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.