ARTICLE 2. General Administration and Enforcement [19420. - 19448.]
Article 2 added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.
§§ 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…