1-1 By: Brimer (Senate Sponsor - Cain) H.B. No. 1196
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2001;
1-3 April 17, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to incentives under the Texas Racing Act for the
1-9 Thoroughbred or Arabian horse breeding industry in this state.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 1.03(21), Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
1-12 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (21) "Texas-bred horse" means a horse qualified under
1-14 the rules of the commission that is:
1-15 (A) sired by a stallion standing in Texas at the
1-16 time of conception and foaled by a mare in Texas;
1-17 (B) foaled by a mare [, except that a mare may
1-18 be] bred outside Texas and brought into Texas to foal at any time
1-19 [and all foals sired and foaled under those conditions] in the
1-20 mare's lifetime [shall be considered "Texas-bred"] if the mare is
1-21 bred back to a stallion standing in Texas; or
1-22 (C) a Thoroughbred or Arabian horse foaled in
1-23 Texas by an accredited Texas-bred mare if the mare was bred outside
1-24 Texas and returned to Texas on or before August 15 of the calendar
1-25 year of conception. [In all instances any foal must qualify under
1-26 the rules of the commission.]
1-27 SECTION 2. Section 6.08, Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
1-28 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (n)
1-29 to read as follows:
1-30 (n) An accredited Texas-bred Thoroughbred or Arabian horse
1-31 described by Section 1.03(21)(C) of this Act is eligible for only
1-32 one-half of the incentives awarded under Subsections (f) and (j)(2)
1-33 of this section. The remaining portion shall be retained by the
1-34 appropriate state horse breed registry for general distribution at
1-35 the same meeting in accordance with Subsections (f) and (j) of this
1-36 section.
1-37 SECTION 3. Section 9.03, Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
1-38 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-39 Sec. 9.03. TEXAS-BRED RACE. (a) An association shall
1-40 provide for the running of races limited to accredited Texas-bred
1-41 horses, each to be known as a Texas-bred race. Unless otherwise
1-42 provided by this section, on every racing day, an association shall
1-43 provide for the running of at least two races limited to accredited
1-44 Texas-bred horses, one of which shall be restricted to maidens.
1-45 Before January 1, 1994, if on any day not enough horses are entered
1-46 in an accredited Texas-bred race to provide sufficient competition,
1-47 an association shall provide for the running of two races in which
1-48 accredited Texas-bred horses are preferred. An association may
1-49 defer, in accordance with commission rule, the running of one or
1-50 both of the two races required by this section for each racing day,
1-51 but the association must provide that the total number of
1-52 accredited Texas-bred races in a race meeting is equal to twice the
1-53 total number of race dates in the race meeting.
1-54 (b) To encourage the breeding of horses in this state, any
1-55 accredited Texas-bred horse finishing first, second, or third in
1-56 any race in this state except a restricted stakes race shall
1-57 receive a purse supplement. The appropriate state breed registry
1-58 shall act in an advisory capacity to the association and the
1-59 commission for the purpose of administering the provisions of this
1-60 section.
1-61 (c) An accredited Texas-bred Thoroughbred horse that
1-62 finishes first, second, or third in a race other than a Texas-bred
1-63 race shall receive an owner's bonus award as a purse supplement. A
1-64 percentage of the Texas-bred program funds received under Sections
2-1 6.08 and 6.091, excluding expenses for administration of the
2-2 Texas-bred program, shall be allocated to fund the bonus awards as
2-3 follows:
2-4 (1) for 2002, 10 percent;
2-5 (2) for 2003, 12.5 percent;
2-6 (3) for 2004, 15 percent;
2-7 (4) for 2005, 17.5 percent;
2-8 (5) for 2006, 20 percent;
2-9 (6) for 2007, 22.5 percent; and
2-10 (7) for 2008 and subsequent years, 25 percent.
2-11 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2002.
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