CHAPTER 4. Horse Racing [19400. - 19668.]

Chapter 4 repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.

§§ 19400–19668 · 334 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 19400–19419.9 · 43 sections

   • § 19400 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Horse Racing Law.”
   • § 19401 The intent of this chapter is to allow parimutuel wagering on horse races, while: (a) Assuring protection of the public. (b) Encouraging agriculture and the…
   • § 19402 Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
   • § 19403 “Association” means any person engaged in the conduct of a recognized horse race meeting.
   • § 19403.5 “Barrel race” means a horse race around a course with three barrels placed in a triangular pattern which may conform to the requirements of the Women’s…
   • § 19404 (a) “Board” means the California Horse Racing Board within the Business and Consumer Services Agency. (b) The amendments made to this section by the act adding…
   • § 19405 “Breakage” means the odd cents by which the amount payable on each dollar wagered exceeds a multiple of ten cents ($0.10).
   • § 19406 (a) A “California-bred horse” is a foal dropped by a mare in California after being conceived in California and remaining in California until the foal is…
   • § 19407 “Charity days” means racing days granted to a licensed racing association for the purpose of contributing net proceeds from such days to charitable…
   • § 19407.5 “Executive director” means the Executive Director of the California Horse Racing Board.
   • § 19407.6 “Foaling date” means the date the horse is dropped by a mare as stated on the papers of registration.
   • § 19408 “Fund” means the Fair and Exposition Fund.
   • § 19408.1 “Graded stake” means an international classification for major thoroughbred stakes races established in each country by its thoroughbred racing regulatory body.
   • § 19408.2 “Claiming race” means a race in which any horse entered therein may be claimed in conformity with the rules established by the board.
   • § 19408.3 “Stakes race” means a race for which owners of horses entered or engaged for the race contribute to a purse for which money or any other prize may be added,…
   • § 19409 A “standardbred horse” is any horse (including mare, gelding, colt and filly) that meets the requirements of and is registered by the United States Trotting…
   • § 19409.5 “Harness horse racing” is that form of horseracing in which “standardbred horses” as defined in Section 19409 are harnessed to a sulky or similar vehicle, and…
   • § 19410 “Inclosure” means all areas of the racing association’s or fair’s grounds and locations, as designated by the racing association or fair licensed to conduct a…
   • § 19410.5 (a) The “inclosure–restricted” is that part of the inclosure that is enclosed by a wall, fence, or other physical barrier, where admission is obtained only…
   • § 19410.7 “Minisatellite wagering site” means a location where satellite wagering may be conducted, with the approval of the board, provided that the wagering occurs in…
   • § 19410.8 “Show jumping race” means a horse race, over obstacles made of artificial or natural material, which is shorter than a steeplechase course, and is run by…
   • § 19411 “Parimutuel wagering” is a form of wagering in which bettors either purchase tickets of various denominations, or issue wagering instructions leading to the…
   • § 19411.1 “Handle” means the aggregate contributions to parimutuel pools.
   • § 19412 (a) “Conventional parimutuel pool” means the total wagers under the parimutuel system on any horse or horses in a particular race to win, place, or show. (b)…
   • § 19413 “Person” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other association or organization.
   • § 19413.1 “Prohibited drug substance” is any drug substance, medication, or chemical, whether natural or synthetic, or a metabolite or analogue thereof, foreign to the…
   • § 19413.2 “Standardbred breeder” means the owner of the dam of a standardbred foal at the time the foal was conceived.
   • § 19413.4 “Registered California standardbred stallion” means a stallion that is registered with the United States Trotting Association and listed in the official…
   • § 19413.5 “Quarter horse” is any horse (including mare, gelding, colt and filly) that meets the requirements of and is registered by the American Quarter Horse…
   • § 19414 “Quarter horse racing” means that form of horse racing in which the participating horses are “quarter horses,” as defined in Section 19413.5, and are ridden by…
   • § 19414.5 (a) “Racing days” are days on which a licensed racing association or fair is authorized by the board to conduct horse racing. (b) “Racing weeks” are seven…
   • § 19415.5 “Split meeting” means a meeting having two periods of racing separated by at least 45 days, one period which is no more than 18 consecutive weeks in length and…
   • § 19415.8 “Steeplechase race” means horse racing over obstacles made of natural or artificial material and includes both hurdle and timber races. Rules for a…
   • § 19416 “Thoroughbred horse” is any horse (including mare, gelding, colt and filly) that meets the requirements of and is registered by the Jockey Club of New York,…
   • § 19416.5 “Appaloosa horse” is any horse (including mare, gelding, colt and filly) that meets the requirements of and is registered by the Appaloosa Horse Club and…
   • § 19416.6 “Arabian horse” is any horse (including mare, gelding, colt, and filly) that meets the requirements of and is registered by the Arabian Horse Registry of…
   • § 19416.7 “Paint horse” is any horse, including mare, gelding, colt, and filly, that meets the requirements of and is registered by the American Paint Horse Association.
   • § 19417 “Thoroughbred racing” is the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is a “thoroughbred” (as herein defined), is mounted by a jockey and engages…
   • § 19417.5 “Appaloosa racing” is the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is an Appaloosa horse, is mounted by a jockey, and engages in races on the…
   • § 19417.6 “Arabian racing” is the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is an Arabian horse, is mounted by a jockey and engages in races on the flat…
   • § 19417.7 “Paint racing” is the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is a paint horse, is mounted by a jockey and engages in races on the flat over a…
   • § 19418 (a) “Fair” or “state-designated fairground” for purposes of this chapter means the California Exposition and State Fair in the City of Sacramento, an…
   • § 19419.9 The provisions of this chapter insofar as they are substantially the same as existing code provisions relating to the same subject matter shall be construed as…
2. ARTICLE 2. General Administration and Enforcement §§ 19420–19448 · 33 sections

   • § 19420 Jurisdiction and supervision over meetings in this State where horse races with wagering on their results are held or conducted, and over all persons or things…
   • § 19421 The board consists of seven members, appointed by the Governor. Each member shall hold office for a term of four years, commencing at the expiration of the…
   • § 19422 Each member of the board shall have been a resident of this State for two years next preceding his appointment.
   • § 19423 A person is disqualified from membership on the board if the person, the person’s spouse or any dependent child thereof: (a) Holds a financial interest in any…
   • § 19424 No board member is disqualified from receiving a share of any purse awarded him as the result of any horse race as an owner of a horse or as a breeder of a…
   • § 19424.5 In order to permit the full participation of horsemen and horsewomen who may be appointed to the board, the Legislature declares that the appointment of such…
   • § 19425 The members of the board shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day spent in attendance at meetings scheduled by the chairperson of…
   • § 19426 The Governor may remove any board member for incompetence, neglect of duty or corruption upon first giving him a copy of the charges against him and an…
   • § 19427 The board shall appoint such employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
   • § 19428 The board shall appoint an executive director who shall receive the annual salary established by the board and approved by the Department of Human Resources.…
   • § 19429 A person is disqualified from employment by the board if the person, the person’s spouse, or any dependent child thereof: (a) Holds a financial interest in a…
   • § 19430 The salaries of the executive director, and other employees of the board, the per diem allowance of members of the board, and the necessary traveling and other…
   • § 19431 (a) The board shall establish and maintain a general office for the transaction of its business in Sacramento. The board may establish any branch office for…
   • § 19431.5 The board shall publish, on a weekly basis on its internet website, all racehorse fatalities related to racing or training that occur within a licensed…
   • § 19432 The executive director shall keep a full and true record of all proceedings of the board, preserve at the board’s general office all books, documents, and…
   • § 19433 The board may visit, investigate, and place expert accountants and such other persons as it may deem necessary in the office, track, or other place of business…
   • § 19434 The board may require that the books and financial or other statements of any person licensed under this chapter shall be kept in any manner which to the board…
   • § 19435 The board, its executive director, or the stewards, may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses or the production of any records, books, memoranda,…
   • § 19436 Any person subpoenaed who fails to appear at the time and place specified in answer to the subpoena and to bring any papers or things specified in the…
   • § 19437 Any person who testifies falsely under oath in any proceeding before, or any investigation by the board, its executive director, or the stewards, is guilty of…
   • § 19438 All civil process in actions brought against the executive director or the board and all subpoenas for the production of board records shall be served upon the…
   • § 19439 In lieu of requiring an affidavit or other sworn statement in any application or other paper or document required to be filed with it, the board may require a…
   • § 19440 (a) The board shall have all powers necessary and proper to enable it to carry out fully and effectually the purposes of this chapter. Responsibilities of the…
   • § 19440.1 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may enter into agreements with the authority and any other private, state, or federal entity that is…
   • § 19440.5 An annual audit shall be conducted of the financial books and records of the horsemen’s organizations, including any subsidiaries of the horsemen’s…
   • § 19441 The board shall annually make a full report to the Governor and the Legislature of its proceedings and the state of the business of horse racing for the…
   • § 19441.2 In its annual report required under Section 19441, the board shall include a tabulation of injuries, fatalities, and comparative accident rates for all racing…
   • § 19442.2 The board shall, if possible, designate at least one steward at each track where a horse racing meeting is conducted who is a former jockey or at least one…
   • § 19443 The Attorney General and every district attorney shall enforce this chapter in their capacities as law enforcement officers.
   • § 19444 In performing its responsibilities pursuant to this chapter, the board may do the following: (a) Pay membership fees, join, and participate in the affairs of…
   • § 19446.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a veterinarian shall not administer medications to any horse entered in the same race in which a horse is entered…
   • § 19447 If a question of consent is appealed to the board under subdivision (a) of Section 19601 or subdivision (f) of Section 19605.3, the board shall hold a hearing…
   • § 19448 (a) The board shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice of all of the…
3. ARTICLE 2.5. Backstretch Worker Labor Relations §§ 19455–19455.4 · 3 sections

   • § 19455 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that Section 923 of the Labor Code recognizes that it is necessary that the individual worker have full freedom of…
   • § 19455.2 (a) The board shall provide for labor agreements under this article to be binding upon every applicable licensee. (b) No horseman or trainer who has a separate…
   • § 19455.4 The board may establish reasonable rules to regulate the time, place, and manner for representatives of labor unions to meet backstretch workers within the…
4. ARTICLE 3. Licenses Generally §§ 19460–19466 · 8 sections

   • § 19460 All licenses granted under this chapter: (a) Shall be in writing. (b) Are subject to all rules, regulations, and conditions prescribed by the board. (c) Shall…
   • § 19461 Every license granted under this chapter is subject to suspension or revocation by the board in any case where the board has reason to believe that any…
   • § 19461.1 (a) The withdrawal of an application for a license after it has been filed with the board shall not, unless the board has consented in writing to the…
   • § 19461.5 Upon a finding by the Labor Commissioner that a violation of any provision of the Labor Code, within the jurisdiction of the Labor Commissioner, has been…
   • § 19462 If any license is suspended or revoked, the board shall state publicly its reasons for the suspension or revocation, and shall cause an entry of such reasons…
   • § 19463 The action of the board in suspending or revoking a license issued under this chapter is final, except that the propriety of the action of suspending or…
   • § 19464 (a) No application for a horse owner’s license or for a license to conduct a race meeting shall be granted unless the applicant’s liability for workers’…
   • § 19466 The board shall maintain a current listing of its temporary and permanent licensees and shall include therein identifying information as to each licensee and…
5. ARTICLE 4. Licenses for Track Operators §§ 19480–19497 · 21 sections

   • § 19480 (a) The board may issue to any person who makes application therefor in writing, who has complied with this chapter, and who makes the deposit to secure…
   • § 19481 In performing its responsibilities, the board shall do all of the following: (a) Establish safety standards governing the uniformity and content of the track…
   • § 19481.3 (a) Every racing association and racing fair licensed pursuant to this article shall maintain, staff, and supply an on-track first aid facility, that may be…
   • § 19481.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no license shall be issued to conduct a horse racing meeting upon a track unless the track has been inspected…
   • § 19481.7 (a) (1) The board may, at any time, immediately suspend a license to conduct a racing meeting when necessary to protect the health and safety of the horses or…
   • § 19482 No license to conduct a horse racing meeting shall be issued to any of the following: (a) Any nonprofit corporation entitled to an exemption from any tax…
   • § 19483 Unless the board finds that the purpose of this chapter will be better served thereby, no license to conduct a horseracing meeting at any track shall be issued…
   • § 19484 Unless the board finds that the purpose of this chapter will be better served thereby, no person licensed under this article to conduct a horseracing meeting…
   • § 19485 The board shall not issue a license to conduct a horse racing meeting at any place, track or inclosure, not used for horse racing meetings prior to July 1,…
   • § 19487 Notwithstanding Section 19485, any licensed racing association operating a racetrack may construct another track of not less than one-half mile in…
   • § 19488 (a) Every license issued under this article shall specify the following: (1) The name of the person to whom it is issued. (2) The track where the horse racing…
   • § 19489 A license issued under this article is not transferable nor does it permit the conduct of a horse racing meeting at any track not specified therein. If,…
   • § 19490 Each application for a license to conduct a horse racing meeting shall be accompanied by a deposit to secure the payment of any license fee imposed by this…
   • § 19491 (a) Subject to Sections 19491.5 and 19491.6, and except as provided in Section 19491.7, every association which conducts a racing meeting shall pay as an…
   • § 19491.5 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 19491, an association, including the California Exposition and State Fair or a county or district…
   • § 19491.6 Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 19612, the exempt amount retained by the association shall be regularly deposited in a separate account with a…
   • § 19491.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 by an association licensed to conduct harness racing shall be used…
   • § 19493 Upon the termination of the horse racing meeting for which a license has been granted: (a) If the licensee has fully paid the license fee imposed by this…
   • § 19494 If by reason of any cause beyond control, and through no fault or neglect of any licensee, and when the licensee is not in default, it becomes impossible for…
   • § 19495 Except as provided in this chapter, no license or excise tax or fee in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) for each racing day shall be assessed against or…
   • § 19497 Any person who is licensed to conduct a horse racing meeting at any place, track or inclosure which is leased by him from the state, shall not transfer any…
6. ARTICLE 4.5. Jockeys §§ 19500–19506 · 5 sections

   • § 19500 (a) A jockey who agrees to exercise a racehorse shall be paid no less than the standard rate that is paid to exercise riders unless the jockey has been…
   • § 19501 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Professional jockeys are vital to the horse racing industry and the work they perform is very…
   • § 19502 Notwithstanding any other law, the board shall not permit any portion of an entry, nomination, or other fee paid by an owner to be deducted from a jockey…
   • § 19504 (a) No racehorse shall be ridden at a racetrack unless the rider is equipped with a safety helmet and safety vest. (b) No later than July 1, 2006, the board…
   • § 19506 No later than July 1, 2006, the board shall approve and participate in a health assessment study of jockeys that will provide information relevant to the…
7. ARTICLE 5. Stewards and Racing Officials §§ 19510–19518 · 9 sections

   • § 19510 (a) Every steward and racing official not required to be licensed under Article 4 (commencing with Section 19480) shall be licensed by the board pursuant to…
   • § 19512 (a) The board shall require applicants for license as a steward or as an official veterinarian to pass both a written and an oral examination. (b) The board…
   • § 19513 (a) The board shall prepare both written and oral examinations. All examinations shall be standardized and, in the case of oral examinations, tape recorded.…
   • § 19514 Racing officials shall be licensed by the board pursuant to rules and regulations that the board may adopt, and upon payment of a license fee fixed and…
   • § 19515 (a) A license issued under this article shall be issued for a period not to exceed three years, which the board may, by regulation, establish. The board may…
   • § 19516 The board may, at any time, require the removal of any racing official or employee in any case where it has reason to believe that the official or employee has…
   • § 19517 (a) The board, upon due consideration, may overrule any steward’s decision other than a decision to disqualify a horse due to a foul or a riding or a driving…
   • § 19517.5 (a) The respondent in an enforcement proceeding that alleges the use of a prohibited substance, as defined under class I, class II, or class III of the board’s…
   • § 19518 (a) (1) The board shall contract with persons licensed as stewards pursuant to this article to perform the duties of stewards at horse racing meets. The board…
8. ARTICLE 5.5. Other Licenses §§ 19520–19526 · 6 sections

   • § 19520 (a) (1) Every person not required to be licensed under Article 4 (commencing with Section 19480) who participates in, or has anything to do with, the racing of…
   • § 19521 (a) A license issued pursuant to this article shall be issued for a period not to exceed three years, which the board may, by regulation, establish. The board…
   • § 19522 (a) The board shall also set forth requirements for the position of satellite facility supervisor for all satellite wagering facilities operated by the state…
   • § 19523 The board may, at any time, require the removal of any racing official or employee in any case where it has reason to believe that the official or employee has…
   • § 19525 (a) For purposes of this section, “equine” means a horse of any breed used for racing or showing, including prospective racehorses, breeding prospects,…
   • § 19526 (a) Each trainer shall keep accurate payroll records, showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight time and overtime hours…
9. ARTICLE 5.6. Interstate Compact on Horse Racing Occupational Licensing §§ 19527–19528 · 2 sections

   • § 19527 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Association of Racing Commissioners International has proposed a compact providing for the…
   • § 19528 The California Horse Racing Board is hereby authorized to enter into the interstate compact identified in Section 19527 for the purposes described therein,…
10. ARTICLE 6. Racing Days Generally §§ 19530–19535 · 9 sections

    • § 19530 (a) The board shall have the authority to allocate racing weeks to an applicant or applicants pursuant to the provisions of this article and Article 6.5…
    • § 19530.5 For the purposes of this article there shall be three geographical zones which shall be designated (a) the “southern zone,” which shall consist of the Counties…
    • § 19531 (a) The board shall make allocations of racing weeks, including simultaneous racing between zones, as it deems appropriate. The maximum number of racing weeks…
    • § 19531.1 Notwithstanding any other law, the board shall not allocate racing dates to a thoroughbred racing association in the central or southern zone for the purpose…
    • § 19532 (a) Any association licensed to conduct thoroughbred racing in the northern zone may receive no more than 35 weeks of that racing. (b) Any association licensed…
    • § 19533 (a) Any license granted to an association other than a fair shall be only for one type of racing, thoroughbred, harness, or quarter horse racing as the case…
    • § 19533.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19533, the board may authorize the following mixed breed racing: (1) An association licensed to conduct a quarter horse meeting to…
    • § 19533.6 Notwithstanding Section 19533, the board may authorize any racing association licensed to conduct a live quarter horse racing meeting to also conduct mule…
    • § 19535 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the time the board allocates racing weeks, it shall determine the number of useable stalls that each…
11. ARTICLE 6.5. Fairs and Expositions §§ 19540–19549.17 · 18 sections

    • § 19540 In order to encourage and develop the racing of all horses in California, regardless of breed, whenever a fair conducts a program of horse races on which there…
    • § 19542 Notwithstanding any other law, fairs that conduct live horse racing meetings in the northern zone may allow a joint powers authority to administer and…
    • § 19546 (a) In order to encourage and develop the racing of all horses in California, regardless of breed, whenever a fair conducts a program of parimutuel wagering,…
    • § 19547 Notwithstanding Section 19490, no deposit shall be required for any horse racing meeting conducted by a fair.
    • § 19548 Except as provided in this chapter, no license, tax, or fee shall be assessed against or collected from any fair which, directly and not through any private…
    • § 19549 Except as provided in Section 19549.1, the maximum number of racing weeks that may be allocated to a fair shall be four weeks each year. The board shall take…
    • § 19549.1 Notwithstanding Sections 19533 and 19549 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may allocate horse racing days for mixed breed meetings and combined…
    • § 19549.2 From the weeks available for harness and quarter horse racing pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531, the board may allocate a maximum…
    • § 19549.4 Notwithstanding Section 19414.5, the board may allocate racing weeks consisting of fewer than five days to an association conducting harness or quarter horse…
    • § 19549.6 Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Sections 19540, 19546, and 19549, the board may allocate additional weeks of harness…
    • § 19549.7 Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Section 19549, the board may allocate additional weeks of quarter horse racing to a…
    • § 19549.9 Notwithstanding paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Section 19549, the board may allocate up to 10 additional weeks of harness racing to the…
    • § 19549.12 Notwithstanding Sections 19482 and 19549, any weeks of harness racing or quarter horse racing allocated by the board to be raced at the facilities of a county…
    • § 19549.13 (a) Fairs that conduct racing meetings in the northern zone may, and horsemen’s organizations that represent horsemen who participate at fair racing meetings…
    • § 19549.14 (a) Notwithstanding, Section 19489 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may permit the San Mateo County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at…
    • § 19549.15 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19489 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may permit the Solano County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at…
    • § 19549.16 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may allocate racing days, pursuant to this article, to a fair in the northern zone to be conducted by the fair or,…
    • § 19549.17 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may permit the Los Angeles County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at another site within or outside the…
12. ARTICLE 7. Charity Racing Days §§ 19550–19557 · 9 sections

    • § 19550 (a) The board shall require each licensed racing association that conducts 14 or less weeks of racing to designate 3 racing days, and each licensed racing…
    • § 19551 As a condition of the issuance of the license, the board shall require that the licensee of such meeting shall conduct such charity day racing and shall…
    • § 19552 All racing officials required by law or regulation to serve in connection with the meeting shall also serve, without further authority or designation, in their…
    • § 19553 On such charity days the income from all operations carried on in connection with or resulting from the conduct of racing on such days, including income from…
    • § 19554 Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the distributing agent for charity distributions shall be a nonprofit organization or corporation, or nonprofit…
    • § 19555 Each licensee shall pay over such charity days’ net proceeds to such distributing agent as soon as practicable after the determination thereof, and such agent…
    • § 19556 (a) The distribution shall be made by the distributing agent to beneficiaries qualified under this article. For purposes of this article, a beneficiary shall…
    • § 19556.5 The board shall designate a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to research and development of improved safety standards for horse racing as a beneficiary…
    • § 19557 Within the 12-month period specified in Section 19555, and prior to the payment of any charity days’ net proceeds to any beneficiary, the distributing agent…
13. ARTICLE 8. Regulation Generally §§ 19560–19578.2 · 19 sections

    • § 19560 No person shall, without complying with this chapter, hold or conduct, or assist, aid, or abet in holding or conducting, any meeting in this State where there…
    • § 19562 The board may prescribe rules, regulations, and conditions, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, under which all horse races with wagering on their…
    • § 19563 The board may adopt any rules and regulations of the United States Trotting Association, not inconsistent with this chapter, for the regulation of harness…
    • § 19564 The board may adopt any rules and regulations of the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association, not inconsistent with this chapter, for the regulation of…
    • § 19565 Subject to the provisions of this article, the board shall by rule provide for the registration of all California-bred horses.
    • § 19566 The official Stud Book and Registry of the American Quarter Horse Association shall be recognized as the sole official registry for quarter horses. The board…
    • § 19566.5 The Stud Book of the Appaloosa Horse Club as approved by the Appaloosa Horse Club shall be recognized as the sole official registry for Appaloosa horses. The…
    • § 19566.6 The registry for registered California standardbred stallions shall be maintained by the California Horse Racing Board or its designee and shall be recognized…
    • § 19567 (a) Since the purpose of this chapter is to encourage agriculture and the breeding of horses in this state, a sum equal to 10 percent of the first money of…
    • § 19568 (a) Every licensee conducting a horse racing meeting shall, each racing day, provide for the running of at least one race limited to California-bred horses and…
    • § 19569 In order to encourage and develop the racing of quarter horses, whenever a fair conducts a program of horse races on which there is parimutuel wagering, it…
    • § 19572 The board may, by rule, provide for the exclusion or ejection from any inclosure where horse races are authorized, or from specified portions of that…
    • § 19573 Any person who, pursuant to a rule of the board, is excluded or ejected from any inclosure where horse racing is authorized may apply to the board for a…
    • § 19574 Any person who is excluded or ejected from an inclosure pursuant to a rule or rules promulgated pursuant to the provisions of Section 19572 is guilty of a…
    • § 19576 (a) No person may furnish an audio or video recording of any quarter horse race occurring in this state to any other person either within or outside of the…
    • § 19577 (a) (1) Any blood or urine test sample required by the board to be taken from a horse that is entered in any race shall be divided or taken in duplicate, if…
    • § 19578 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the board contract with the Regents of the University of California to provide equine drug testing. It is further…
    • § 19578.1 If the equine drug testing is not conducted by the Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory at the University of California, Davis, the board…
    • § 19578.2 At the discretion of track stewards, horses that ship in on racing days may be subject to video surveillance for purposes of monitoring compliance with this…
14. ARTICLE 8.5. Equine Medication §§ 19580–19585 · 10 sections

    • § 19580 (a) The board shall adopt regulations to establish policies, guidelines, and penalties relating to equine medication in order to preserve and enhance the…
    • § 19581 No substance of any kind shall be administered by any means to a horse after it has been entered to race in a horse race, unless the board has, by regulation,…
    • § 19582 (a) (1) Violations of Section 19581, as determined by the board, are punishable as set forth in regulations adopted by the board. (2) The board may classify…
    • § 19582.5 The board may adopt regulations that prohibit the entry in a race of a horse that tests positive for a drug substance in violation of Section 19581. Upon a…
    • § 19583 Every veterinarian who treats a horse within the inclosure shall, in writing, on a form prescribed by the board, report to the official veterinarian in a…
    • § 19583.5 (a) Horses that are unsound or lame are subject to immediate placement on the Veterinarian’s List with criteria for removal that may include diagnostic…
    • § 19583.7 In addition to any criteria set forth by a racing association, a thoroughbred or quarter horse that is four years of age or older that has not competed in a…
    • § 19583.9 (a) All horses at a licensed thoroughbred, fair, or quarter horse race meet shall be subject to veterinary monitoring during morning training. A licensed…
    • § 19583.10 A racing association shall provide a location within the inclosure where a horse can be observed jogging in a circle in both directions by the official…
    • § 19585 The board shall establish and maintain a whistleblower program through which an owner, trainer, jockey, or stable-area employee may call designated persons…
15. ARTICLE 9. Wagering §§ 19590–19604 · 26 sections

    • § 19590 The board shall adopt rules governing, permitting, and regulating parimutuel wagering on horse races under the system known as the parimutuel method of…
    • § 19591 Any licensee conducting a horse racing meeting shall provide a place or places within the meeting grounds or inclosure where the licensee may conduct, operate,…
    • § 19592 The parimutuel system of wagering shall be operated only by a totalizator or other equipment approved by the board. The board shall not require any particular…
    • § 19592.5 In order to facilitate the intrastate transmission of racing programs, the board shall adopt regulations that provide for the compatibility of parimutuel…
    • § 19593 No method of betting, pool making, or wagering other than by the parimutuel method shall be permitted or used by any person licensed under this chapter to…
    • § 19594 Any person within the inclosure where a horse racing meeting is authorized may wager on the result of a horse race held at that meeting by contributing his…
    • § 19595 Any form of wagering or betting on the result of a horse race other than that permitted by this chapter is illegal.
    • § 19596 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may do any of the following: (1) Authorize a licensed harness racing association that is conducting a…
    • § 19596.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may authorize a harness or quarter horse association conducting a race meeting to accept wagers on the results of…
    • § 19596.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided in Section 19596.4, a thoroughbred racing association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal…
    • § 19596.21 (a) In addition to the authorizations to accept wagers on out-of-state and out-of-country races pursuant to Sections 19596.2 and 19596.3 and in any other…
    • § 19596.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a thoroughbred racing association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of…
    • § 19596.4 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of, and subject to the conditions specified in subdivisions (c) and (d) of, Section 19596.2, if the total number of…
    • § 19597 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person licensed under this chapter to conduct a horse racing meeting shall, as to any payment made to a…
    • § 19597.5 A person licensed under this chapter to conduct a horse racing meeting shall hold in trust the distributions required to be made pursuant to this chapter until…
    • § 19598 Any person claiming to be entitled to any part of a redistribution from a parimutuel pool operated by a licensee under this chapter, who fails to claim the…
    • § 19599 An association or fair may offer any form of parimutuel wagering, as defined by regulations adopted by the board, or as defined by Chapter 4, Pari-Mutuel…
    • § 19601 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed association or fair that is conducting a live meeting in any racing zone may accept wagers on any…
    • § 19601.01 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a thoroughbred association or fair, upon the filing of a written notice with, and approval by, the board…
    • § 19601.02 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19610, every thoroughbred association or fair that conducts a live race meeting shall deduct an additional 2 percent of the total…
    • § 19601.2 During calendar periods when any other fair or thoroughbred association and the Humboldt County Fair simultaneously conduct race meetings in the northern zone,…
    • § 19601.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a quarter horse racing association, subject to approval by the board, may deduct from the total amount handled…
    • § 19601.4 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a fair, combination of fairs, or an association conducting racing at a fair may, after approval from the board, deduct an…
    • § 19602 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any racing association located in this state may authorize betting systems located outside of this state to…
    • § 19603 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any racing association in this state may, with the approval of the board, accept out-of-state wagers on a race or…
    • § 19604 The board may authorize a racing association, racing fair, betting system, or multijurisdictional wagering hub to conduct advance deposit wagering in…
16. ARTICLE 9.2. Satellite Wagering §§ 19605–19608.8 · 47 sections

    • § 19605 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may authorize an association licensed to conduct a racing meeting in the northern zone to operate a satellite…
    • § 19605.1 With respect to the northern zone, the board may, with the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture, also authorize any fair, in the northern zone…
    • § 19605.2 With respect to the central and southern zones, the board may, with the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture, subject to the conditions and…
    • § 19605.25 (a) The California Horse Racing Board may approve an additional 15 minisatellite wagering sites in each zone, if all of the following conditions are met: (1)…
    • § 19605.3 (a) An organization described in Section 19608.2 has executed an agreement approved by the board with the association conducting a racing meeting and the…
    • § 19605.35 (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 19605.3, no fee or charge authorized under that paragraph shall be paid by the operator of a…
    • § 19605.4 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19605.3, the live audiovisual signal of night harness, quarter horse, Appaloosa, or Arabian races in the central or southern zone…
    • § 19605.45 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19605, 19605.1, 19605.35, or any other provision of this chapter, if the racing association licensed in the year 2002 to conduct…
    • § 19605.46 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 19605, and Section 19605.1, the Alameda County Fair may, with the approval of the Department of Food and…
    • § 19605.47 The Los Angeles County Fair may conduct satellite wagering at an additional location, situated not more than 20 miles from its fairgrounds, with the approval…
    • § 19605.51 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 19605, and Section 19605.1, any fair that operated a satellite wagering facility on July 1, 2007, may, with the…
    • § 19605.52 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 19605, and Section 19605.1, any fair in the Counties of Kern, Shasta, or Stanislaus may, with the approval of the…
    • § 19605.53 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 19605, and Section 19605.1, in lieu of a satellite wagering facility that could otherwise be authorized by the…
    • § 19605.54 Any racetrack in the central zone that conducted racing in 2007 but that has since closed may continue to conduct satellite wagering. If the racetrack site is…
    • § 19605.55 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19605, 19605.1, 19605.35, or any other provision of this chapter, if the Solano County Fair ceases to conduct live horse racing at…
    • § 19605.6 (a) In addition to satellite wagering facilities authorized pursuant to Sections 19605, 19605.1, and 19605.2, the board, with the approval of the Department of…
    • § 19605.61 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the live racing or the audiovisual signals of any licensed association or fair in this state are disrupted…
    • § 19605.7 The total percentage deducted from wagers at satellite wagering facilities in the northern zone shall be the same as the deductions for wagers at the racetrack…
    • § 19605.71 The total percentage deducted from wagers at satellite wagering facilities in the central and southern zones shall be the same as the percentage deducted from…
    • § 19605.72 (a) In addition to the amounts deducted and distributed pursuant to Section 19605.7, an amount equal to 1.25 percent of the total amount handled on…
    • § 19605.74 For every year that the organization operating the Breeders’ Cup World Championship series chooses to conduct the Breeders’ Cup at a race meeting in…
    • § 19605.75 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the existence of high caliber thoroughbred racing in California is important to this state’s agricultural economy.…
    • § 19605.76 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19610, a quarter horse racing association may deduct an additional 0.5 percent of the total amount handled in its exotic parimutuel…
    • § 19605.77 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19610, a harness racing association may deduct an additional 1 percent of the total amount handled in conventional parimutuel pools…
    • § 19605.78 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19610 and in addition to the deduction specified in subdivision (b) of Section 19605.75, a fair may deduct an additional 0.5…
    • § 19605.79 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event there are at any time uncommitted surplus funds in accounts created pursuant to Sections 19605.73…
    • § 19605.8 For thoroughbred meetings, the funds remaining after distribution of the amounts set forth in Sections 19605.7, 19605.71, and 19605.72 shall be distributed 50…
    • § 19605.9 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in the central and southern zones, all of the funds distributed for purses from satellite wagering facilities shall…
    • § 19606 (a) For harness, quarter horse, Appaloosa, Arabian, mixed breed, and fair meetings, the funds remaining after the distribution of the amounts set forth in…
    • § 19606.1 (a) All license fees from satellite wagering that are deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund shall be deposited in a separate account in the fund and,…
    • § 19606.5 Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 19641, the state shall receive as additional license fees 50 percent of any redistributable money in a parimutuel…
    • § 19606.6 Of the total breakage arising in a parimutuel pool which includes wagers at satellite wagering facilities in the central or southern zone, that percentage of…
    • § 19607 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 19605.8 and 19605.9, when satellite wagering is conducted on thoroughbred races at associations or fairs in the central or…
    • § 19607.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19535, the funds distributed to the organization formed pursuant to Section 19607 shall be used to pay the expenses of the…
    • § 19607.2 Notwithstanding Section 19605.8, when satellite wagering is conducted on thoroughbred races at associations or fairs in the northern zone, an amount not to…
    • § 19607.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19535, the funds distributed to the organization formed pursuant to Section 19607.2 shall be used to pay the expenses of the…
    • § 19607.4 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amount up to an amount equal to the difference between the maximum deduction authorized pursuant to…
    • § 19607.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if both a fair and a thoroughbred association are licensed by the board to conduct live racing meetings within…
    • § 19608 An association other than a fair that conducts a horseracing meeting with an average daily handle of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) or…
    • § 19608.1 Unless the board finds it impractical to do so, any fair or any association with an average daily handle of less than one million five hundred thousand dollars…
    • § 19608.2 (a) In order to permit associations providing audiovisual signals the ability to do so without undue burden and expense, to avoid unnecessary duplication of…
    • § 19608.3 (a) Funds allocated by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 19606.1 for fire and life safety…
    • § 19608.4 A satellite wagering facility, an organization established pursuant to Section 19608.2 or any of their subcontractors or entities under contract to perform any…
    • § 19608.5 All revenues payable to the state and deposited in a separate account in the fund pursuant to Section 19606.1 that are allocated by the Secretary of Food and…
    • § 19608.6 (a) Any joint powers agency requesting money in connection with the issuance of bonds for the purposes described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section…
    • § 19608.7 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting Sections 19608.5, 19608.6, and 19608.8 to provide the revenues necessary for the financing by joint powers…
    • § 19608.8 The State of California does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds or other indebtedness issued, and with those joint powers agencies which…
17. ARTICLE 9.5. License Fees, Commissions, and Purses §§ 19610–19619.7 · 51 sections

    • § 19610 Every association which conducts a racing meeting shall deduct 15 percent of the total amount handled in conventional parimutuel pools and 16.75 percent of the…
    • § 19610.1 Every association which conducts a harness racing meeting and deducts 17.75 percent of the total amount handled in exotic parimutuel pools shall use 1 percent…
    • § 19610.2 Every association that conducts a racing meeting shall deduct one-tenth of 1 percent of the total amount handled. From the amount deducted on wagers made…
    • § 19610.3 In addition to the amounts required or allowed to be deducted from the parimutuel pools as provided by this chapter, and except as otherwise provided in this…
    • § 19610.4 Notwithstanding Section 19610.3, any association that conducts a racing meeting pursuant to Section 19549.9, or any fair that operates a satellite wagering…
    • § 19610.6 Notwithstanding Section 19605.71, and in lieu of any deduction under Section 19610.3 or 19610.4, the 22nd District Agricultural Association shall deduct an…
    • § 19610.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in lieu of any deduction and distribution provided for in this chapter, upon the joint request of the…
    • § 19611 (a) For every thoroughbred association conducting a live racing meeting in the northern zone, 1.3 percent of the total amount handled on live races, excluding…
    • § 19611.5 (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association other than a fair that conducts a thoroughbred race meeting may…
    • § 19612 (a) Except as otherwise provided, every association which conducts a quarter horse race meeting or a harness horse race meeting shall pay a daily license fee…
    • § 19612.1 (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association with an average daily handle of more than seven hundred fifty…
    • § 19612.2 (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association with an average daily handle of seven hundred fifty thousand…
    • § 19612.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to harness racing associations other than those conducting a meeting pursuant to Section 19612.6,…
    • § 19612.6 (a) (1) For harness meetings, the amount remaining after deduction of the state license fee shall be distributed equally between commissions and purses. For…
    • § 19612.7 With respect to a harness race meeting, in addition to any other distributions, a portion of the money allocated for purses pursuant to this chapter may be…
    • § 19612.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any association conducting a racing meeting shall pay not less than the actual amount necessary to cover the costs…
    • § 19612.9 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 19601, unclaimed refunds shall be distributed to the organization that is responsible for negotiating…
    • § 19613 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), the portion deducted for purses pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to or for the…
    • § 19613.1 (a) With respect to thoroughbred racing, except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall determine which matters shall be the subject of negotiation and…
    • § 19613.2 (a) Any horsemen’s, owners’, or trainers’ organization or organization representing horsemen, owners, or trainers shall be incorporated under the laws of the…
    • § 19613.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, of the amount deducted for license fees, commissions, and purses from parimutuel pools at a racing meeting…
    • § 19613.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the owners’ organization referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 19613.2 that represents thoroughbred…
    • § 19613.8 Within 60 days of a statewide majority of backstretch workers having chosen to be represented by an exclusive collective bargaining agent pursuant to Article…
    • § 19614 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 19611 and 19612, and except for an association that qualifies pursuant to Section 19612.6, for a fair conducting a live racing…
    • § 19614.2 (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, a fair, or an association conducting its meeting pursuant to Section 19549.1, may…
    • § 19614.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a racing association and the organization representing horsemen may agree to reduce the portion deducted from…
    • § 19614.4 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in addition to any amounts provided for purses by any other provision of this chapter, from the amount…
    • § 19614.6 Notwithstanding Section 19614, any county fair in the central zone that conducted fair racing meetings prior to January 1, 1980, commencing with the 2006…
    • § 19615 (a) The board shall provide a method for estimating the aggregate handle for each association’s proposed race meeting. Estimates may be revised during the…
    • § 19616 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, wagers accepted on out-of-state or out-of-country races pursuant to Sections 19596 and 19596.2, or on any…
    • § 19616.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, wagers accepted on out-of-state or out-of-country races pursuant to Section 19596 or 19596.2, or on any…
    • § 19616.2 (a) Except as provided in Section 19616.1, an association conducting wagering on an out-of-state feature race that is included in the parimutuel pool of the…
    • § 19616.51 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and in lieu of any license fee payable to the state prescribed for or referred to in Section 19491, 19491.5, 19596.3, 19601,…
    • § 19617 The following definitions shall govern the construction of this section and Section 19617.2: (a) “Breeder” means a person who is registered as a breeder of a…
    • § 19617.2 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any association conducting a race meeting that includes thoroughbred racing shall deposit with the official…
    • § 19617.3 (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section: (1) “Breeder” means a person who is registered as the breeder of a California-bred paint…
    • § 19617.4 (a) The official registering agency shall invest the funds deposited with it, and the interest earned on those deposits shall be a part of the total deposits…
    • § 19617.5 (a) Any association conducting a quarter horse or harness racing meeting shall pay the sums required to be paid by Section 19567 out of the amounts deducted…
    • § 19617.6 (a) Since the purpose of this chapter is to encourage agriculture and the breeding of horses in this state, a sum equal to 10 percent of the first money of…
    • § 19617.7 (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section: (1) “Breeder” means a person who is registered as the breeder of a California-bred…
    • § 19617.75 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the breeding and ownership of quarter horses for racing is an industry that has proven to be beneficial to the…
    • § 19617.8 (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section: (1) “Breeder” means the person or persons listed as breeder of record by the Arabian…
    • § 19617.9 (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section: (1) “Breeder” means a person who is registered as the owner of the dam at the time the…
    • § 19618 (a) Except as provided in Article 9.2 (commencing with Section 19605), no person licensed under this chapter to conduct a racing meeting shall pay or…
    • § 19618.1 Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 19618 shall not apply to any payment by a licensed harness racing association in the northern zone, or by any fair, in…
    • § 19618.2 Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 19618 shall not apply to either of the following: (a) Any payment by a licensed quarter horse racing association in the…
    • § 19619 (a) Since the purpose of this chapter is to encourage agriculture and the breeding of horses in this state, a California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program is…
    • § 19619.1 With respect to harness meetings, all funds that are not distributed to horsemen as purses pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19612, Section 19612.6, and…
    • § 19619.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, funds may be made available to supplement the purses distributed by the California Standardbred Sires…
    • § 19619.6 Every association or fair that provides a live audiovisual signal of its program to a satellite wagering facility pursuant to Sections 19608 and 19608.1 shall…
    • § 19619.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no later than July 1, 2008, the board shall provide that the jockey who rides the horse that finishes in…
18. ARTICLE 10. Revenue §§ 19620.3–19642.1 · 6 sections

    • § 19620.3 The Horse and Jockey Safety and Welfare Account is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Sections 19606.1, 19616.51, 19620, 19620.1, and 19632,…
    • § 19640 All money representing penalties or fines imposed by the stewards of a horse race meeting shall be collected by the licensee of the meeting and paid to the…
    • § 19641 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any redistributable money in a parimutuel pool subject to payment to a claimant pursuant to Section 19598, but…
    • § 19641.2 (a) The nonprofit foundation authorized to receive funds pursuant to Section 19641 shall use those funds to administer a health and welfare trust fund without…
    • § 19642 Cash vouchers that are not redeemed within 365 days of the close of the racing meeting at which the voucher was purchased shall be distributed to a nonprofit…
    • § 19642.1 In addition to the distributions specified in Sections 19605.7, 19605.71, and 19605.72, from the amounts that would normally be available for commissions and…
19. ARTICLE 11. Penalties §§ 19660–19668 · 9 sections

    • § 19660 Any person who, without first having procured a license under Article 4 of this chapter, directly or indirectly holds or conducts any meeting where there is…
    • § 19661 (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter for which a penalty is not herein expressly provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Unless…
    • § 19662 Any person who bets upon the results of a horse race except by a parimutuel method of wagering conducted by a person licensed under Article 4 of this chapter…
    • § 19663 It is unlawful for an individual performing services as a jockey, or any person representing or purporting to represent such individual, to compel or attempt…
    • § 19664 It is unlawful for any person, for the purpose of selling or offering to sell predictions on horse races, to advertise that he has predicted the outcome of any…
    • § 19665 The board shall establish such rules and regulations for horse sales or horse auction sales of racehorses or breeding stock that is used in the production of…
    • § 19666 A person shall not alter or counterfeit, or attempt to alter or counterfeit, any parimutuel ticket.
    • § 19667 No person shall knowingly have in his possession any altered, forged, or counterfeit parimutuel ticket.
    • § 19668 (a) On and after July 1, 1995, it shall be unlawful for any person to enter or accept the entry of a horse in a race upon which there is parimutuel wagering…