By:  Cain                                             S.B. No. 1842
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                       AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the regulation of pari-mutuel racing.
 1-2           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-3           SECTION 1.  Section 1.03(21), Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
 1-4     Texas Revised Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
 1-5                 (21)  "Texas-bred horse" means a horse that is [sired
 1-6     by a stallion in Texas at the time of conception and] foaled by a
 1-7     mare in Texas. [except that a mare may be bred outside Texas and
 1-8     brought into Texas to foal and all foals sired and foaled under
 1-9     these conditions in a mare's lifetime shall be considered "Texas
1-10     bred" if the mare is bred back to a stallion standing in Texas.  In
1-11     all instances any foal must qualify under the rules of the
1-12     commission.]
1-13           SECTION 2.  Section 1.03(22), Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
1-14     Texas Revised Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-15                 (22)  "Accredited Texas-bred horse" [means a Texas bred
1-16     horse that meets the accreditation requirements of the state breed
1-17     registry for that horse.] means:
1-18           (a)  as to a Thoroughbred, a horse registered with the Jockey
1-19     Club, accredited with the state breed registry for Thoroughbreds,
1-20     and foaled in Texas; and
1-21           (b)  as to all other breeds, a horse which meets the
1-22     accreditation standards provided by the rules of the state breed
 2-1     registry for that horse as approved by the commission.
 2-2           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-3     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-4     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-5     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-6     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.