ENROLLED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 131
BY REPRESENTATIVES BOYER, BAGLEY, BROWN, BUTLER, CHASSION,
DICKERSON, EGAN, EMERSON, KNOX, LACOMBE, MARCELLE, MYERS,
SELDERS, STAGNI, THOMPSON, WALTERS, AND WYBLE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 4:177, relative to horse racing; to provide for the payment of
3 horse racing purses; to provide for breeder awards; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 4:177 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง177. Breeder awards
7 Each licensee authorized to conduct race meets shall pay the equivalent of ten
8 percent of winner's share of the the total purse of each race won earned by accredited
9 Louisiana bred horses. The sum shall be paid by the licensee within thirty days after
10 the close of the race meeting to the respective breeders of the first, second, and third
11 place winners of such races as a breeder's award. The provisions of this Section shall
12 not apply to races written exclusively for accredited Louisiana bred horses which
13 shall be paid a breeder's award by the Louisiana State Racing Commission out of
14 funds provided for this purpose pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 4:165(A).
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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