Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F34 - Contract kennel owners

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Commercial kennel requirement
. All kennels licensed by the
				executive director are required to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture
				as a commercial kennel in accordance with Section
				22-344
				of the Connecticut General Statutes and must adhere to all standards and
				requirements of the Department of Agriculture while operating at any
				association facility.
(b)
Filing of roster
. All licensed kennel operators and kennel owners
				must file with the division and the association a roster of their trainers,
				assistant trainers and other employees, together with their license numbers not
				later than five (5) days before the opening of each racing meet. All changes in
				such personnel thereafter made during that meet shall be filed with the
				division.
(c)
Responsibility
. Kennel owners are responsible for providing
				sufficient funds and supplies for the operation of their kennel. This
				responsibility is to assure that the trainer under their employment has
				adequate resources for the care of greyhounds in their kennel in conjunction
				with the wishes of the greyhound's owner. Failure to provide such funding may
				result in a fine, license suspension or license revocation.
(d)
Discharge of employee
. When
				a kennel owner or trainer discharges a licensed employee, or when such employee
				voluntarily leaves the employ of a kennel owner or trainer, the kennel owner or
				trainer shall immediately notify the division of such discharge or resignation.
				The failure to so notify the division shall subject the kennel owner or trainer
				to a fine, license suspension or both.
(e)
Corrupt practice
. No kennel
				owner shall accept directly or indirectly, any bribe, gift or gratuity in any
				form which is intended to or which might influence the results of any
				race.
(f)
Limitations on
				starters
. A kennel owner shall not be permitted to race more than one
				greyhound in any race, nor shall more than one greyhound conditioned by the
				same trainer be permitted to enter or start in the same race, provided,
				however, that:
(1) This subsection shall not
				apply to one nightly feature race; to any stake race to which the owners of
				greyhounds contribute to the purse and to which money or other prize is added;
				or to any consolation race held in connection with a stake race;
(2) In all other purse races the following
				conditions shall apply: No double entries shall be allowed until all single
				interests are used and the kennel owner shall have agreed to a double entry,
				except when no other single entry is available the racing secretary may use a
				double entry without the permission of the kennel owner. Greyhounds designated
				for any distance over 5/16 mile are subject to double entry without permission
				of the kennel owner; and
(3) In
				each of the cases outlined in subdivision (f)(1) of this section, when two
				greyhounds from the same kennel, owned by the same owner or conditioned by the
				same trainer are entered or start, they shall not be coupled in
				wagering.