GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 1055 2022 Regular Session Hughes
RACING/HORSE: Provides relative to horse racing.
DIGEST
Present law provides for specific duties of the La. State Racing Commission.
Proposed law provides for the following additional duties of the commission:
(1)Promulgate rules setting forth minimum standards and infrastructure investments
required of each association for facility maintenance and improvements, such as
minimum standards for track surface, barns, grand stands, and paddocks in order for
the association to be eligible to conduct race meets at a particular track.
(2)Promulgate rules setting forth minimum employment requirements, including but not
limited to food service, marketing, pari-mutuel windows, and kiosk repair staffing,
for both full-time and seasonal workers in order for the association to be eligible to
conduct race meets at a particular track.
Present law authorizes the commission to require licensed associations to submit a written
report and sets forth certain guidelines to be included in the report, including a plan of
operation and a summary of the prior year's plan of operation. Proposed law changes these
reporting provisions from a regulation the commission is authorized to enforce to a
regulation the board is required to enforce.
Proposed law requires facility improvements to be included in the plan of operation
guidelines set forth in present law.
Present law defines "facility improvements".
Proposed law requires each association or licensee as defined in present law (R.S. 4:143) to
submit, by certified mail no later than 20 days after the end of each calendar quarter, a report
to the commission, Senate Committee on Judiciary B, and the House Committee on
Commerce which names each individual, corporation, firm, partnership, association, or other
legal entity that provides professional services to the association, including the name and
addresses of each entity and whether the entity providing the services is a La. registered
business, female-owned, or minority-owned.
Proposed law requires each association or licensee as defined in present law (R.S. 4:143) to
submit, by certified mail no later than 20 days after the end of each calendar quarter, a report
to the commission, Senate Committee on Judiciary B, and the House Committee on
Commerce which provides the demographic information of the association's or licensee's
workforce, including race, gender, and La. residency.
Proposed law defines "professional services".
Proposed law requires the reports set forth in proposed law to be public record and governed
by present law public record provisions.
Proposed law provides that the reports required pursuant to proposed law are not required
to contain compensation amounts paid by the association to each individual or legal entity
in exchange for professional services or the compensation paid to each of its employees.
Proposed law authorizes the commission to suspend or withdraw licenses, permits, and other
privileges or to terminate racing privileges for failure to comply with the reporting
requirements in accordance with proposed law.
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Prepared by Alan Miller. Proposed law requires the commission to adopt rules for the implementation of proposed law
and requires such rules to be adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.
Proposed law requires the first report required pursuant to proposed law to be submitted by
October 20, 2022.
Proposed law authorizes the commission to suspend or withdraw licenses, permits, and other
privileges or terminate racing privileges for failure to spend necessary funds in order to
maintain minimum facility maintenance and facility improvement criteria established
pursuant to present law and proposed law.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 4:158.1 and 160(B); dds R.S. 4:147(7) and (8), 158.2, and 160(C))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Commerce to the
original bill:
1. Make technical changes.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary B to the
reengrossed bill
1. Requires that the rules and regulations to be adopted by the commission relative
to full-time and seasonal employment requirements include food service,
marketing, pari-mutuel windows, and kiosk repair staffing.
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Prepared by Alan Miller.