Title BPC — California Bus. & Prof. Code

An annual audit shall be conducted of the financial books and records of the horsemen’s organizations, including any subsidiaries of the horsemen’s organizations, by a nationally recognized accounting firm as follows: (a) With respect to pension funds received by those organizati…

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 preceding fiscal year, on or before January 31, and shall embody therein any recommendations deemed needed for improved functio…

In its annual report required under Section 19441, the board shall include a tabulation of injuries, fatalities, and comparative accident rates for all racing and training venues within its jurisdiction. The report shall also include recommendations concerning the worker safety i…

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 steward at each track where a harness meeting is conducted who is a former driver.

The Attorney General and every district attorney shall enforce this chapter in their capacities as law enforcement officers.

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 associations having for their purpose the interchange of information relating to racing law enforcement, the licensing of …

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 which he or she owns or trains. In addition to any penalty provided for by this chapter or any other law, a violation of t…

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 on the appeal. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may hold a hearing pursuant to this section within 2…

(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 following individuals pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code: (1) A current or prospective employee. (2) …

(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 association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of his or her own choosing, to negotiate the terms and cond…

(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 agreement with the exclusive representative labor union shall be required to be a party to a multiemployer collective ba…

The board may establish reasonable rules to regulate the time, place, and manner for representatives of labor unions to meet backstretch workers within the enclosure during working and nonworking hours. Those rules shall provide that the union and its representatives shall not in…

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 contain such conditions as are deemed necessary or desirable by the board for the best interests of horse racing and the …

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 condition regarding it has not been complied with, or that any law, including the Labor Code and the regulations adopted thereun…

(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 withdrawal, deprive the board of its authority to institute or continue a proceeding against the applicant for the denial of the l…

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 committed by a person licensed pursuant to this chapter in the course of such licensed activity, the Labor Commissioner shall,…

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 to be made on its minute book.

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 revoking a license or of any other final administrative action of the board is subject to review by any court of competent juri…

(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’ compensation is secured in accordance with Division 4 (commencing with Section 3700) of the Labor Code. Any termination of secu…

The board shall maintain a current listing of its temporary and permanent licensees and shall include therein identifying information as to each licensee and the address of record. The board may provide a copy of the listing in the form requested by any federal, state, county, or…

A license issued under this article and a license issued under this chapter to a registered dental hygienist, to a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or to a registered dental hygienist in extended functions may be revoked or suspended by the dental hygiene boar…

(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 payment of the license fee imposed by this article, a license to conduct a horse racing meeting in accordance with this chapter…

In performing its responsibilities, the board shall do all of the following: (a) Establish safety standards governing the uniformity and content of the track base and racing surface, inner and outer rails, gates and gaps, turf, access and egress to the track, lighting for night r…

(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 either permanent or mobile, and which shall be staffed and equipped as directed by the board. A qualified and licensed phys…

(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 by the board within 30 days prior to the date of application for a license and the track has been approved by the board as…

(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 riders that are present at the racing meeting. (2) The suspension shall require a vote of at least four members of the bo…

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 imposed by this State. (b) Any applicant who proposes to conduct a horse racing meeting for the benefit of any such nonprofit …

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 to any person or held by any person having any financial interest in the conduct of any horseracing meeting by any other…

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 at any place, track or inclosure shall own or acquire any stock or hold or obtain any other financial interest in any othe…

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, 1941, unless prior to the beginning of the construction or preparation of such track for horse racing meetings, the board, u…

Notwithstanding Section 19485, any licensed racing association operating a racetrack may construct another track of not less than one-half mile in circumference or length partially or entirely in the infield of such track, if prior to the beginning of construction or preparation …

(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 meeting to which it relates is to be held or conducted. (3) The days and hours of the day when the meeting will be permit…

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, however, the track specified in a license becomes unsuitable for racing because of fire, flood, or other catastrophe, the meeti…

A licensee may have their license revoked or suspended, or may be reprimanded or placed on probation by the dental hygiene board for unprofessional conduct, incompetence, gross negligence, repeated acts of negligence in the licensee’s profession, receiving a license by mistake, o…

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 article, in the form of a certified check payable to the Treasurer of the State of California, in the amount of ten thousand…

(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 additional license fee one-half of the breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 on the first twenty-four million dollars ($…

Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 19491, an association, including the California Exposition and State Fair or a county or district agricultural association fair, which conducts, or whose predecessor association has conducted, a horseracing meeting duri…

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 depository approved by the board. The funds deposited shall be distributed as purses.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 by an association licensed to conduct harness racing shall be used to fund the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program as set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 19619.

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 article, the sum deposited with the application for the license shall be returned to the licensee. (b) If the licensee fails, …

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 the licensee to hold or conduct racing upon any day authorized by the board, the board, in its discretion and at the reque…

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 collected from any licensee by the State or by any county, city, district, or any other body having the power to assess or …

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 such property to any other person, whether licensed under this chapter or not, for the purpose of furnishing such other pers…

(a) A licensee may have their license revoked or suspended, or may be reprimanded or placed on probation by the dental hygiene board, for conviction of a crime substantially related to the licensee’s qualifications, functions, or duties. The record of conviction or a copy certifi…

Unprofessional conduct by a person licensed under this article is defined as, but is not limited to, any one of the following: (a) The obtaining of any fee by fraud or misrepresentation. (b) The aiding or abetting of any unlicensed person to practice dentistry or dental hygiene. …

(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 employed to ride that racehorse in a parimutuel race or the jockey is engaged in an official timed and recorded workout. If ther…

(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 dangerous. (2) The minimum wage that jockeys receive in a horse race is established by the board as a minimum jockey riding fee.…

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 riding fee unless the entry, nomination, or other fee is paid exclusively by the owner and not reimbursed by any other person …

(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 shall conduct an investigation, including at least one public hearing, to determine whether the use of safety reins would p…

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 determination of an appropriate jockey scale of weights and weight control practices that will maximize jockey health and safe…