CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1473Introduced by Assembly Member GrayFebruary 22, 2019 An act to add Section 19610.7 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1473, as introduced, Gray. Horse racing: takeouts: disclosure to patrons.Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, authorizes racing associations and fairs to make various deductions from the amounts handled, and specifies the manner in which the amounts deducted are required to be distributed. A violation of the Horse Racing Law, where no other penalty is expressed, is a misdemeanor.This bill would require each racing association or fair to inform patrons, through the official program, of the takeout being applied to the handle for the racing meeting. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 19610.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:19610.7. A racing association or fair shall inform patrons, through the official program, of the takeout being applied to the handle for the racing meeting.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1473Introduced by Assembly Member GrayFebruary 22, 2019 An act to add Section 19610.7 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1473, as introduced, Gray. Horse racing: takeouts: disclosure to patrons.Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, authorizes racing associations and fairs to make various deductions from the amounts handled, and specifies the manner in which the amounts deducted are required to be distributed. A violation of the Horse Racing Law, where no other penalty is expressed, is a misdemeanor.This bill would require each racing association or fair to inform patrons, through the official program, of the takeout being applied to the handle for the racing meeting. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1473
Introduced by Assembly Member GrayFebruary 22, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Gray
February 22, 2019
An act to add Section 19610.7 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1473, as introduced, Gray. Horse racing: takeouts: disclosure to patrons.
Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, authorizes racing associations and fairs to make various deductions from the amounts handled, and specifies the manner in which the amounts deducted are required to be distributed. A violation of the Horse Racing Law, where no other penalty is expressed, is a misdemeanor.This bill would require each racing association or fair to inform patrons, through the official program, of the takeout being applied to the handle for the racing meeting. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, authorizes racing associations and fairs to make various deductions from the amounts handled, and specifies the manner in which the amounts deducted are required to be distributed. A violation of the Horse Racing Law, where no other penalty is expressed, is a misdemeanor.
This bill would require each racing association or fair to inform patrons, through the official program, of the takeout being applied to the handle for the racing meeting. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 19610.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:19610.7. A racing association or fair shall inform patrons, through the official program, of the takeout being applied to the handle for the racing meeting.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 19610.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:19610.7. A racing association or fair shall inform patrons, through the official program, of the takeout being applied to the handle for the racing meeting.
SECTION 1. Section 19610.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
19610.7. A racing association or fair shall inform patrons, through the official program, of the takeout being applied to the handle for the racing meeting.
19610.7. A racing association or fair shall inform patrons, through the official program, of the takeout being applied to the handle for the racing meeting.
19610.7. A racing association or fair shall inform patrons, through the official program, of the takeout being applied to the handle for the racing meeting.
19610.7. A racing association or fair shall inform patrons, through the official program, of the takeout being applied to the handle for the racing meeting.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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