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ACT No. 721
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 938
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUSTIN MILLER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 4:150(A) and 169(A)(3), relative to horse racing; to extend the
3 term of certain licenses; to provide for renewal; to provide an expiration date; to
4 make technical changes; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 4:150(A) and 169(A)(3) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
8 as follows:
9 §150. Licenses to owners, trainers, jockeys, and riders; qualifications of applicant
10 for a license
11 A.(1) The Commission commission may grant, refuse, suspend, or withdraw
12 licenses to horse owners, jockeys, riders, agents, trainers, grooms, stable foremen,
13 exercise boys, veterinarians, valets, platers, and/or or anyone licensed pursuant to
14 this Part and any rules and regulations the Commission commission adopts and upon
15 the payment of a license fee as fixed pursuant to this Part. No license under this
16 section Section shall be granted for more than one three fiscal year years, but a
17 license issued pursuant to this Part is valid at all race meetings in the this state during
18 the period. Any license may be revoked by the commission and any person whose
19 license has been revoked is ineligible to participate in racing unless the license is
20 returned by the commission with permission to operate thereunder. No license shall
21 be refused to any applicant who is qualified in accordance with the rules and
22 regulations adopted by the commission;, and no license shall be revoked without just
23 cause.
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1 (2) The granting of a license to a trainer shall make him responsible for and
2 be the absolute insurer of the condition of the horses he enters regardless of acts of
3 third parties.
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5 §169. Licenses, registrations, fees for participating in racing
6 A.
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8 (3)(a) Effective July 1, 2013, owners, trainers, jockeys, jockey agents,
9 exercise persons, and veterinarians may renew the annual license fee for up to a
10 three-year period which shall expire June thirtieth of the third year. Colors may also
11 be registered at the annual license amount for up to a three-year period to expire June
12 thirtieth of the third year.
13 (b) Beginning July 1, 2022, the commission may renew the annual license
14 fee for the partnership licenses outlined in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection for up to
15 a three-year period which shall expire June thirtieth of the third year.
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17 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2022; if vetoed by the
18 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
19 the day following such approval by the legislature or June 30, 2022, whichever is later.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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