Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 3.00 - Harness Horse Racing › Section 3.14 - Licenses, Registrations and Fees for Participants in Racing

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) The following persons shall be required
			 to take out a license from the Commission, and pay the current applicable
			 annual fee: Driver, Trainer, Owner, Authorized Agent, Stable Employees,
			 Veterinarian, Blacksmith, Vendors and Racing Officials.
(2) The fee shall accompany each application
			 for license or registration. They expire December
			 31st of the year of issue, except stable employees
			 whose license expire on March 31st.
(3) All applications for license and
			 registrations to participate in racing shall be made to the Commission on forms
			 supplied by the Commission. Any person making any false or misleading
			 statements on an application for license or registration may be denied such a
			 license or registration or may be assessed a fine, suspension or both. If
			 already in possession of a license, said license may be revoked.
(4) Such application shall be submitted first
			 to the Judges. In considering each application for a license the Judges may
			 require the applicant, as well as his or her endorsers, to appear before them
			 and show that said applicant is qualified in every respect to receive the
			 license requested. Ability as well as integrity must be clearly shown by the
			 applicant in order to receive the Judges' recommendation for the granting of
			 the license.
(5) Before
			 recommending any application for a license it shall be the duty of the Judges,
			 individually and collectively, to ascertain if the applicant is qualified as to
			 ability, integrity and right to the license applied for. And further, no
			 application for a license shall be recommended by the Judges if the applicant's
			 previous conduct in Massachusetts or elsewhere is considered to have been
			 objectionable, obnoxious or detrimental to the best interest of
			 racing.
(6) No application for a
			 license or registration shall be recommended by the Judges and no license or
			 registration will be issued by the Commission unless satisfactory evidence
			 first is presented to the Judges that the person so applying will participate
			 in the meeting over which the Judges have supervision.
(7) The Commission may refuse to license any
			 applicant who has been refused a license by any other State Gaming or Racing
			 Commission, the United States Trotting Association or turf governing
			 body.
(8) The Commission may refuse
			 to license any applicant whose previous conduct in Massachusetts or elsewhere
			 in connection with horse racing is considered by the Commission to have been
			 objectionable, obnoxious or detrimental to the best interest of
			 racing.
(9) The Commission may also
			 revoke any license if the holder of the same has violated any rule or
			 regulation of the Commission governing his or her conduct in connection with
			 horse racing, or where such conduct is objectionable, obnoxious or detrimental
			 to the best interest of racing.
(10) All licenses granted shall be subject to
			 the conditions set forth in the application therefor and the Commission shall
			 have full discretion to suspend or revoke the same for any infraction of the
			 conditions of the application of license and
			 205 CMR
			 3.00.
(11)
			 No owner, trainer or agent shall start a horse unless all licenses and
			 registrations required by 205 CMR 3.14(1) have been filed. Violators of 205 CMR
			 3.14(11) may be subject to suspension or a forfeiture.
(12) No application, except a license for
			 ownership, will be considered for or granted to a person under 16 years of age.
			 If younger than 18 years of age, an applicant for an owner's license shall
			 submit a notarized affidavit from his or her parent or legal guardian stating
			 that the parent or legal guardian assumes responsibility for the applicant's
			 financial, contractual and other obligations relating to the applicant's
			 participation in racing within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(13) When an ownership is in the name of both
			 husband and wife, both shall be licensed.
(14) Temporary Owner Licenses may be issued
			 to Trainers acting as agents for their owners or to authorized agents
			 representing their owners. Temporary licenses will be valid for a period of 30
			 days from date of approval. Every Temporary Owner's License must be followed by
			 an application from the owner received by the Commission prior to the
			 expiration of the 30-day Temporary Owner's License. Failure to do so will
			 result in an imposition by the Judges of a fine against the trainer or
			 authorized agent. No horse will be allowed to race after the expiration of the
			 Temporary Owner's License until a permanent owner's license is
			 granted.