Title XIX, Public Safety and Morals

Auction requirements -- Dual agents -- Disclosures required -- Violations -- Auction disclosures not required -- Limitation on application of section -- Enforceability of contracts for payment of commission. (1) For purposes of this section, "equine" means a horse of any breed us…

(1) The provisions of this chapter are intended to be statewide and exclusive in their effect and no city, county, or other political subdivision of state government shall have the power or authority to make or enforce any local laws, ordinances, or regulations on the subject of …

operation not grounds for revocation or suspension of temporary alcoholic beverage license -- Tickets presumed abandoned -- License for special charitable events. (1) (a) The corporation may promulgate administrative regulations governing and regulating mutuel wagering on horse r…

association -- Distribution of funds -- Annual report to corporation. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary: (1) All funds from unredeemed pari-mutuel vouchers presumed abandoned under KRS 230.361 shall be deemed property of the licensed association. All licensed associations s…

Breaks -- Payment for backside improvement fund. (1) The commission, including the tax levied in KRS 138.510, deducted from the gross amount wagered by the association which operates a race track under the jurisdiction of the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and condu…

Any person holding unclaimed pari-mutuel winning tickets presumed abandoned under the provisions of KRS 230.361 shall file annually, on or before September 1 of each year, with the office of the corporation a list of and the amounts represented by unclaimed pari- mutuel tickets h…

Any person who has made a report of unclaimed pari-mutuel tickets to the corporation as required by KRS 230.362 shall, between November 1 and November 15 of each year, turn over to the corporation the sum represented by the unclaimed pari-mutuel tickets so reported; but if the pe…

Any person holding an unclaimed pari-mutuel ticket or any person holding the sum represented by an unclaimed pari-mutuel ticket, or any claimant thereto shall have the right to a judicial determination of the person's rights under KRS 230.361 to 230.373 and nothing therein shall …

liability. Any person who pays the sum represented by the unclaimed pari-mutuel tickets to the corporation under KRS 230.363 is relieved of all liability for the value of said unclaimed pari-mutuel tickets for any claim made in respect of said unclaimed pari-mutuel tickets.

to racing and gaming corporation. Any person claiming an interest in any unclaimed pari-mutuel ticket which has been paid or surrendered to the corporation in accordance with KRS 230.361 to 230.373 may file his or her claim to it at any time after it was paid to the corporation.

The corporation shall consider any claim or defense permitted to be filed before the corporation and hear the evidence concerning it. If the claimant establishes his or her claim, the corporation shall, when the time for appeal or other legal procedure has expired, authorize paym…

Any person dissatisfied with the decision of the corporation under KRS 230.367 may appeal to the Circuit Court of the county where the person works or resides in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13B.

The corporation, through its employees, may examine all records of any person where there is reason to believe that there has been or is a failure to report unclaimed pari- mutuel tickets.

regulations. The corporation may promulgate any reasonable and necessary administrative regulation for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the conduct of hearings held before it.

The corporation may require the production of reports or the surrender of sums represented by unclaimed pari-mutuel tickets as provided in KRS 230.361 to 230.373 by civil equity action, including, but not limited to, an action in the nature of a bill of discovery, in which case t…

Any payments made to any persons claiming an interest in an unclaimed pari-mutuel ticket, and any necessary expense including, but not limited to, administrative costs, advertising costs, court costs and attorney's fees, required to be paid by the corporation in administering or …

Any holder of unclaimed pari-mutuel tickets affected by KRS 230.361 to 230.373 under disability shall have five (5) years after the disability is removed in which to take any action or procedure or make any defense allowed to one sui juris.

All sums reported and paid to the corporation under the provisions of KRS 230.361 to 230.373, with the exception of funds paid under KRS 230.3612 and 230.398, shall be paid by the corporation to the Kentucky Racing Health and Welfare Fund, Inc., a nonprofit charitable corporation…

(1) The board of directors of the Kentucky Racing Health and Welfare Fund, Inc., may create and fund the Kentucky Race Track Retirement Plan. The board shall use no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the annual sum paid by the corporation under KRS 230.361 to 230.373 to fund …

Pari-mutuel Wagering. The Governor of this Commonwealth is authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the Commonwealth with any of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each territory or possession of the United States, l…

The Governor of this Commonwealth is authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the Commonwealth with any of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each territory or possession of the United States, legally joining therein…

KRS 230.3761 and 230.3765 shall only take effect with respect to any compacting state which has enacted an interstate compact entitled "Interstate Racing and Wagering Compact" and having an identical effect to that added by KRS 230.3761 upon the enactment into law by at least six…

contingency) (1) Each proposed compact rule under consideration for adoption in Kentucky shall be forwarded to the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee ("ARRS") and the subcommittee or standing committee of appropriate jurisdiction over the subject matter of the proposed…

(1) Other provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes notwithstanding, a track may apply to the corporation for simulcasting and intertrack wagering dates. Applications shall be submitted in accordance with KRS 230.300. The corporation shall not approve the establishment or reloc…

Thoroughbred tracks, harness tracks, and simulcast facilities. (1) A Thoroughbred track licensed to conduct Thoroughbred racing may receive interstate simulcasts of Thoroughbred, quarter horse, paint horse, Appaloosa, and Arabian horse races, and conduct interstate wagering there…

(1) As used in this section, "interstate common wagering pool" means a pari-mutuel pool established in one (1) horse racing jurisdiction that is combined with comparable pari-mutuel pools from at least one (1) horse racing jurisdiction for the purpose of establishing payoff price…

wagering system -- Commission -- Tax exemption. (1) A receiving track may accept wagers only at the track where it is licensed to conduct its race meeting or conduct intertrack wagering. A receiving track may accept wagers through a telephone account wagering system. Wagers at a …

(1) A track may engage in telephone account wagering, if all moneys used to place telephone account wagers are on deposit in an amount sufficient to cover the wagers at the track where the account is opened. All moneys wagered by telephone account wagering shall be subject to the…

Percentage of wagers to local economic development -- Commissions -- Report on money expended. (1) Any track licensed by the corporation to conduct horse racing and desiring to establish a simulcast facility shall apply for and may receive approval from the corporation for each s…

All sums reported and paid to the corporation under the provisions of KRS 230.361 to 230.373 by any licensee conducting a harness race meeting shall be used by it for purses at harness racing events at county fairs within the Commonwealth of Kentucky that have been licensed and a…

Distribution -- Advisory committee -- Supplemental purses for Kentucky-bred horses -- Official registrar -- Administrative regulations. (1) (a) There is hereby created a corporate account for the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, designated as the Kentucky Thoroughbre…

restrictions -- Administrative regulations -- Penalty. (1) The General Assembly finds and declares that: (a) The Commonwealth of Kentucky is internationally recognized as the preeminent center of the Thoroughbred horse industry, serving as the breeding, sales, and racing capital …

Distribution -- Supplemental purses -- Official registrar -- Administrative regulations. (1) (a) There is hereby created a corporate account for the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, designated as the Kentucky quarter horse development fund, consisting of moneys alloc…

Distribution. (1) The Kentucky quarter horse purse fund is created as a corporate fund to be administered by the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and shall consist of moneys allocated to the fund under KRS 230.3771 together with any other moneys contributed to or allo…

Quarter horses, paint horses, Appaloosas, and Arabian horses conceived by artificial insemination or other means shall be eligible to race under the provisions of this chapter.

Contributions -- Purposes -- Distribution -- Administrative regulations. (1) (a) There is hereby created a corporate account for the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation designated the Kentucky paint horse, Appaloosa, and Arabian development fund, consisting of moneys all…

Distribution and allocation of funds -- Administration of fund. (1) The Kentucky paint horse, Appaloosa, and Arabian purse fund is created as a corporate fund to be administered by the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and shall consist of moneys allocated to the fund …

(1) There is hereby established an Equine Industry Program at the University of Louisville, under the general control and direction of the university. The purpose of the Equine Industry Program is to provide training and educational opportunities in the horse racing industry rela…

of portion of commission. The commission, including the tax levied in KRS 138.510, deducted from the gross amount wagered by the person, corporation, or association which operates a harness horse track under the jurisdiction of the corporation at which betting is conducted throug…

moneys not paid as tax. All harness racetracks licensed by the corporation shall not be required to pay the excise tax imposed under KRS 138.510(2), and the amount that would have been paid under those subsections shall be retained by the track to promote and maintain its facilit…

No licensee conducting a race or meet hereunder, no member of the corporation, judge, or assistant official appointed to act as such pursuant to this chapter, shall be liable for damages to any person, association, or corporation for any cause whatsoever arising out of or from th…

Distribution -- Administrative regulations. (1) (a) There is hereby created a corporate account for the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, designated as the Kentucky standardbred development fund, consisting of moneys allocated to the fund under the provisions of KRS 1…

As used in KRS 230.775 to 230.785, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Hub" means an international wagering hub, a business which, through a qualified subscriber-based service, conducts pari-mutuel wagering on the horse races that it simulcasts and other races that it car…

Kentucky -- Establishment of accounts for out-of-state individuals. (1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 230.775 to 230.785, the provisions of KRS 230.378, 230.379, and 230.380 shall apply to the establishment of authorized hub accounts for residents of the Commonwealth of Ken…

Investigations -- Inspections -- Administrative regulations -- Review and audit. (1) Notwithstanding KRS 230.361(1), a licensee may operate the hub either independently or in association with one (1) or more racetracks licensed by the corporation to run live races and conduct par…

Except as otherwise provided in KRS 230.779(7), the operator of a hub shall not be subject to any fee or tax imposed on racetracks or simulcast facilities under KRS 137.170, 138.510, or Chapter 230 for the hub operator's wagering and simulcast operations established under KRS 230…

of hub license -- Applicability of KRS 137.170, 138.510, and Chapter 230. (1) Any wager that is made for an account maintained with the hub operator shall be considered to have been made in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (2) Account holders may communicate instructions concerning …

statements. The corporation or its staff shall, upon request, be given access, for review and audit, to all records and financial information of the hub operator, including all account information. The corporation may require that the hub operator annually submit to the corporati…

Purposes -- Distribution -- Administrative regulations. (1) There is hereby created a corporate account for the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation designated as the "Kentucky Thoroughbred breeders incentive fund." The fund shall be administered by the corporation. For a…

Purposes -- Distribution -- Administrative regulations. (1) There is hereby created a corporate fund designated as the "Kentucky standardbred breeders incentive fund." The fund shall be in the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation. For tax periods beginning on or after Jun…