Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B20. Superfecta(a) Rules governing. At tracks which have the superfecta pool, the rules of this section will govern the system used. (b) Permitted. Superfecta wagering shall be permitted only in accordance with section 12-574-B…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B21. Violations of rules and regulations(a) Liability. Any person or association licensed by the commission violating any of these rules and regulations shall be liable to the penalties herein provided, unless otherwise limited…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B22. Race officials(a) Designation of officials. The officials of a harness race meeting shall include the following: (1) Presiding judge, also known as the commission judge.(2) Two associate judges.(3) Patrol judges, not less …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B23. Tracks(a) Display of license. During the course of its race meetings, each association shall display the license issued by the commission for the current year. (b) Judges' stand. The judges' stand shall be so located and c…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B24. 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 shall be licensed by the …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B25. Identification of horses(a) Records. No horse will be permitted to race at an association track without an eligibility certificate, issued for the current year by the United States trotting association and approved by the …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B26. Drugs and medication(a) Action taken by judges—prohibited medication and drugs.(1) If the judges find that any drug has been administered or attempted to be administered, internally or externally, to a horse before a race,…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B27. Testing(a) Admittance to enclosure for making tests. No person other than those authorized by rule (f) of this section shall be admitted at any time to the building or part thereof utilized by the commission for making med…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B28. Owners, drivers, trainers and grooms(a) Application for driver's license. Every driver at a race meeting shall be required to obtain a license from the commission. Such license shall be presented to the clerk of the course…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B29. Eligibility and classification(a) Registration of ownership. All horses shall be registered in current ownership either as standard or non-standard with the United States trotting association and the owner or owners shall …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B3. Commission on special revenue(a) Composition. The act established a commission on special revenue which appoints an executive secretary and an executive director for each of three separate divisions. The commission consists…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B30. Claiming races(a) Claiming procedures are as follows:(1) Who may claim. An owner who has declared a horse programmed to start in a purse race at that meeting. An authorized agent may claim for a qualified owner provided su…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B31. Stakes and futurities(a) Stake and futurity sponsors. All stake and futurity sponsors shall: (1) Filing conditions. Annually file a copy of their conditions for approval with the commission, and with the United States trot…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B32. Entries(a) Form of entry. All entries must: (1) Be made in writing on forms approved by the commission.(2) Be signed by the owner or his authorized agent in writing, except as provided in rule (a) of section 12-574-B34, of…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B33. Entries and starters required, split races(a) Entries to be specified in overnight events. An association must specify how many entries are required for overnight events and after the condition is fulfilled, the event must…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B34. Declaration to start and drawing horses(a) Declaration.(1) Unless otherwise specified in the conditions, approval of which must be granted by the commission, the declaration time for all races shall be 9:00 A.M., prevailin…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B35. Postponement(a) Reasons for postponement, rescheduling races. In case of unfavorable weather, or other unavoidable cause, the association, with the approval of the commission or its appointed representative, may postpone t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B36. Starting(a) Starting gate.(1) Starter's control. The starter, under the direction, supervision and control of the presiding judge shall have control of the horses from the formation of the parade until he gives the word \"…

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-C1—12-574-C55. (Repealed) Repealed October 3, 2001. See § 12-574. AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-574

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-C56—12-574-C58. (Repealed) Repealed February 10, 2003. AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-574

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-D1—12-574-D35. (Repealed) Repealed October 3, 2001. See § 12-574. AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-574

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…