension, expiration, or forfeiture by operation of law of a license issued by the board, or its suspension, forfeiture, or cancellation by order of the board or by order of a court of law, or its surrender without the written consent of the board, shall not, during any period in which it may be renewed, restored, reissued, or reinstated, deprive the board of its authority to institute or continue a disciplinary proceeding against the licensee upon any ground provided by law, or to enter an order suspending or revoking the license or otherwise taking disciplinary action against the licensee on any of those grounds.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 400, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 3 - Licenses Generally › Section 19461.5.

19461.5. Upon a finding by the Labor Commissioner that a violation of any provision of the Labor Code, within the jurisdiction of the Labor Commissioner, has been committed by a person licensed pursuant to this chapter in the course of such licensed activity, the Labor Commissioner shall, upon expiration of the applicable period for appeal, notify the board of that finding.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 198, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 3 - Licenses Generally › Section 19462.

19462. If any license is suspended or revoked, the board shall state publicly its reasons for the suspension or revocation, and shall cause an entry of such reasons to be made on its minute book.
(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 3 - Licenses Generally › Section 19463.

19463. The action of the board in suspending or revoking a license issued under this chapter is final, except that the propriety of the action of suspending or revoking a license or of any other final administrative action of the board is subject to review by any court of competent jurisdiction if the action is commenced in the court within 30 days of the board’s action. The action of the board shall stand unless and until reversed by a court. No action may be commenced in a court to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul any final action of the board unless it is commenced within 30 days of the board’s action.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1740, Sec. 7. Effective September 30, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 3 - Licenses Generally › Section 19464.

19464. (a) No application for a horse owner’s license or for a license to conduct a race meeting shall be granted unless the applicant’s liability for workers’ compensation is secured in accordance with Division 4 (commencing with Section 3700) of the Labor Code. Any termination of security for that liability during the period of a license shall result in the immediate automatic suspension of the license during the period of that termination and also shall be a ground for revocation of the license.
(b) No application for a license to conduct a race meeting shall be granted unless the applicant has deposited with the board a surety bond in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or a greater amount, as determined by the board, which is sufficient to ensure payment of employee wages and benefits including, but not limited to, health, welfare, and pension plans. The surety bond shall be maintained during the period of the meeting and for an additional period, as determined by the board, sufficient to assure that all payments are made. In the event of a dispute over the amount owed, the dispute shall be resolved through the grievance procedures set forth in the labor agreement of the union representing the class of employees affected.
For the purposes of this subdivision, an insured certificate of deposit payable to the Treasurer of the State of California shall be considered equivalent to a surety bond and shall be acceptable to the board upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe. Interest paid to the state on the certificate of deposit shall be refunded to the applicant.
This subdivision does not apply to any person or association licensed to operate a horse race meeting prior to January 1, 2001, which has conducted a race meeting in each of the immediate three previous consecutive calendar years.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 3 - Licenses Generally › Section 19466.

19466. The board shall maintain a current listing of its temporary and permanent licensees and shall include therein identifying information as to each licensee and the address of record. The board may provide a copy of the listing in the form requested by any federal, state, county, or municipal authority or racing jurisdiction. The board may require that its costs for providing a copy of a listing be reimbursed by the requesting authority or agency or organization.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1740, Sec. 8. Effective September 30, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators › Section 19480.

19480. The board may issue to any person who makes application therefor in writing, who has complied with the provisions of this chapter, and who makes the deposit to secure payment of the license fee imposed by this article, a license to conduct a horse racing meeting in accordance with this chapter at the track specified in the application; provided, the board determines that the issuance thereof will be in the public interest and will subserve the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators › Section 19481.

19481. In performing its responsibilities, the board shall do all of the following:
(a) Establish safety standards governing the uniformity and content of the track base and racing surface, inner and outer rails, gates and gaps, turf, access and egress to the track, lighting for night racing, equipment for horse and rider, drainage, communications, veterinary services, medical and ambulance services, and other track facilities in order to improve the safety of horses, riders, and workers at the racetrack.
(b) Designate a steward at all horse racing meetings to be responsible for enforcing compliance with safety standards.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators › Section 19481.5.

19481.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no license shall be issued to conduct a horse racing meeting upon a track unless the track has been inspected by the board within 30 days prior to the date of application for a license and the track has been approved by the board as conforming to the racetrack safety standards set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 19481.
(b) The board shall adopt regulations to establish standards governing the employee housing provided to backstretch personnel at licensed racetracks. These regulations shall be commensurate with the housing standards established in the Employee Housing Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 17000) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code), and shall consider the following:
(1) The health and safety of the human and equine population and the necessity for humans and horses to live in close proximity.
(2) The housing needs of state or county facilities with live racing meetings of no more than 43 days in duration that do not operate as year-round training facilities. The board shall specifically consider the different needs of these facilities compared to permanent facilities or other state and county facilities that function on a year-round basis, including state and county fair facilities that operate as year-round training facilities where horses are stabled and workers live.
(3) Compliance of facilities with racing meetings of 19 days or less, even if they operate as a year-round training facility, with this subdivision shall be contingent on funding in the Budget Act of 2002 (Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2002).
(c) Commencing January 1, 2004, the board, with assistance from the California Department of Housing and Community Development or a local building department or other local entity designated by the jurisdiction in which the racetrack is located, shall annually inspect the living conditions of backstretch employee housing to ensure compliance with the housing standards established by the board, the findings or results of which shall be submitted to the board. No license shall be issued to a racing association to conduct a horse race meeting unless the board has inspected the housing conditions that exist on the racetrack’s backstretch and determined the living conditions to be in compliance with the standards established by the board in subdivision (b).
(d) The board may assess a reasonable fee upon racing associations to defray the costs associated with the inspections provided for in subdivision (c).
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 21. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators › Section 19482.

19482. No license to conduct a horse racing meeting shall be issued to any of the following:
(a) Any nonprofit corporation entitled to an exemption from any tax imposed by this State.
(b) Any applicant who proposes to conduct a horse racing meeting for the benefit of any such nonprofit corporation or under any arrangement pursuant to which such nonprofit corporation is to share in the receipts of the licensee from the conduct of such meeting, whether by rentals or otherwise.
Nothing in this section prohibits the board, in its discretion, from issuing a license to conduct a horse racing meeting to any corporation to which it has, prior to September 7, 1955, issued a license to conduct such a meeting.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Horse Racing › ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators › Section 19483.

19483. Unless the board finds that the purpose of this chapter will be better served thereby, no license to conduct a horseracing meeting at any track shall be issued to any person or held by any person having any financial interest in the conduct of any horseracing meeting by any other person at any other track in this State.
Ownership of stock in one corporation by another corporation constitutes a financial interest within the meaning of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2059.)