Title BPC — California Bus. & Prof. Code

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 finding of a prohibited drug substance in an official test sample, a horse may be summarily disqualified from the race in co…

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 manner prescribed by him or her, the name of the horse treated, the name of the trainer of the horse, the time of treatment, a…

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 veterinarian or the equine medical director’s designee, if needed, as part of the prerace examination process.

(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 imaging, examination of blood, and counsel with attending veterinarians. (b) A horse placed on the Veterinarian’s List for being…

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 race or has previously raced but has not raced in the preceding 365 days shall not be allowed to race, unless the horse has…

(a) All horses at a licensed thoroughbred, fair, or quarter horse race meet shall be subject to veterinary monitoring during morning training. A licensed trainer and their staff shall be required to cooperate fully with all requests made by board-licensed veterinarians and outrid…

The board shall establish and maintain a whistleblower program through which an owner, trainer, jockey, or stable-area employee may call designated persons under strict confidentiality to report questionable activity or concerns relating to the health and safety of humans or hors…

A person who holds a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended license as a registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions under this article may append the letters “R.D.H.,” “R.D.H.A.P.,” or “R.D.H.E…

The board shall adopt rules governing, permitting, and regulating parimutuel wagering on horse races under the system known as the parimutuel method of wagering. Parimutuel wagering shall be conducted only by a person or persons licensed under this chapter to conduct a horse raci…

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, and supervise the parimutuel method of wagering in accordance with this chapter.

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 make of equipment. The communications system, technology, and method used to accept wagers and transmit odds, results, an…

In order to facilitate the intrastate transmission of racing programs, the board shall adopt regulations that provide for the compatibility of parimutuel totalizator systems within the state, including uniform procedures for the placing and cashing of parimutuel wagers.

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 conduct a horse racing meeting.

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 money to the parimutuel pool operated by the licensee under this chapter. Such wagering is not unlawful, any other law of th…

Any form of wagering or betting on the result of a horse race other than that permitted by this chapter is illegal.

(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 live racing meeting in this state to accept wagers on the full card of races conducted by another racing association on …

(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 out-of-state or out-of-country harness or quarter horse races and, with the board’s approval and with the concurrence of …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided in Section 19596.4, a thoroughbred racing association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United States during the calendar peri…

(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 provision of law, during calendar periods when a thoroughbred association or another fair in the northern zone and the Humbold…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a thoroughbred racing association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-country thoroughbred races during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a race meeting, witho…

(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 thoroughbred and fair racing days allocated by the board in the northern zone in any calendar year commencing with the calendar …

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 person who has wagered by contributing to a parimutuel pool operated by such licensee, also deduct the applicable breakag…

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 the funds are paid to the various distributees. These required deductions, except for those that enure to the benefit of…

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 money due the person prior to the completion of the horse racing meeting at which the pool was formed, may file a claim with…

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 Wagering, Model Rules of Racing, as published by the Association of Racing Commissioners International. The board may prohibit…

For the first offense, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail for not to exceed six months, or by both that fine and impri…

(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 race conducted in this state, if all of the following requirements are met: (1) The association or fair that conducts the r…

(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 specifying the percentage to be deducted, may deduct from the total amount handled in the parimutuel pool for any type of wager…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 19610, every thoroughbred association or fair that conducts a live race meeting shall deduct an additional 2 percent of the total amount handled on exotic wagers requiring the selection of two wagering interests, and 3 percent of the total amount handl…

During calendar periods when any other fair or thoroughbred association and the Humboldt County Fair simultaneously conduct race meetings in the northern zone, the other fair or thoroughbred association shall be the association authorized to distribute the signal and accept wager…

(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 in the parimutuel pool for any type of wager up to 2 percent more of the total amount handled than was authorized on May …

(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 additional 1 percent from the total amount handled daily in its conventional and exotic pools. The additional 1 percent sha…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any racing association located in this state may authorize betting systems located outside of this state to accept wagers on a race or races conducted or disseminated by that association and may transmit live audiovisual signals of …

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 races conducted by or disseminated by that association and may transmit live audiovisual signals of the race or races to l…

The board may authorize a racing association, racing fair, betting system, or multijurisdictional wagering hub to conduct advance deposit wagering in accordance with this section. Racing associations, racing fairs, and their respective horsemen’s organizations may form a partners…

(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 wagering facility for wagering on races conducted in the northern zone at its racetrack inclosure subject to all of the condi…

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 that is eligible for an allocation of racing days pursuant to Section 19549, but which is not licensed to conduct a racing …

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 limitations set forth in Section 19605.6, also authorize any fair, which conducted general fair activities in 1986 within the …

(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) No site is within 20 miles of a racetrack, a satellite wagering facility, or a tribal casino that has a satellite wagering…

(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 satellite wagering facility. The agreement shall provide, among other things, for all of the following: (1) The conditions for…

(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 satellite wagering facility that was licensed in the northern zone at any time prior to January 1, 2000. Notwithstanding an…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 19605.3, the live audiovisual signal of night harness, quarter horse, Appaloosa, or Arabian races in the central or southern zone may be offered to satellite wagering facilities in the northern zone and the signal of those races in the northern zone ma…

(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 thoroughbred race meetings in San Mateo County is not licensed to conduct a horse racing meeting in that county in any subs…

Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 19605, and Section 19605.1, the Alameda County Fair may, with the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture, the authorization of the board, and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 19605.3, operate two additional sate…

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 of the board. If the additional satellite wagering facility is within 20 miles of another racetrack, the consent of that r…

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 approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture and the authorization of the board, subject to the conditions specified in…

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 Department of Food and Agriculture and the authorization of the board, subject to the conditions specified in Section 19605…

(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 board to the Sacramento County Fair, the California Exposition and State Fair may, with the approval of the Department of …

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 no longer available for use as a satellite wagering facility, then the owner of the racetrack may conduct satellite racin…

(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 the site of its 2002 racing meeting in any subsequent year, the board may authorize satellite wagering in Solano County a…