By: Cain S.B. No. 1668
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to incentives under the Texas Racing Act for the
1-3 Thoroughbred or Arabian horse breeding industry in this state.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 1.03(21), Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
1-6 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (21) "Texas-bred horse" means a horse qualified under
1-8 the rules of the commission that is:
1-9 (A) sired by a stallion standing in Texas at the
1-10 time of conception and foaled by a mare in Texas;
1-11 (B) foaled by a mare [, except that a mare may
1-12 be] bred outside Texas and brought into Texas to foal at any time
1-13 [and all foals sired and foaled under those conditions] in the
1-14 mare's lifetime [shall be considered "Texas-bred"] if the mare is
1-15 bred back to a stallion standing in Texas; or
1-16 (C) a Thoroughbred or Arabian horse foaled in
1-17 Texas by an accredited Texas-bred mare if the mare was bred outside
1-18 Texas and returned to Texas on or before August 15 of the calendar
1-19 year of conception. [In all instances any foal must qualify under
1-20 the rules of the commission.]
1-21 SECTION 2. Section 6.08, Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
1-22 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (n)
1-23 to read as follows:
2-1 (n) An accredited Texas-bred Thoroughbred or Arabian horse
2-2 described by Section 1.03(21)(C) of this Act is eligible for only
2-3 one-half of the incentives awarded under Subsections (f) and (j)(2)
2-4 of this section. The remaining portion shall be retained by the
2-5 appropriate state horse breed registry for general distribution at
2-6 the same meeting in accordance with Subsections (f) and (j) of this
2-7 section.
2-8 SECTION 3. Section 9.03, Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
2-9 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
2-10 Sec. 9.03. TEXAS-BRED RACE. (a) An association shall
2-11 provide for the running of races limited to accredited Texas-bred
2-12 horses, each to be known as a Texas-bred race. Unless otherwise
2-13 provided by this section, on every racing day, an association shall
2-14 provide for the running of at least two races limited to accredited
2-15 Texas-bred horses, one of which shall be restricted to maidens.
2-16 Before January 1, 1994, if on any day not enough horses are entered
2-17 in an accredited Texas-bred race to provide sufficient competition,
2-18 an association shall provide for the running of two races in which
2-19 accredited Texas-bred horses are preferred. An association may
2-20 defer, in accordance with commission rule, the running of one or
2-21 both of the two races required by this section for each racing day,
2-22 but the association must provide that the total number of
2-23 accredited Texas-bred races in a race meeting is equal to twice the
2-24 total number of race dates in the race meeting.
2-25 (b) To encourage the breeding of horses in this state, any
2-26 accredited Texas-bred horse finishing first, second, or third in
3-1 any race in this state except a restricted stakes race shall
3-2 receive a purse supplement. The appropriate state breed registry
3-3 shall act in an advisory capacity to the association and the
3-4 commission for the purpose of administering the provisions of this
3-5 section.
3-6 (c) An accredited Texas-bred Thoroughbred horse that
3-7 finishes first, second, or third in a race other than a Texas-bred
3-8 race shall receive an owner's bonus award as a purse supplement. A
3-9 percentage of the Texas-bred program funds received under Sections
3-10 6.08 and 6.091, excluding expenses for administration of the
3-11 Texas-bred program, shall be allocated to fund the bonus awards as
3-12 follows:
3-13 (1) for 2002, 10 percent;
3-14 (2) for 2003, 12.5 percent;
3-15 (3) for 2004, 15 percent;
3-16 (4) for 2005, 17.5 percent;
3-17 (5) for 2006, 20 percent;
3-18 (6) for 2007, 22.5 percent; and
3-19 (7) for 2008, and subsequent years, 25 percent.
3-20 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2002.