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Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 163 - RULES OF RACING › PARTNERSHIP, COLORS AND STABLE NAME REGISTRATION › Section 163.491 - Partnerships

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(a) Partnerships
				  shall be registered stating the names, addresses and Social Security Number and
				  Federal Account Number of individuals having an interest in a horse, the
				  relative interest and the terms of a sale with contingencies, lease or
				  arrangement. The registration shall be signed by all parties or their
				  authorized agents and be lodged at the Commission office before a horse which
				  is a joint property, is sold with contingencies or leased can start in a race.
				  Partners shall be jointly and severally liable for all stakes, arrears,
				  forfeitures and other obligations. Registration fee is $10.
(b) Statements of partnership, sales with
				  contingencies, leases or other arrangements, shall declare among other things:
(1) In whose name the horse is
				  running.
(2) With whom the power of
				  entry and declaration is resting.
(3) With whom the power of claiming for the
				  partnership is resting.
(4) To whom
				  winnings are payable (which shall be the name of the nominator).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 163 - RULES OF RACING › PARTNERSHIP, COLORS AND STABLE NAME REGISTRATION › Section 163.492 - Colors registration

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(a) An
				  owner shall annually register the racing colors to be used and pay the current
				  fee payable.
(b) Symbols or
				  markings may not be employed for false or deceptive advertising
				  purposes.
(c) The stewards may
				  grant permission for the temporary use of colors not registered pending
				  application for their registration with the Commission.
(d) If an owner does not have colors
				  currently registered, during the pendency of application he shall use colors
				  designated by the association and approved by the Commission to represent the
				  pole position of starters. A person may not start a horse in colors other than
				  those registered or prescribed without the permission of the
				  stewards.
(e) Disputes concerning
				  the right to a specific combination, design or arrangement in a set of colors
				  shall be decided by the stewards pending registration or resolution by the
				  Commission.
(f) The Commission will
				  not permit the use of colors which are not neat, clean and proper or
				  registerable.
(g) Responsibility
				  for providing suitable registered colors rests with the owner. A fine may be
				  levied for each improper usage or for delay or refusal to apply for or pursue
				  application for them at the discretion of the stewards and the
				  Commission.
(h) A temporary change
				  in colors made after the printing of a program shall be announced before and
				  during the post parade and shall be posted by the clerk of the
				  scales.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 163 - RULES OF RACING › PARTNERSHIP, COLORS AND STABLE NAME REGISTRATION › Section 163.493 - Stable name registration

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(a) A
				  stable name shall be registered annually with the Commission and the annual fee
				  for the registration is $50.
(b) In
				  applying to race under a stable name, the applicant shall disclose the identity
				  behind a stable name. If a partnership is involved in the identity behind a
				  stable name, the rules covering partnerships shall be complied with and the
				  usual fees paid, in addition to the fees for the registration of a stable
				  name.
(c) Changes in identities
				  shall be reported to and approval obtained from the Commission and the
				  stewards.
(d) A trainer who is a
				  licensed owner, or part owner, may use a stable name as owner or part owner.
				  However, a trainer may not be licensed as trainer or assistant trainer other
				  than in his legal name.
(e) A
				  person who has been registered under a stable name may cancel it after he has
				  given written notice to the Commission.
(f) A stable name may be changed by
				  registering a new stable name and by paying the fee.
(g) A person cannot register as his stable
				  name one which has been registered by another person with an association
				  conducting a recognized meeting, or The Jockey Club of New York, or with
				  another racing authority, and stable names shall be cleared with the National
				  Association of State Racing Commissioners.
(h) A person may not register individually or
				  collectively as a stable name, a name which is the real name of an owner of
				  race horses, nor one which is the real or stable name of a prominent person not
				  owning race horses.
(i) A stable
				  name shall be plainly distinguishable from that of another registered stable
				  name.
(j) With the consent of the
				  Commission or the Commission's steward, a stable name may be transferred. The
				  fee for the transfer is $50, and a new application shall be made.
(k) A corporate name shall be considered a
				  stable name for the purposes of this chapter, but the Commission reserves the
				  right to refuse a corporation the privilege of registering a stable
				  name.
(l) A stable name may not be
				  used if, in the judgment of the stewards, it is being used for advertising
				  purposes or a purpose not in the best interests of racing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 163 - RULES OF RACING › AUTHORIZED AGENTS › Section 163.511 - Authorized agents

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(a) A person
				  undertaking or purporting to act as an authorized agent shall apply and secure
				  a license from the Commission before so acting.
(b) Application for a license shall be filed
				  for each owner represented.
(c)
				  Owner's revocations shall be filed in writing with the Commission and with the
				  racing secretary.
(d) A trainer may
				  not be licensed as an authorized agent or act as agent for an owner who does
				  not have horses in his charge registered for racing at the meeting.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 163 - RULES OF RACING › PENNSYLVANIA BREEDERS' FUND PROGRAM › Section 163.531 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this part, have
					 the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Breeder
-The owner of the dam at the time
					 of foaling, and indicated as such on the certificate of registration issued by
					 the Jockey Club.
Fund
-The Pennsylvania Breeding Fund as
					 created by section 223 of the act (4 P. S. §
											325.223).
The Jockey Club
-The breed registry
					 organization for all thoroughbred horses in North America, having
					 responsibility for maintaining the American Stud Book, which includes all
					 thoroughbreds foaled in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, as well as
					 thoroughbreds imported into those countries from other countries that maintain
					 similar thoroughbred registries.
Pennsylvania-bred horse
- A thoroughbred
					 horse with respect to which all of the following apply:
(i) The horse was foaled in this
				  Commonwealth.
(ii) The horse is the
				  subject of a current certificate of registration issued by the Jockey
				  Club.
(iii) The horse meets the
				  registration eligibility qualifications for participation in the Fund program
				  as determined by the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association.
(iv) The horse is registered with the
				  Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association in accordance with §
										163.535 (relating to records of
				  registration).
Pennsylvania sire
- A thoroughbred stallion
					 with respect to which all of the following apply:
(i) The horse regularly stands in this
				  Commonwealth.
(ii) The horse meets
				  the registration eligibility qualifications for participation in the Fund
				  program as determined by the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association.
(iii) The horse is registered with the
				  Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association in accordance with § 163.535; and
				  is so registered each year the stallion stands in
				  Pennsylvania.
The provisions of this §
												163.531 amended under sections 202
						and 223(b) the Race Horse Industry Reform Act (4 P. S. §§
													325.202 and
						325.223(b)).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 163 - RULES OF RACING › PENNSYLVANIA BREEDERS' FUND PROGRAM › Section 163.532 - Eligibility for Pennsylvania-bred races

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To be eligible for preferences in races in which registered
					 Pennsylvania-breds are preferred and to be eligible for entry in races which
					 are restricted by condition to registered Pennsylvania-breds, a horse shall be
					 registered as a Pennsylvania-bred with the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders
					 Association at the time of entry.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 163 - RULES OF RACING › PENNSYLVANIA BREEDERS' FUND PROGRAM › Section 163.535 - Records of registration

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Foals and sires eligible for registration shall be
					 registered on official registration forms approved by the Commission and
					 maintained by the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association. The registrar shall
					 certify thereon the name and address of the owner, breeder, farm where mare was
					 covered, farm of which this horse was foaled, owner of stallion at time the
					 mare was covered, stallion by which the mare was covered following the birth of
					 the thoroughbred to be registered, breeder social security or tax
					 identification number, Jockey Club registration number, name of foal, color and
					 sex of foal, date of foaling, sire, dam, sire of the dam, signature of the
					 owner, or breeder or authorized representative and the date of application.
(1) The registration record shall be
				  maintained at the headquarters of the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association
				  and be open to public inspection during normal business days and
				  hours.
(2) Immediately upon
				  completion and filing of the form, the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association
				  shall cause a correct copy of it to be filed with the offices of the Commission
				  in Harrisburg.
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												165.531 (relating to
						definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 163 - RULES OF RACING › PENNSYLVANIA BREEDERS' FUND PROGRAM › Section 163.536 - Appeals

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A person having an interest in the matter shall have the
					 right to file objections or exceptions to a registration and to the facts set
					 forth therein within 30 days of the filing of the copy with the Commission. The
					 objections or exceptions shall be delivered in writing to the Pennsylvania
					 Horse Breeders Association and a duplicate delivered to the Commission within
					 the time. The Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association shall rule upon the
					 objections or exceptions within the 10 days of the delivery and receipt. An
					 interested party aggrieved of an action taken by the association may appeal to
					 the Commission in the manner prescribed for appeals in §
										165.185 (relating to appeals) of
					 the Commission, promulgated under section 20 of the act of December 11, 1967
					 (P. L. 707, No. 301) (15 P. S. §
											2670) (Repealed). The Commission shall hear
					 and determine an appeal de novo. In the absence of objections or exceptions
					 timely made, a registration shall be deemed final and binding and an official
					 record of the Commission for all purposes under the act of December 30, 1974
					 (P. L. 1115, No. 358), at the expiration of the 30th day of the delivery to the
					 Commission. The Commission shall thereafter have the right on its own motion to
					 correct an error or inaccuracy that it may find within the
					 records.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter A - PENALTIES AND LIABILITIES › Section 165.1 - General provisions

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(a)
Liability.
A person, firm or corporation licensed by the
				  Commission, or a person, firm or corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the
				  Commission, violating this part is liable to the penalties provided in this
				  section, unless otherwise limited in this part.
(b)
Attempt to violate.
An
				  attempt to violate the law or this part falling short of actual accomplishment,
				  shall constitute an offense and shall be punishable as if
				  consummated.
(c)
Penalties.
Penalties may include the following:
(1) The penalties for violation of the law or
				  this part may include the following:
(i)
				  Denial, revocation or suspension of license.
(ii) Monetary fines not exceeding $5,000 for
				  each violation.
(iii) Suspension
				  from one or more activities at one or more tracks.
(iv) Expulsion from thoroughbred racing in
				  this Commonwealth.
(v) Forfeiture
				  of purse.
(vi) Other penalties or
				  sanctions permitted by the act and this subpart and appear proper and
				  appropriate to the Commission or stewards.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.11 - License required to conduct thoroughbred race meets with pari-mutuel wagering

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No corporation organized pursuant to the act shall conduct
					 any thoroughbred horse race meet with pari-mutuel wagering except on obtaining
					 a license from the Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.12 - Location of plant

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No corporation shall conduct any thoroughbred horse race
					 meet except at the location or locations designated in the license awarded by
					 the Commission, which shall be the location or locations designated in its
					 certificate of incorporation, provided, however, that this restriction shall
					 not apply to any corporation whose plant or the usefulness thereof or of any
					 material part thereof, shall, for any reason beyond the control of such
					 corporation, be totally destroyed or so substantially damaged as to render it
					 unfit for continued operation in which case, the Commission may, in its
					 discretion, permit the corporation to conduct its meets at any other suitable
					 location, pending the rebuilding or restoration of the plant so destroyed or
					 damaged.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.13 - Filing of information concerning stock transfers

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Where in every case provided for under section 4 of the act
					 (15
					 P. S. §
											2654) and §§
										165.51-165.63 (relating to issuance and
					 transfer of stock) duplicate affidavits are filed with a corporation relating
					 to the issue or transfer of stock, the corporation shall within ten days after
					 receipt of such affidavits file one of each of the duplicate affidavits
					 received by it with the Commission. If the Commission determines that it is
					 inconsistent with the public interest, convenience, or necessity, or with the
					 best interest of racing generally, that any person, association, or corporation
					 continue to be a stockholder of record or the beneficial owner of any interest
					 in stock standing in the name of another, in any corporation licensed under the
					 act, or of any corporation which leases to such licensee the track at which it
					 conducts thoroughbred horse race meets with pari-mutuel wagering, or which
					 owned 25% or more of the stock of such licensee, the Commission shall order
					 each such stockholder or beneficial owner to dispose of his stock or interest
					 therein within a period of time specified by the Commission, which period the
					 Commission shall have full power and authority to extend from time to
					 time.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.14 - Number of racing days

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No corporation shall be licensed to conduct thoroughbred
					 horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering for more than 100 days in any calendar
					 year. The Commission shall approve and specify the dates and hours during which
					 the corporation may conduct such racing. Where a race program is cancelled
					 under §
										163.341 (relating to duties of
					 stewards) before the completion of a numerical majority of the races scheduled
					 to be raced on such program, that racing day shall not be computed as within
					 the 100 days limitation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.15 - Application for license

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Applications for licenses and applications for renewal of
					 licenses to conduct thoroughbred horse race meets with pari-mutuel wagering
					 shall be made, under oath, to the Commission in its approved form, at a time
					 not later than the date designated by the Commission. A filing fee of $1,000
					 shall be submitted with each application, to be deposited to the credit of the
					 State Horse Racing Fund, which filing fee will not be
					 refundable.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.16 - Hearings

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In its consideration of any application for a license to
					 conduct thoroughbred horse race meets with pari-mutuel wagering, the Commission
					 may conduct such hearings as it shall deem necessary to inquire into such
					 matters as shall relate to the application filed with the Commission. The time
					 and place of such meets, as well as any notice to be given thereof, shall be as
					 designated by the Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.17 - Advertisement of filing application

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If the applicant for a license to conduct thoroughbred
					 horse race meets with pari-mutuel wagering has not conducted any such meets at
					 the location set forth in its application during the current year in which the
					 application is filed with the Commission, the applicant shall publish one time
					 in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipal subdivision in which
					 it proposes to hold said meets, and also in the legal periodical for the county
					 in which it proposes to hold said meets, and shall also post at not less than
					 ten conspicuous places in the vicinity and at the location of the proposed
					 meets, such places to be along public streets and highways and shall be clearly
					 visible to the general public, a notice setting forth that applicant has or
					 will file an application with the Commission for a license to conduct
					 thoroughbred horse race meets with pari-mutuel wagering, the date of such
					 filing, and a general description of the location of the proposed track,
					 describing same in such manner as to afford the general public an adequate
					 notice of said location. Said notice shall also set forth that any objections
					 to said application by any interested persons must be filed with the
					 Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, no later than the date fixed in said
					 notice, which date shall be not less than ten days after the date of last
					 advertisement of such notice, and shall further state that such objections
					 shall be in writing, fully setting forth the reasons alleged for said
					 objections. Proofs of publication and of posting said notice shall be filed
					 with the Commission, together with a copy of the said notice.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.18 - Issuance of license

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Upon receipt of an application satisfactory in form and
					 substance to the Commission and upon its determination that a proper case for
					 issuance of a license has been proven, the Commission shall grant its license
					 for a term of days during the current year during which the applicant may
					 conduct thoroughbred horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering. Such license shall
					 specify the place where and the hours of the day or night during which racing
					 and pari-mutuel wagering shall be held. The term of the license shall end not
					 later than the 15th day of November next succeeding the granting thereof. In
					 considering an application for a license, the Commission may, among other
					 things, give consideration to the number of licenses already granted; the
					 character, experience, and general fitness of the officers, directors, members,
					 stockholders, or persons having a beneficial ownership in applicant; the
					 corporation, if any, owning stock in or which shares in the profits or
					 participates in the management of the affairs of the applicant, or which leases
					 to such applicant the plant where it shall operate; the financial
					 responsibility of the applicant; plant facilities; location of plant; equipment
					 to be used in the plant; the personnel to be employed by applicant; policy
					 plants; the public interest, convenience, or necessity and the best interests
					 of racing generally. The Commission will furthermore give consideration to all
					 of the answers made by the applicant to questions contained in the application,
					 and to all other matters presented by the applicant to the Commission, and
					 appearing in its records.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.19 - Knowledge of rules

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All corporations, their officers, agents and employes are
					 responsible for the conduct of their meetings and shall make certain that all
					 officers, agents, and employes are thoroughly familiar with the provisions of
					 the pertinent law and the rules and regulations of the Commission and of the
					 Department of Revenue.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.20 - Stock certificates

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(a) Each
				  certificate of stock issued by any corporation which holds any license from the
				  Commission, or of any firm, association, or corporation which owns or leases to
				  any licensed association, or corporation a race track at which pari-mutuel
				  thoroughbred racing is conducted, or of any firm, association, or corporation
				  which participates in the management of any corporation which holds any license
				  from the Commission, shall have plainly and prominently imprinted upon its face
				  the following language:
The person whose name is indicated as the owner of the
					 shares of stock represented by this certificate is the sole and absolute owner
					 thereof, and such owner is not holding the shares of stock or any portion of
					 the shares of stock represented by said certificate in trust for any person,
					 partnership, firm or corporation whatsoever, who or which is prohibited from
					 owning such shares of stock by the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horse Racing Law.
					 This certificate of stock is transferable only subject to the provisions of the
					 Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horse Racing Law and the Rules and Regulations
					 promulgated thereunder by the Commission.
(b) If any of the shares of stock represented
				  by a certificate of stock are held subject to the terms of either an inter
				  vivos or testamentary trust for the benefit of any person who could lawfully
				  own such stock in his own name, such fact shall be so noted on the face of the
				  certificate and a copy of the instrument which created the trust shall be
				  attached thereto. A duplicate copy of the instrument which created the trust
				  shall be filed by the licensee with the Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.21 - Accounting system

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All licensees must adopt the uniform system of accounts and
					 reporting which will be furnished to such licensees by the Department of
					 Revenue.
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												165.24 (relating to filing of
						agreements and approval of
						contracts).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.22 - Financial reports

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(a) The
				  licensee must maintain separate general ledgers and books of original entries
				  for each calendar or fiscal year. The following financial reports must be
				  submitted to the Commission at the close of each licensee's racing meet and at
				  the close of the licensee's fiscal year:
(1)
				  Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
(2) Statement of Profit and Loss and
				  Surplus.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.23 - Reports

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All licensees are required to submit to the Commission the
					 following:
(1) Copies of weekly
				  payrolls of all personnel employed at the track during the race meet, including
				  the state license number, if any, address and title of each employe.
(2) Copies of all written contracts and
				  agreements and a summary of all verbal contracts and agreements.
(3) List of stockholders annually, or as the
				  Commission may require.
(4) List of
				  officers and directors and compensation paid to each or as the Commission may
				  require. The Commission shall be notified forthwith of any change in the
				  officers, stockholders, and directors of a licensee.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.24 - Filing of agreements and approval of contracts

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In addition to the reports required under §
										165.21 (relating to accounting
					 system), every corporation licensed shall promptly, after entering into any
					 lease agreement concerning any concession or any agreement regarding labor
					 management, hiring of officers, employes or contractors, as specified by the
					 Commission, or any such other contract, agreement or arrangements, as the
					 Commission may from time to time prescribe, file with the Commission a true and
					 correct copy thereof, or an accurate summary thereof, if oral. No contract may
					 be entered into by any corporation with any third persons, including
					 individuals, partnerships, corporations, profit or nonprofit unincorporated
					 associations, or any combination of the above, without approval of the contract
					 by the Commission. In the event approval of the contract is not obtained by
					 licensee prior to its execution, the contract shall contain a provision which
					 states that the contract will not be operative unless approved by the
					 Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.25 - Night racing

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At all meets held at night, the post time of the last race
					 shall be not later than 11:55 p.m. prevailing time. At that hour, regardless of
					 the completion of the program, the Stewards shall cause the machines or other
					 devices used for wagering to be locked. Licensees shall provide a lock control
					 in the Stewards stand for that purpose.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.26 - Admission of minors

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No corporation which is licensed by the Commission shall
					 permit any person who is actually and apparently under 18 years of age to bet
					 at a thoroughbred horse race meeting conducted by it and no such corporation
					 shall permit any person who is actually and apparently between ten and 18 years
					 of age to attend a thoroughbred horse race meeting conducted by it unless such
					 person is accompanied by a parent or guardian and no such corporation shall
					 permit any person who is actually and apparently under ten years of age to
					 attend a thoroughbred horse race meeting conducted by it. The provisions of
					 this section shall not be construed to prohibit persons under 18 years of age,
					 who are legally employed, from being in and upon the race track premises for
					 the purpose solely of engaging in the performance of their duties as employes.
					 In no event shall a minor be permitted to wager upon any race, nor shall such
					 minor be permitted to be in the area of the track other than that area in which
					 his duties are to be performed. All corporations licensed by the Commission
					 shall be responsible for establishing the administrative and security
					 procedures necessary to enforce the provisions of this section at the tracks
					 operated by them. Every licensee employing any minor shall be required to
					 establish procedures necessary to assure compliance with the provisions of this
					 section by any minor employed by such licensee.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.27 - Passes

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A corporation licensed by the Commission shall not issue
					 free passes, cards, or badges except to officers and employes of the licensee
					 conducting the meet; members, officers and employes of the Commission; members
					 of thoroughbred horse racing commissions of other states and foreign countries;
					 officers and directors of the Thoroughbred Racing Association and the National
					 Association of State Racing Commissioners; public officers engaged in the
					 performance of their duties; persons actually employed and accredited by the
					 press to attend meets; owners, stable managers, trainers, jockeys,
					 concessionaires and other persons whose actual duties require their presence at
					 the track, as approved by the Commission. A list of all persons to whom free
					 passes, cards or badges are issued shall be filed with the
					 Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.28 - Telephones

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All public telephones on the grounds of a corporation
					 licensed shall be padlocked with the opening of the pari-mutuel windows for the
					 sale of daily double tickets. Each corporation licensed shall provide ample
					 telephone facilities upon the plant grounds. No public telephone calls shall be
					 made or received after the public telephones are closed until after the last
					 race of the program has been completed except by officials of the Commission
					 and officials of the Department of Revenue in pursuance of their duties at the
					 track, or by special permission of the Executive Secretary of the Commission or
					 the State Steward, in which case such calls shall be made in the presence of a
					 racing official or an official of the corporation licensed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.29 - Employes of an association

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At least 85% of the persons, exclusive of racing officials,
					 employed each day in the operation and conduct of the pari-mutuel betting at
					 thoroughbred horse race meets licensed by the Commission shall be citizens of
					 the United States of America and residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
					 for at least 2 years immediately prior to the commencement of their employment
					 at the track, and every employe shall be required to execute and submit to the
					 corporation by which he is employed, a duly verified affidavit setting forth
					 his qualifications pursuant to this section.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.32 - Information

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Every corporation licensed by the Commission to conduct
					 thoroughbred horse race meets shall furnish to the Commission at all times the
					 current name, address and experience of the following employes:
(1) General Manager.
(2) Pari-mutuel Manager.
(3) Racing Secretary.
(4) Director of Racing.
(5) Clerk of the Course.
(6) Track Superintendent.
(7) Publicity Director.
(8) Race Announcer.
(9) Concession Managers.
(10) Admission Manager.
(11) Parking Superintendent.
(12) Stable Superintendent.
(13) Chief Security Officer.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.33 - Prohibition of interest by public officers, public employes, and party officers in pari-mutuel racing activities

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(a)
				  As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) Public Officer-Every person elected to
				  any public office of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision
				  thereof.
(2) Public Employe-Every
				  person employed by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision
				  thereof.
(3) Party Officer-The
				  following members or officers of any political party:
(i) A member of a National
				  Committee.
(ii) A chairperson,
				  vice-chairperson, secretary, treasurer or counsel of a State committee or
				  member of the executive committee of a State committee.
(iii) A county chairperson, vice-chairperson,
				  counsel, secretary or treasurer of a county committee.
(iv) A city chairperson, vice-chairperson,
				  counsel, secretary or treasurer of a city committee.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.34 - Refusal to issue, suspension and revocation of corporation license

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The Commission may refuse to grant a license, may suspend
					 or revoke a license of a corporation if it determines that:
(1) The corporation has failed to abide by or
				  enforce the provisions of the law or the rules and regulations of the
				  Commission or the Department of Revenue.
(2) An officer, director, member or
				  stockholder of a corporation applying for or holding a license or of a
				  corporation which owns stock in or shares in the profits or participates in the
				  management of the affairs of the corporation, or which leases to the
				  corporation the track where it shall operate:
(i) Has been convicted of a crime involving
				  moral turpitude.
(ii) Has engaged
				  in bookmaking or other form of illegal gambling.
(iii) Has been found guilty of fraud or
				  misrepresentation in connection with racing or breeding.
(iv) Has been guilty of a violation or
				  attempt to violate a law, rule or regulation of racing in a jurisdiction, for
				  which suspension from racing might be imposed in the jurisdiction.
(v) Has violated a rule, regulation or order
				  of the Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.35 - Refusal to issue, suspension and revocation of occupational or participation license

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The Commission may refuse to grant a license, may suspend
					 or revoke a license of an occupational or participation licensee, including
					 racing officials, if it determines:
(1) That the experience, character and
				  general fitness of the applicant or licensee are such that the participation of
				  the person in thoroughbred horse race meets will be inconsistent with the
				  public interest, the best interests of racing generally.
(2) That the applicant or licensee:
(i) Has been convicted of a crime involving
				  moral turpitude.
(ii) Has engaged
				  in bookmaking or other forms of illegal gambling.
(iii) Has been found guilty of fraud in
				  connection with racing or breeding.
(iv) Has been guilty of a violation or
				  attempt to violate a law, rule or regulation of a racing jurisdiction for which
				  suspension from racing might be imposed in the jurisdiction.
(v) Has violated or failed to follow this
				  part or order of the Commission.
(vi) Has falsified answers or made
				  misrepresentations to the Commission in his application for a
				  license.
(vii) Is
				  incompetent.
(viii) In the case of
				  racing officials, has consumed alcoholic beverages within 4 hours prior to the
				  time they are required to perform their duties as officials.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.36 - Temporary license

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Pending final determination of a question under
					 §§
										165.34 and
					 165.35 (relating to refusal to
					 issue, suspension and revocation of corporation license; and refusal to issue,
					 suspension and revocation of occupational or participation license), the
					 Commission may issue a temporary license upon the terms as it may deem
					 necessary or proper to effectuate the law.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter B - LICENSES › Section 165.37 - Fines and penalties

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The Commission may impose fines on a corporation,
					 association or person participating in a thoroughbred horse race meet at which
					 pari-mutuel wagering is conducted, other than as a patron, and whether licensed
					 or not by the Commission, for a violation of the law or this part. The fine may
					 not exceed $5,000 for each violation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter C - ISSUANCE AND TRANSFER OF STOCK › Section 165.51 - Individual stockholders-voting and nonvoting stock

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(a)
Requirement to obtain
				  affidavits.
The term "transfer" as used in this subchapter shall be
				  deemed to include a sale, transfer or exchange of stock or the creation of a
				  beneficial, legal or equitable interest therein, including, but not limited to,
				  transfers by or between straws, nominees or dummys, transfers for or among
				  voting trusts, agreements or pools, the giving or creation of options, pledges
				  or rights of redemption, transfers in trust or escrow or the creation of other
				  similar direct or choate interest. Whenever a transfer of stock of a
				  corporation which is licensed by the Commission, or of a corporation which
				  leases to the licensee the track at which it conducts pari-mutuel thoroughbred
				  horse races, or which owns 25% or more of the stock of the licensee shall be
				  made to an individual, the corporation shall obtain contemporaneously with the
				  transfer, whether original issuance or otherwise, an affidavit, in duplicate,
				  executed by each individual setting forth:
(1)
				  Name.
(2) Address.
(3) Age (not applicable in case of nonvoting
				  stock).
(4) Occupation (not
				  applicable in case of nonvoting stock).
(5) The number and class of shares being
				  transferred.
(6) Whether he is and
				  will be the sole beneficial owner of the stock.
(7) Whether he has been convicted of a crime
				  involving moral turpitude.
(8)
				  Whether he has ever been engaged in bookmaking or other forms of illegal
				  gambling.
(9) Whether he has ever
				  been found guilty of fraud or misrepresentation in connection with racing or
				  breeding.
(10) Whether he has ever
				  been guilty of a violation or attempt to violate a law, rule or regulation of a
				  racing jurisdiction, for which suspension from racing might be imposed in the
				  jurisdiction.
(11) Whether he has
				  ever violated this part or an order of the Commission.
(12) That he does not hold an elected office
				  in the Commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof; is not employed by the
				  Commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof; and is not a member of a
				  National party committee, a chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary,
				  treasurer, counsel or member of an executive committee of a State committee, a
				  county chairperson, vice-chairperson, counsel, secretary or treasurer of a
				  county committee, or a city chairperson, vice-chairperson, counsel, secretary
				  or treasurer of a city committee.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter C - ISSUANCE AND TRANSFER OF STOCK › Section 165.52 - Corporations-voting and nonvoting stock

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(a)
Requirement to obtain affidavits
. When a transfer of stock of
				  a corporation which is licensed by the Commission, or of a corporation which
				  leases to the licensee the track at which it conducts pari-mutuel thoroughbred
				  horse races, or which owns 25% or more of the stock of the licensee, shall be
				  made to a corporation, the corporation shall obtain contemporaneously with the
				  transfer, whether original issuance or otherwise, an affidavit, in duplicate,
				  executed by the President, Secretary, Treasurer or other Executive Officer of
				  the corporate stock transferee, which shall contain:
(1) The name of the corporation.
(2) The state of its incorporation.
(3) The address of its registered
				  office.
(4) If a foreign
				  corporation, the address of its registered office, if any, in this
				  Commonwealth.
(5) The number and
				  class of shares transferred to the corporation.
(6) The names, addresses and ages of the
				  directors of the corporation.
(7)
				  The names, addresses and ages of the officers of the corporation.
(8) The names and addresses of registered
				  stockholders.
(9) A statement to
				  the effect that if there is a change in the status of the corporation with
				  respect to the matters set forth in paragraphs (5) to (7) inclusive, that it
				  shall forthwith file with the corporation a new affidavit setting forth such
				  change in status; and, in the case of paragraph (8), that it shall annually,
				  during the month of October, file with the corporation a new affidavit setting
				  forth any change in status; provided, however, that new affidavits need not be
				  filed if the only changes are changes in the age or address of officers,
				  directors or stockholders.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter C - ISSUANCE AND TRANSFER OF STOCK › Section 165.53 - Partnership stockholders

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(a)
Requirement to obtain affidavit.
Whenever a transfer of stock
				  of any corporation which is licensed by the Commission, or of any corporation
				  which leases to such licensee the track at which it conducts pari-mutuel
				  thoroughbred horse races, or which owns 25% or more of the stock of such
				  licenses, shall be made to a partnership, said corporation shall obtain
				  contemporaneously with said transfer, whether original issuance or otherwise,
				  an affidavit, in duplicate, executed by a general partner containing the
				  following:
(1) The trade name of the
				  partnership.
(2) The address of its
				  principal office.
(3) If a foreign
				  partnership, the address of its principal office, if any, in this
				  Commonwealth.
(4) The names,
				  addresses, and ages of all the general and limited partners, designating which
				  partners are general and which are limited.
(5) The number of shares transferred to the
				  partnership.
(6) A statement to the
				  effect that if there is any change in the status of the partnership with
				  respect to any of the matters set forth in paragraph (4), except with regard to
				  a change of age or address, it shall forthwith file with the corporation a new
				  affidavit setting forth such change of status.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter C - ISSUANCE AND TRANSFER OF STOCK › Section 165.54 - Unincorporated club or other unincorporated organization as stockholder

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(a)
Requirement to obtain affidavit.
Whenever a transfer of stock
				  of any corporation which is licensed by the Commission, or of any corporation
				  which leases to such licensee the track at which it conducts pari-mutuel
				  thoroughbred horse races, or which owns 25% or more of the stock of such
				  licensee, shall be made to an unincorporated club, organization or association
				  (except a partnership), said corporation shall obtain contemporaneously with
				  said transfer, an affidavit, in duplicate, executed by the President,
				  Secretary, Treasurer, or other Executive Officer, containing the following:
(1) The name of the club or
				  organization.
(2) The address of
				  its principal office in this Commonwealth.
(3) The number and class of shares
				  transferred to it.
(4) The names
				  and addresses of all its directors, governors, trustees, or members of other
				  types of a managing body.
(5) The
				  names and addresses of all of its officers.
(6) The number of members.
(7) The name and address of each
				  member.
(8) A statement to the
				  effect that if there is any change in its status with respect to any of the
				  matters set forth in paragraphs (3) to (5) inclusive, it shall forthwith file
				  with the corporation a new affidavit setting forth such change of status and,
				  in the case of paragraphs (6) and (7), that it shall annually, during the month
				  of October, file with the corporation a new affidavit setting forth any change
				  in status; provided, however, that new affidavits need not be filed if the only
				  changes relate to a change of address.