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2018 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 527
BY SENATOR LAFLEUR
HORSE RACING. Provides relative to quarter horse racing. (8/1/18)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 4:214.1(B), relative to horse racing; to provide relative to quarter
3 horse racing; to provide relative to thoroughbred horse racing; to remove
4 requirement of quarter horse racing at certain tracks; to provide for distribution of
5 slot proceeds; to provide for exceptions; to provide for applicability; and to provide
6 for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 4:214.1(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง214.1. Minimum live racing dates; offtrack and other authorized wagering
10 * * *
11 B.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, at any facility
12 where the purse revenue derived from slot machines is limited by law to a certain
13 expressly stated number of slot machines, such facility shall maintain a minimum of
14 eighty thoroughbred horse racing days conducted during twenty consecutive weeks
15 and not less than ten days of quarter horse racing conducted during three consecutive
16 weeks. The racing days provided for in this Subsection shall be conducted within a
17 fifty-two week period. The foregoing minimum racing requirements are mandatory
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1 unless the association is prevented from live racing as a result of a natural disaster,
2 an act of God, force majeure, a catastrophe, or such other occurrence over which the
3 association has no control. When a pari-mutuel wagering facility and a related
4 offtrack betting facility are sold, the purchaser shall conduct the minimum number
5 of live racing days, including the minimum quarter horse racing days, required by
6 this Section as a condition of operating the offtrack betting facility.
7 (2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or any other
8 provision of law to the contrary, at any facility where the purse revenue derived
9 from slot machines is limited by law to a certain expressly stated number of slot
10 machines, any and all proceeds derived from slot machines permitted pursuant
11 to Chapter 7 of Title 27 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and used to
12 supplement quarter horse purses shall be collected and allocated as provided
13 by law.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ashley Menou.
DIGEST
SB 527 Original 2018 Regular Session LaFleur
Present law creates the Louisiana State Racing Commission and provides the duties of the
commission.
Present law, regarding pari-mutuel live racing facilities, provides that in order to conduct
offtrack or other authorized wagering, an association must meet the following minimum live
racing requirements:
(1)Not less than 130 racing days per year.
(2)Not less than 84 days conducted during 21 consecutive weeks of thoroughbred horse
racing.
(3)Not less than 46 days conducted during 12 consecutive weeks of quarter horse
racing.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides that at any facility where the purse revenue from slot machines is
limited to a certain number of slot machines, that facility must meet the following minimum
live racing requirements:
(1)80 thoroughbred racing days per year conducted during 20 consecutive weeks.
(2)Not less than 10 quarter horse racing days per year conducted during three
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consecutive weeks.
Present law provides that an eligible facility in Orleans Parish shall be authorized to have
a maximum of 700 slot machines.
Proposed law removes the requirement of not less than 10 quarter horse racing days.
Proposed law provides that notwithstanding proposed law, slot machine proceeds shall be
collected and allocated to supplement quarter horse purses as provided by present law.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 4:214.1(B))
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