California Senate Bill SB819 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 819INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Committee on Governmental Organization (Senators Wright (Chair), Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella, Correa, De Len, Galgiani, Hernandez, Lieu, Nielsen, and Padilla) MARCH 14, 2013 An act to amend Section 19605.74 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 819, as introduced, Committee on Governmental Organization. Horse racing: Breeders' Cup Championship series: payment of purses. Existing law generally provides for the distribution of funds collected from wagers on horse racing in California. In years that the Breeders' Cup Championship series is conducted at a race meeting in California, existing law requires that specified amounts that would have otherwise been distributed to a purse account be made available to promote and sponsor the Breeders' Cup. This bill would instead specify that those amounts shall be made available to the organization operating the Breeders' Cup Championship series for the purpose of promoting and supporting the Breeders' Cup, including the payment of purses in Breeders' Cup Championship races. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 19605.74 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 19605.74. For every year that the organization operating the Breeders' Cup Championship series chooses to conduct the Breeders' Cup at a race meeting in California, the following, notwithstanding any other  provision of  law, shall apply to the race meeting conducting the Breeders' Cup races on days during which Breeders' Cup races are conducted: (a) The amounts that would have otherwise been distributed to a purse account pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 19601.02 shall be made available  to the organization operating the Breeders' Cup Championship series  for the purpose of promoting and  sponsoring   supporting  the Breeders' Cup  , including the payment of purses in Breeders' Cup Championship races  . (b) The thoroughbred racing association hosting the Breeders' Cup shall enter into a written agreement, in consultation and cooperation with the California Tourism Commission and the statewide marketing organization formed pursuant to Section 19605.73, with the organization that operates the Breeders' Cup regarding the manner in which the funds set aside to support and promote the Breeders' Cup are to be expended. (c) Within 90 days after the holding of each Breeders' Cup, a written report shall be made to the board detailing the manner in which the set-aside funds were utilized to promote and support the Breeders' Cup.