By Wilson H.B. No. 2484
77R8879 T
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the regulation of pari-mutuel racing.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 6.08, Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
1-5 Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes) is amended by amending
1-6 paragraph (i) and adding paragraph (n) to read as follows:
1-7 (i) Ten percent of the total breakage from a live
1-8 pari-mutuel pool or a simulcast pari-mutuel pool is to be paid to
1-9 the commission for use by the appropriate state horse breed
1-10 registry, subject to rules promulgated by the commission. The
1-11 appropriate breed registry for Thoroughbred horses is the Texas
1-12 Thoroughbred Breeders Association, for quarter horses is the Texas
1-13 Quarter Horse Association, [for Appaloosa horses is the Texas
1-14 Appaloosa Horse Club,] for Arabian horses is the Texas Arabian
1-15 Breeders Association, and for paint horses is the Texas Paint Horse
1-16 Breeders Association.
1-17 (n) A horse breed registry may by rule restrict the
1-18 eligibility of its horses for accredited Texas-bred awards or purse
1-19 supplements when the horse runs in mixed racing.
1-20 SECTION 2. Section 6.14, Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
1-21 Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes) is amended by adding
1-22 paragraph (e) to read as follows:
1-23 (e) The commission may not approve the location of a
1-24 racetrack within 100 miles of an existing Class 1 racetrack unless
2-1 the affected Class 1 racetrack consents to the new location.
2-2 SECTION 3. Section 11.011, Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
2-3 Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes) is amended by amending
2-4 paragraphs (e) and (f) and adding paragraph (n) to read as follows:
2-5 (e) If intrastate wagering pools are combined between
2-6 tracks, the receiving track [where the race originates] is
2-7 responsible for the state's share of the pari-mutuel pool
2-8 regardless of whether a shortage or error occurred at the
2-9 originating track or receiving track.
2-10 SECTION 4. Sections 6.06 (a)12, (c), (d), and (h), and 6.16,
2-11 Texas Racing Act (Article 179e, Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil
2-12 Statutes) are repealed.
2-13 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.