Grounds for refusal, suspension, or withdrawal of license

The commission may refuse, suspend, or withdraw licenses under the certificate system and privileges granted by it or terminate license privileges for just cause. Those things constituting just cause are: (1) Any action or attempted action by a person contrary to the provisions of this chapter and law; (2) Corrupt practices, which include but are not limited to: (a) Prearranging or attempting to prearrange the order of finish of a race; (b) Failing to properly pay the winnings to a bettor or to properly return change to a bettor upon purchasing a ticket; (c) Falsifying or manipulating the odds on any entrant in a race; (3) Any violation of the rules of racing adopted by the commission; (4) Falsification or misstatement of fact in an application for any license issued pursuant to this chapter; (5) Material false statement to a racing official or to the commission; (6) Willful disobedience of a commission order or of a lawful order of a racing official other than a commissioner; (7) Continued failure or inability to meet financial obligations connected with the licensee's business, occupation or profession performed or engaged on the track grounds; (8) Failure or inability to maintain properly a race track; (9) The refusal to license, or the suspension, or the revocation of a racing license by another racing jurisdiction. Source: SL 1978, ch 302 , § 15; SL 1990, ch 339 , § 5; SL 1991, ch 349 , § 27; SL 2005, ch 229 , § 8.