Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B37. Placing, conditions and purse(a) Placing and money distribution.(1) Unless otherwise provided in the conditions, all purses shall be distributed on the dash basis with the money awarded according to a horse's position in e…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B38. Time and records(a) Electric timer, manual timer. In every race or performance against time, the time of each heat or dash shall be taken by an approved electric timing device and placed in the record in minutes, seconds a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B39. Racing, farm, corporate or stable names(a) Registration. A racing, farm corporate or stable name may be used by the owners or lessees of horses if currently registered with the United States trotting association and regist…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B4. Executive secretary(a) Appointment. The commission shall appoint an executive secretary who shall be a resident of this state at the time of and during the full term of his employment. (b) Powers. The executive secretary sh…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B40. Racing and track rules(a) Driving procedures. Although a leading horse is entitled to any part of the track except after selecting his position in the home stretch, neither the driver of the first horse nor any other drive…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B41. Decorum(a) Conduct. All licensees of the commission are required to conduct themselves in a forthright, gentlemanly manner at all times while on or near the premises of a licensed harness racetrack during the operation of …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B42. Fines, suspensions, expulsions and appeals(a) Suspension pending payment of fine. All persons who shall have been fined under these rules shall be suspended until said fine shall have been paid in full, or other arrangemen…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B43. Protests(a) Protests. Protests may be made only by an owner, manager, trainer or driver of one of the contending horses at any time before the winnings are paid. Protests shall be reduced to writing and sworn to, before a …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B44. Security(a) Director of security. Every association shall employ a full time director of security who shall be licensed and who shall pay the fee, if any, required by the act. The duties of the director of securities are a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B5. Executive director(a) Appointment. The commission shall appoint an executive director of the state racing division who shall be a resident of the state at the time of and during the full term of his employment. (b) Racing d…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B6. Application for license to conduct meeting(a) License, form, date. No individual, partnership or corporation shall hold, or conduct any meeting within Connecticut at which harness racing is permitted for any purse, stake or…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B7. Requirements of association(a) Purses.(1) As a minimum standard, an association shall allocate the following percentages of the parimutuel handle at its track for each day of its meeting for the purpose of purse or prize mo…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B8. Equipment and facilities(a) Quarters for participants. An association shall provide suitable and sanitary living quarters on its grounds for male and female stable employees who are participants during the meet, said quarte…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B9. Occupational licenses(a) Officials and participants must be licensed. Associations conducting harness meetings shall not permit any official, owner, trainer, driver, stable employee, farrier, agent, veterinarian, associatio…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-E1. General provisions(a) Applicability. The rules and regulations contained herein shall apply to all persons or business organizations required to be licensed pursuant to Chapter 226 of the Connecticut General Statutes, with …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-E2. DefinitionsThe following definitions, constructions and interpretations of these rules and regulations, including all amendments thereto, shall apply to Sections 12-574-E1 through E7 inclusive; 12-584-1; 12-585-1; and 12-57…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-E3. Association licenses(a) Generally.Pursuant to Sections 12-574 (a) and 12-572 of the Connecticut General Statutes, no person or business organization may conduct a meeting at which racing or the exhibition of jai alai is per…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-E4. Affiliate, totalisator, concessionaire, and vendor licenses(a) Type of license.(1) Association affiliate license. Any affiliate, as that term is defined in these regulations, of an association must obtain an association aff…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-E5. Occupational licenses(a) Generally. No person may participate in this state in any activity permitted under Chapter 226 of the Connecticut General Statutes as an employee of an association, concessionaire, vendor, totalisat…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-E6. Regulation of licensees, penalties(a) Association licensees.(1) The board shall have the right to deny any application for a license for good cause, and the action of the board shall be final subject to subsection (e) (4) b…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-E7. Conditional licenses; limitations on outstanding licenses(a) Temporary licenses. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the administrative regulations of the division, the executive director or his designee may issue t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F1. Definitions, constructions, interpretations(a) In applying the provisions of sections 12-574-F1 to 12-574-F65, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following definitions, constructions and interp…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F10. Uncashed tickets(a) Outsbook. The association shall carry an account called the outsbook which shows the total amount due for current and prior days outstanding unredeemed parimutuel tickets which represents: (1) the winni…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F11. Underpayments, fines, remittance(a) Underpayments. All monies resulting from underpayment to the public of the mutuels payout irrespective of cause, shall be paid over to the state of Connecticut by each licensee by the cl…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F12. Officials(a) Designation of officials. Officials shall include the following, as determined by the division: (1) Division officials: (A) Division facility supervisor;(B) Division judge;(C) Division senior facility officer;…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F13. Board of administrative judges for jai alai and greyhound racing(a) Composition and appointment. The three member board of administrative judges shall be comprised of: (1) the division facility supervisor or designee;(2) t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F14. Security(a) Director of security. An association and any OTB facility operator shall employ a full time director of security who shall be licensed by the executive director. The director of security, the authorized represe…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F15. Patron complaintsComplaints by patrons against any officials or employees, or complaints of corrupt practices or other questionable incidents shall be made to the division at its offices. Such complaints shall be in writin…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F16. Violations of rules and regulations(a) Liability. Any licensee of the board or division violating chapter 226 of the Connecticut General Statutes or any of sections 12-574-F1 to 12-574-F65, inclusive, of the Regulations of…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F17. Corrupt practices and disqualification of persons(a) Corrupt practices. The following are deemed to be corrupt practices: (1) Giving, offering or promising, directly or indirectly, a bribe in any form to any person license…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F18. Appearance of licensees as witnesses at hearingsThe board, the division, the racing judges and the board of administrative judges of a meet shall have the authority to order any licensee to appear as a witness at any heari…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F19. Formal ejection of persons(a) Formal ejection. Through its director of security or duly authorized representative(s), an association or OTB facility operator shall eject from its grounds all unauthorized persons, known und…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F2. General provisions(a) Gaming policy board. The board may delegate any duty to the division concerning the regulation of pari-mutuel wagering or off-track betting as long as such delegation is not in conflict with chapters 2…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F20. Disorderly conductNo person shall use profane or indecent language to an official, or to any employee representing the division. No person shall in any manner, or at any time disturb the peace on the grounds of an associat…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F21. Requirements of greyhound association(a) Purses. Each association conducting a racing meet shall keep a separate bank account to be known as the \"kennel account\" with sufficient funds at all times to cover all monies due…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F22. Equipment and facilities for greyhound racing(a) Maintenance of track. Racing associations shall at all times maintain their race track in good, uniform condition and with special consideration to the interest and safety o…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F23. Judges(a) Number, appointment, compensation, license. There shall be three (3) racing judges: the division racing judge, appointed and compensated by the division, and the presiding racing judge and associate racing judge,…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F24. Starter(a) Duties. The starter is responsible for securing a fair start to each race in accordance with the rules of greyhound racing (b) Starting box. The greyhound shall be started from a type of starting box approved by…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F25. Racing secretary(a) Duties. Each association shall appoint a racing secretary who shall discharge all duties whether expressed or implied by the rules of greyhound racing. The racing secretary shall report to the racing ju…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F26. Clerk of the scales(a) Duties. The clerk of the scales shall weigh greyhounds in and out on a scale sealed by the state sealer of weights and measures and shall exhibit the accurate weight of each greyhound. The establishe…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F27. Paddock judge(a) Identification of greyhounds.(1) No greyhound shall be permitted to start in an official schooling or purse race unless said greyhound has been tattooed or microchipped, fully identified and checked agains…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F28. Kennel master dutiesUnder the supervision of the paddock judge, the kennel master shall unlock the kennels immediately before weigh-in time to see that the kennels are in perfect repair and that nothing has been deposited …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F29. Timer for races(a) Time of race. The start of the race shall begin immediately upon the opening of the doors of the starting box. (b) Automatic timer. Each association shall be required to install an automatic timing devic…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F3. Operating dates, times, and number of games or races(a) Jai alai and greyhound operating dates; number of games or races.(1) Generally. The board shall approve the number of jai alai playing and greyhound racing days to be …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F30. Chart writer(a) Duties, post position numbers. The chart writer shall compile the information necessary for the program which shall be printed for each racing day. The names of the greyhounds that are to run in each of the…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F31. Veterinarians(a) License. All veterinarians referred to in this section shall be licensed to practice in the state of Connecticut by the state Board of Veterinary Registration and Examination, and association veterinarians…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-F32. Drugs and medication(a) Action taken by judges - prohibited medication and drugs.(1) If the board of administrative judges shall find that any drug or substance other than one specifically approved by the division veterina…