By Wilson                                             H.B. No. 2484
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                                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.