Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 8 - TEXAS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 311 - OTHER LICENSES › Subchapter A - LICENSING PROVISIONS › Division 1 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES › Section 311.5 - License Categories and Fees

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) An
					 applicant for a license must submit with the application documents the license
					 fee in the amount set by the Commission in subsection (d) of this
					 section.
(b) A license fee paid at
					 a racetrack or at the Commission's headquarters must be paid by a money order,
					 a certified check, a cashier's check, a credit card, or a personal check. The
					 executive secretary may approve payment in cash at a racetrack if the
					 association submits a plan that is approved by the executive secretary. The
					 plan shall provide for the safety and security of the licensing office where
					 the cash will be received and stored and licensing employees who will be
					 responsible for handling and depositing the cash received. A license fee paid
					 through the Texas OnLine portal may be paid by any method approved by the Texas
					 OnLine Authority.
(c) Association
					 Employees. Association employees in the following occupations must hold valid
					 licenses issued by the Commission to work on association grounds:
(1) Adoption Program Personnel--A person
					 employed by a greyhound association to work with an adoption program.
(2) Announcer--A person employed to announce
					 races.
(3) Assistant Starter--A
					 person employed to perform duties required by the Starter at the starting gate
					 of a horse racetrack.
(4)
					 Association Management Staff--A person employed to manage a department and who
					 has the authority to hire or fire other employees or whose recommendations as
					 to hiring and firing decisions are given particular weight.
(5) Association Officer/Director--A person
					 employed as an officer of an association or who serves on an association's
					 board of directors or management committee.
(6) Association Staff (with Access to
					 Backside or Secured Areas)--A person employed to provide various services on
					 the backside or in areas of a racetrack that are required by the Commission to
					 be secured. These services may include, but are not limited to, clerical,
					 accounting, admissions, food service, housekeeping, and general
					 maintenance.
(7) Association
					 Veterinarian--A person employed to provide veterinary services for
					 greyhounds.
(8) Law Enforcement--A
					 person employed as a security officer who is commissioned as a Texas peace
					 officer.
(9) Lead Out--A person
					 employed to lead greyhounds in the post parade to the starting box.
(10) Maintenance--A person employed to work
					 or maintain the racetrack.
(11)
					 Medical Staff--A person employed directly by the association to provide medical
					 assistance.
(12) Mutuel Clerk--A
					 person employed to work at the betting windows.
(13) Mutuel Other--A person employed in the
					 mutuel department in a capacity other than mutuel clerk.
(14) Racing Official--A person employed to
					 act as an official under Chapter 313 of this Title (relating to Officials and
					 Rules of Horse Racing) or Chapter 315 of this Title (relating to Officials and
					 Rules for Greyhound Racing).
(15)
					 Security Officer--A person employed to provide security for the racetrack
					 grounds.
(16) Test Technician--A
					 person employed to collect blood and urine samples and provide other services
					 in the test barn or testing area.
(17) Test Barn Escort--A person employed to
					 lead horses from the finish line to the test barn for post race
					 testing.
(18) Valet--A person
					 employed to assist jockeys with their tack and silks in the jockeys'
					 rooms.