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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 23 - Racing Secretary › Section III-2303 - Further Responsibilities of Secretary and Staff

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The racing secretary shall be responsible
				for the programming of races during the race meeting, compiling and publishing
				condition books, assigning weights for handicap races, and shall receive all
				entries, subscriptions, declarations and scratches. Among the duties for which
				the racing secretary and his staff are responsible are:
1. safekeeping of registration certificates
				and racing permits for horses, recording information required thereon, and
				returning same to the owner or trainer at the conclusion of the race
				meeting;
2. having ownership of
				each horse current and up to date on foal certificates;
3. daily posting of entries for the benefit
				of the public as soon as possible after the entries have been closed and
				declarations have been made;
4.
				assigning stall applicants such stabling as he may deem proper after
				consultation with the stewards, and maintaining a record of arrival and
				departure of all horses stabled on association grounds;
5. publishing the official daily program,
				insuring the accuracy therein of the following information:
a. sequence of races to be run and post time
				for the first race;
b. purse,
				conditions and distance for each race, and current track records for such
				distance;
c. the full name of
				licensed owners of each horse, and description of racing colors to be carried.
				Where a horse or horses have been leased, both lessee and lessor will be
				listed;
d. the full name of the
				trainer, the full name of the jockey named for each horse and the weight to be
				carried;
e. the saddle cloth number
				or designation for each horse, and the post position for each horse if there is
				a variance with the saddle cloth designation;
f. identification of each horse by name,
				color, sex, age, sire and dam;
g.
				such other information as may be requested from time to time by the association
				or the commission.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 23 - Racing Secretary › Section III-2305 - Essential Conditions Concerning 2-Year-Olds

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In writing his condition book, the racing
				secretary shall respect these essential conditions.
1. No 2-year-olds shall compete in any race
				with older horses prior to September 1 of any year.
2. No race for 2-year-olds prior to May 1 of
				any year, shall be at a distance greater than 4 1/2 furlongs, and no race for
				2-year-olds after September 15 of any year shall be at a distance less than 5
				1/2 furlongs. Provided, however, this rule shall not apply to tracks which are
				less than 1 mile in length.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 25 - Clerk of Scales › Section III-2501 - Duties

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The clerk of the
				scales shall weigh jockeys out and in, and he shall record and publish any
				overweight or variation from the weight appearing on the racing
				program.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:143(9) and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 27 - Paddock Judge › Section III-2701 - Duties

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. One racing
				official shall serve as paddock judge. He shall have general supervision of the
				paddock and he is responsible for:
1.
				assembling the horses in the paddock no later than 15 minutes before the
				scheduled post time for each race;
2. properly identifying all horses entered in
				each race. The horse identifier shall be under the supervision of the paddock
				judge;
3. maintaining a written
				record of all equipment and inspecting all equipment of each horse saddled, and
				reporting any change thereof to the stewards;
4. inspection of bandages of a horse. The
				paddock judge may order such bandages removed. He shall see that the numbers on
				the saddle cloth, jockey's shoulder and cap correspond. The paddock judge shall
				require the plater in attendance in the paddock to see to it that all horses
				are properly shod, and shall report any irregularities to the stewards.
				However, in the absence of the plater, the veterinarians in the employ of the
				commission shall perform such duties;
5. schooling of all horses in the paddock,
				which must be approved by the stewards;
6. taking such measures as to insure that the
				saddling of all horses is orderly, open to public view, free from interference,
				and that horses are mounted at the same time and leave the paddock for the post
				in proper sequence.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2901 - Orders a Fair Start

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The starter
				shall give orders to secure a fair start.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:143(9) and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2905 - Starter Responsible for Horses out of Paddock

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Horses are in the hands of the starter
				from the moment they enter the track from the paddock.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2907 - Starter Determines Equitable Start

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Where the film patrol is not used, the
				starter shall make the sole decision on the question of what horse or horses
				are prevented from an equitable start in a race through failure of the gates to
				function.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2909 - Assistant Starters

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The starter
				may employ such assistant starters as he may deem necessary and shall change
				the gate position of each assistant starter without notice to the assistant
				starters until the field for each race shall come upon the track.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2911 - Receipt of Monies and Bets

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No
				person shall give to any starter or assistant starter, nor shall any starter or
				assistant starter receive money, anything of value or other compensation for
				such starter's or assistant starter's service in connection with the running of
				any race or races. No starter, nor assistant starter, shall either directly or
				indirectly bet on any race or engage in any betting transaction, nor have any
				interest in any horse. This rule has no application to salaries received from
				associations.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2913 - Stall Gates

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All races shall
				be started out of a stall gate.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2915 - Stakes Race Surplus Gates

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If the
				starters for a stakes race do not exceed the capacity of the track but do
				exceed the capacity of the gate, the surplus shall be started from outside the
				gate.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2917 - Starter's Recommended Suspension or Fine

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The starter may recommend suspension or
				fine to the stewards, and such action must be promptly reported.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2919 - First-Time Starters, Unruly Horses, Treatment of Jockeys

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. First-time starters shall be schooled
				under the supervision of the starter or his assistant, who shall report to the
				racing secretary horses that are schooled sufficiently to start. Unruly horses
				shall be placed on the schooling list, which must be posted, and shall not
				start until approved by the starter. The starter or his assistants shall not
				mistreat or use abusive language to a jockey.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2921 - False Start

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A false start is
				void and the horses shall be started again as soon as practical. Any horse
				running the course from a false start may be excused by the stewards.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2923 - Locked Gate

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If a horse is
				locked in the gate, the starter shall immediately notify the stewards who will
				notify the mutuel department.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2925 - Numerical Loading into Gates

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Horses shall take their positions in a starting gate in numerical order from
				the inside rail according to post position, unless in the starter's opinion a
				horse is unduly fractious or unruly, in which case the starter shall be the
				final authority as to the horse's numerical loading into the starting gate.
				Horses refusing to enter their designated stalls, or which are otherwise
				unruly, may be started from outside the gate and behind the starting
				line.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 29 - Starter › Section III-2927 - Annotated Official Program

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				stewards shall be furnished an official program at the end of each day's racing
				showing the name of each horse handled by an assistant starter and the name of
				the assistant starter handling the horse.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 31 - Patrol Judge › Section III-3101 - Responsible to Stewards

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				patrol judges for each race shall take their stations at a place designated by
				the stewards. They shall duly report all their pertinent observations to the
				stewards.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:172.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 33 - Placing Judges › Section III-3301 - Decides Winners

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The placing
				judge or judges shall decide which horse wins, and shall assign the respective
				places in the race to as many horses as they think proper. When the judges
				differ, the majority shall govern.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 33 - Placing Judges › Section III-3303 - Basis of Decision

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In
				determining the places of horses at the finish of a race, the placing judges
				shall consider only the noses of the horses.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 33 - Placing Judges › Section III-3305 - Cameras

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. On all tracks,
				approved cameras shall be installed as an aid to the placing judges. However,
				in all cases, the camera is merely an aid and the decision of the judges shall
				be final. The type of photofinish equipment is to be designated by the
				commission from time to time.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 35 - Timer › Section III-3501 - Number of Timers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. There shall
				be one or more timers.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 35 - Timer › Section III-3503 - Workouts

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Every person
				exercising a horse shall upon request of an official timer, correctly identify
				the horse he is exercising and shall state the distance over which such horse
				is to be worked and the point on the race track where it is intended to start
				the workout. No horse may be permitted to enter in a race whose recent workouts
				have not been properly recorded with the stewards.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 35 - Timer › Section III-3505 - Daily Posting of Workout Sheets

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				The timer will post daily his workout sheets in the racing secretary's office
				and in appropriate places in all betting areas.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 37 - Veterinarians › Section III-3701 - Emergency Use of Unlicensed Veterinarian

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In an emergency, if an unlicensed
				veterinarian is employed, a report must be filed immediately with the stewards
				at the track where the horse is registered by the owner or trainer.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 37 - Veterinarians › Section III-3703 - Association Appointed Veterinarian

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The association shall appoint a
				veterinarian and he shall be assigned various duties.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 37 - Veterinarians › Section III-3705 - Commission Appointed Veterinarian

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. There shall be not more than three
				veterinarians appointed by the commission. They shall perform various duties as
				directed by the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 37 - Veterinarians › Section III-3707 - Commission Veterinarian's Schedule

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A commission veterinarian shall be present
				to serve under the direction of the stewards at scratch time, and at 12 noon
				each day, and at 6 p.m. when night racing prevails.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 37 - Veterinarians › Section III-3709 - Restriction of Practice

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No
				veterinarian employed by the commission or by an association shall be
				permitted, during the period of his employment, to treat or prescribe for any
				horse on the grounds or registered to race at any race track, for compensation
				or otherwise, except in case of emergency, in which case a full and complete
				report shall be made to the stewards. No owner or trainer shall employ or pay
				compensation to any such veterinarian, either directly or indirectly, during
				the period for which he is employed by the commission or an
				association.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 41 - Jockey Room Custodian › Section III-4101 - Order, Decorum and Cleanliness

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. It shall be the duty of the jockey room
				custodian to see to it that order, decorum, and cleanliness are maintained in
				the jockey and scale rooms.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 41 - Jockey Room Custodian › Section III-4103 - Further Duties

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. He shall
				assist the clerk of the scales in any way that official requires. He shall
				oversee the care and storage of all racing colors. He shall oversee the jockey
				valets and arrange their rotation among jockeys in the manner of weighing out.
				He shall report to the stewards any irregularities that occur in his province.
				He shall see to it that jockeys and valets are neat in appearance and attire,
				in keeping with the rules, when they leave the rooms to ride in a
				race.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 41 - Jockey Room Custodian › Section III-4105 - Admission to Jockey Room

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No
				person, other than racing officials, the commissioners and necessary jockey
				room attendants, shall be admitted to the jockey room after 11 a.m. on a racing
				day, nor after 5 p.m. on a racing night, without consent of the stewards for
				each time of entry.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 45 - Owner › Section III-4501 - Notarized Bill of Sale for Transfer

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. After a horse has been registered with the
				racing secretary, listing the owner, no horse will be transferred, unless
				claimed, without permission of the stewards and a notarized bill of sale from
				the registered owner. However, the stewards may, at their discretion, allow
				sellers 72 hours within which to file the notarized bill of sale.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 45 - Owner › Section III-4503 - Procedure for Change of Ownership

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Every change of ownership or trainers of a horse during a race meeting must be
				approved by the stewards and every application therefor must be submitted on an
				official transfer form furnished by the commission, in triplicate, signed by
				both parties. If approved by stewards, such approval shall be endorsed in
				writing on the transfer form, a copy being furnished the racing secretary with
				a copy retained by the parties. The racing secretary is responsible for the
				proper transfer on the foal certificate on file in his office.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 45 - Owner › Section III-4505 - Stalls

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The purchase or
				transfer of any horse on the grounds at any track, whether by private sale,
				claim or public auction, does not guarantee the new owner a stall for such
				horse unless approved by the stewards. The association has the right to
				allocate stalls to those horses which fit the racing program, as well as those
				horses which are sound.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 45 - Owner › Section III-4507 - Sale to Nonregistered Person or Stable

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Horses sold to any person or stable not
				registered for racing in Louisiana must be removed from the grounds of an
				association within 24 hours, unless permission to remain on the grounds is
				granted by the association.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 51 - Handicapper › Section III-5101 - Assign Weights

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				handicapper shall assign the weights to be carried by each horse in a
				handicap.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 51 - Handicapper › Section III-5103 - Fixing of Weights

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				handicapper shall append to the weights for each handicap the day and hour from
				which winners will be liable to weight penalty. If there are no penalties, the
				fact shall be appended to the weights. No alteration of weights shall be made
				after publication.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 51 - Handicapper › Section III-5105 - Correction of Error

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In case of
				omission, through error, of the name or weight of a horse duly entered, the
				omission shall be rectified by the handicapper.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5701 - Employees of the Association Appointed by the Commission

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Before entering upon the discharge of
				their duties the following officials employed by an association shall be
				approved in writing by the commission, viz., all stewards, racing secretaries,
				handicappers, starters, placing judges, clerks of scales, paddock and patrol
				judges, timers, examining and track veterinarians, private police agencies,
				calculators of mutuels, mutuel managers, money room supervisors and such other
				persons as the commission may designate from time to time because of their
				importance in the actual conduct of racing. Should any change or anticipated
				change in the above officials occur during a meet, the association must get
				prior approval from the commission at least ten days before the anticipated
				change or changes. The association must submit, in writing, the time and reason
				for the change and furnish a resume of the replacement, except as provided in
				§1907
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:147 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5702 - Penalty for Failure to Comply

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Should a permittee or licensee fail to promptly comply with each provision of
				R.S.
				4:146(B) or
				R.S.
				4:161(B) or
				R.S. 4:222,
				the permittee or licensee who fails to comply with such provision(s) may be
				subject to a fine of $200 for each day such violation shall continue.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S.
				  4:146,
				  R.S.
				  4:148,
				  R.S.
				  4:161 and
				  R.S.
				  4:222.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5703 - Minor Employees

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No person
				under the age of 16 years shall be employed in or about the track of any
				association, and all minors 16 years of age or older must have work permits
				from the Louisiana State Labor Board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:157.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5704 - Public Address System

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. An
				association shall provide and maintain a public address system capable of
				transmitting announcements to the patrons and to the stable area.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5705 - Security of Racetrack Premises

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The stable area
				of the premises of every association shall be enclosed with a fence, the type
				and construction of the fence to be subject to the approval of the commission.
				The association shall maintain a 24-hour guard at any opening of the fence
				during the horse race meeting.
B.
				An association must maintain adequate staffing of security officers on backside
				to:
1. patrol the backside;
2. check every vehicle coming into the
				backside for commission-granted licenses; and
3. check every horse trailer for the names of
				horses entering and exiting the backside.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5706 - Barns on Backside of Racetrack

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. An association
				shall ensure that all barns are kept in good repair and are kept clean by the
				licensed occupants.
1. Barn buildings, fences,
				bathrooms, and outdoor and indoor lighting shall be kept in good working
				order.
2. Each barn, including the
				receiving barn, must have a hot and cold water supply available and have
				ventilation proper for the housing of horses.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5707 - Fire Prevention Security

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A
				round-the-clock patrol of the fenced area shall be maintained by security
				officers, who shall pay special attention to the presence of unauthorized
				personnel, to the enforcement of fire prevention measures and to the inspection
				of tack rooms and living quarters for fire hazards.
B. The association shall ensure compliance
				with the local fire marshal regarding safety regulations and shall provide the
				commission proof of compliance constituting the most recent inspection by the
				local fire marshal or state-approved fire inspection service on an annual
				basis.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5708 - Receiving Barn

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The association
				shall provide a receiving barn, which shall be a separate barn.
B. The stall size and number of stalls of the
				receiving barn shall be approved by the commission.
C. The receiving barn shall be restricted to
				horses that are entered and shipping in to run in a scheduled race, or shipping
				in/out for morning work and go.
D.
				No full-time or temporary stabling shall be allowed during an approved race
				meet and the receiving barn shall not be used as a quarantine facility by the
				association, unless otherwise approved by the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5709 - Housing of Stable Employees

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each
				association shall provide adequate and sanitary living quarters with proper
				sanitary arrangements, and ample and convenient toilet facilities for stable
				employees, and shall provide in its stable area at least 1 tack room of a
				minimum area of 100 square feet for every 6 horses stabled, with adequate
				facilities for housing personnel therein.
B. The living quarters shall comply with all
				state and local building and fire codes associated with the housing of
				people.
C. Dependent upon the
				season of the race meet, the association may also be required by the commission
				to have heating and air conditioning.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5710 - Tack Room

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each association
				shall provide in its stable area at least 1 tack room of a minimum area of 100
				square feet for every 6 horses stabled, with adequate facilities for housing
				personnel therein.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5711 - First Aid Services

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. During
				racing and training hours, each association shall provide, on track grounds, a
				registered paramedic and a certified emergency medical technician who are
				trained in first aid practices, and shall provide a room or area adequately
				equipped in which to serve individuals in need of first aid.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5713 - Ambulance

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each association
				shall provide two ambulances during its racing hours and one ambulance during
				training hours. During such time, the ambulance shall be ready for duty,
				properly equipped to provide emergency medical services and transport,
				including advanced life support equipment, a registered paramedic, a certified
				emergency medical technician, and shall have immediate access to the racing
				strip. If both the ambulances are being used to transport individual(s), the
				association shall not conduct a race, or allow horses with riders on the
				racetrack until at least one of the ambulances is replaced.
B. Unless otherwise approved by the
				commission or the stewards, an ambulance shall follow the field at a safe
				distance during the running of races.
C. The ambulance shall be parked at an
				entrance to the racing strip except when the ambulance is being used to
				transport an individual or when it is following the field during the running of
				a race.
D. Each association shall
				also provide a designated area that a helicopter can land in the case where a
				helicopter is required to transport an injured participant.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5714 - Equine Ambulance

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. An
				association shall provide an equine ambulance staffed by trained personnel on
				association grounds on each day that the racetrack is open for racing or
				training.
B. The ambulance shall be
				properly ventilated and kept at an entrance to the racetrack when not in
				use.
C. The ambulance shall be a
				covered vehicle that is low to the ground and large enough to accommodate a
				horse in distress and transport a horse off of the racetrack and association
				grounds.
D. The ambulance shall be
				equipped with:
1. large, portable screens to
				shield a horse from public view;
2.
				ramps to facilitate loading a horse;
3. adequate means of loading a horse that is
				down;
4. a padded interior;
				and
5. a movable partition to
				initially provide more room to load a horse and to later restrict a horse's
				movement.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5715 - Amount of Purse

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Associations
				licensed to conduct meetings shall give as a purse, stakes, or reward, an
				amount in cash of not less than $1,000 for each race, unless the association
				has applied for and received special permission from the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:161.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5716 - Program Statistics

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each
				association shall print statistics covering the top ten jockeys, trainers and
				winners by post position and distance, excluding quarter horse races, in a
				conspicuous place in its racing program. Such statistics shall be updated on a
				weekly basis.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5717 - Filming or Videotaping of Races; Preservation

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All race tracks under the jurisdiction of
				the commission shall take and make, at the association's expense, a complete
				film or videotape recording of all races run by said association. The
				arrangements for film or videotape recordings shall be in a form satisfactory
				to the commission. They shall be susceptible to development as needed after the
				end of any race in order to enable the officials to better judge the races and
				rule on all claims of infractions of the rules, and thereby better protect the
				interests of the public in racing.
B. Each association shall preserve the film
				or videotape recordings of each of its races for at least 90 days after the
				close of each of its race meetings. Upon a timely request of the commission
				within such period, an association shall furnish the commission with a clear
				positive print of the film recording and/or a kinescope print of the videotape
				recording of any race run during its race meeting.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5719 - Showing to Jockeys

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In order to
				educate and protect the jockeys, the association involved shall show the films
				and videotape recordings to the jockeys at a designated time.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5721 - Hours of Racing

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each
				association shall, according to its license, conduct thoroughbred, quarter
				horse, or Appaloosa horse racing between the hours of 10 a.m. and 12 midnight.
				If for any reason the races scheduled for the night cannot be fulfilled by 12
				midnight, the stewards will cancel the remaining race or races. Not more than
				nine races may be run by an association in any one racing day, unless special
				permission is granted by the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:147.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5723 - Lighting

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The stable area
				must be properly lighted, so that it will be entirely void of darkness in any
				section. Lights will be turned on at dusk and they shall remain on until one
				hour after the last race. Lights shall not be turned on or off while the horses
				are on the track.
B. An association
				shall provide lighting for the patron facilities that is adequate to ensure the
				safety and security of the patrons and licensees.
C. If an association conducts racing at
				night, the association shall maintain an emergency back-up lighting system on
				the racetrack proper to allow for the safety of the horses and related
				personnel during the race.
D. This
				Rule is not meant to supersede any state laws or local ordinances applicable to
				any individual licensed association.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5724 - Rails

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Racetracks,
				including turf tracks, shall have inside and outside rails, including gap
				rails, designed, constructed and maintained to provide for the safety of
				jockeys and horses. The design and construction of rails must be approved by
				the commission prior to the first race meeting at the track.
B. The top of the inside rail must be at
				least 38 inches, but not more than 50 inches above the top of the
				cushion.
C. The top of the outside
				rail must be at least 34 inches, but not more than 50 inches above the top of
				the cushion. Any outside rails modified or installed after the adoption of
				these rules shall be at least 38 inches, but not more than 50 inches above the
				top of the cushion.
D. The inside
				dirt race/running rail may have an overhang of no less than 24 inches with a
				continuous smooth cover of material designed to withstand the impact of a horse
				and rider.
E. All race/running
				rails should be constructed of materials designed to withstand the impact of a
				horse and rider running at a gallop, with structural integrity, free of cracks,
				breaks, splinters and shall not contain any exposed sharp edges.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5725 - Horsemen's Bookkeeper

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each
				association conducting a race meeting shall provide a separate office to be
				used by the horsemen's bookkeeper who shall keep a separate bank account to be
				known as the "horsemen's bookkeeper account."
B. Except for the fee of a jockey (the
				deposit of which shall be made as provided for in LAC 46:XLI.725), prior to the
				first race of each race day in which races are run at a licensed race meeting
				conducted by an association, the horsemen's bookkeeper account shall contain at
				all times funds sufficient to cover all monies due horsemen relative to purses
				(offered by an association on its official program), stakes, rewards, claims
				and other deposits. The association conducting the race meeting shall be
				required to make a deposit in the horsemen's bookkeeper account each day racing
				is conducted by it, and as required herein, in an amount equal to the purses to
				be distributed by it for the races to be run at its track on each race day.
				Withdrawals from said account shall be only for the purposes set forth herein
				and no other, except by written order of the stewards. The horsemen's
				bookkeeper account shall be subject to audit by the commission at all
				times.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5727 - Access by Commissioners

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Commission members and its representatives shall have the right to full and
				complete entry to any and all points of the grounds of any association or its
				other facilities. All racing associations shall recognize and honor buttons
				issued by the Association of Racing Commissioners International, Inc., and
				parking permits issued by the Louisiana State Racing Commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:153.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5729 - Submission of Conditions of Races

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Clients may be provided support services that include but are not limited to:
1. a full range of case maintenance and case
				management services designed to lead to self-sufficiency;
2. transportation assistance;
3. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
				(SNAP) benefits;
4. Medicaid
				benefits;
5. child care;
6. TANF-funded services;
7. other services necessary to accept or
				maintain employment; and
8.
				Post-FITAP transitional assistance benefits.
a. Effective September 1, 2021, these
				services may be provided to participants who are or become ineligible for cash
				assistance due to earned income within the limits of appropriations. They
				include a monthly transportation payment, other supportive service payments
				used to cover certain costs deemed necessary for employment, housing assistance
				used to address a specific episode of need deemed necessary to maintain
				employment, educational assistance, and a work retention incentive. The
				payments may begin with the first month of FITAP ineligibility and continue
				through the twelfth month of ineligibility or through the last month of
				employment, whichever comes first. The twelve months need not be
				consecutive.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5731 - Totalizator; Cameras

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each
				association shall maintain a totalizator and totalizator board satisfactory to
				the commission at each of its race meetings where pari-mutuel wagering is
				authorized and conducted. Each association shall install and adequately
				maintain two photofinish cameras at the finish line at its track. A photograph
				of the finish of each race, when called for by the stewards and evidenced by
				the "photo" sign on each of the track's totalizator boards, shall be promptly
				posted by the association for public viewing in at least one public conspicuous
				place in each area of the grandstand and clubhouse areas of its track where
				pari-mutuel wagering is conducted.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 57 - Associations' Duties and Obligations › Section III-5733 - Betting Other Than through Pari-Mutuel Machines

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Betting within the confines of a race
				track other than through pari-mutuel machines is strictly prohibited. Any
				person making a handbook, or betting with a handbook, shall be ejected from the
				grounds and denied any further admission. If any person solicits bets to be
				made on horses, he shall be ejected from the grounds and denied further
				admission. No gaming device, other than that permitted by law, shall be allowed
				on the grounds. Cards, dice and petty games of chance are prohibited.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:149.