Oregon Statutes - Chapter 462 - Racing

462.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) �Breaks� means the odd cents remaining after the payoff prices have been computed in...
462.020 License requirement; authority of commission to require fingerprints; rules.
(1) A person may not hold a race meet without having first obtained and having in full force and effect a license therefor issued by...
462.025 Notice required to terminate use of license; hearing.
No licensee who accepts an engagement or employment or undertakes activities in preparation for or in connection with a race meet shall voluntarily terminate or...
462.030 Qualifications for eligibility of race meet operator.
No person is eligible to operate a race meet with a license issued under this chapter unless the person is the owner or controls the...
462.040 Race meet licenses, classes, limitations, contents; rules.
(1) Race meet licenses granted by the Oregon Racing Commission shall be limited to: (a) Licenses for horse and mule race meets (Class A). (b)...
462.050 Application for race meet license; bond; payment of fees; submission of financial statements and inspection of records; return of deposit; refund of license fee.
(1) Every person making application for a license to hold a race meet shall file the application with the Oregon Racing Commission. The application shall...
462.055 Authority to require applicant to have recommendation of local governing body; fee.
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may require of every applicant for a license to hold a race meet, except the Oregon State Fair and all...
462.057 License and other fees and purses; track fund.
(1) A race meet licensee designated in subsection (2) of this section shall make payments as follows: (a) License fee � $25 per fiscal year...
462.060 [Amended by 1953 c.551 §2; 1955 c.642 §1; 1963 c.519 §38; repealed by 1969 c.356 §38]
462.062 Fees and other payments by licensees of horse race meets not subject to ORS 462.057.
(1) All licensees of race meets for horses, except those subject to ORS 462.057, shall make payments as follows: (a) A license fee of $100...
462.065 Security for association receiving payments under ORS 462.057 or 462.062; fee charged by association receiving payments under ORS 462.140.
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may require any horsemen�s association, that receives payments pursuant to ORS 462.057 and 462.062, to submit a bond or an...
462.067 License and other fees for race meets not subject to ORS 462.057 and 462.062.
All licensees of race meets except those subject to ORS 462.057 and 462.062 shall make payments as follows: (1) License fee � $100 per racing...
462.070 License fees for officials, track operators and other race meet participants; rules.
(1) The license fees for any one fiscal year shall be $10 for any person required to be licensed under ORS 462.020 (2). For a...
462.072 Cash Vouchers Account; payment and expiration of vouchers; disposition of account balance; civil penalty.
(1) As used in this section, �cash voucher� means a receipt showing the amount paid into a wagering system prior to placing a wager. (2)...
462.073 Unclaimed Winnings Account; payment of winning or refund tickets; disposition of proceeds; civil penalties.
(1) Every licensee who conducts a race meet shall carry on the books for each race meet an account to be known as the Unclaimed...
462.075 Grounds for refusal to issue or renew licenses; hearing.
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may refuse to issue to or renew the license of any applicant if it has reasonable ground to believe that...
462.080 Exclusion of certain persons from race courses; hearing; penalty.
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may exclude from any and all race courses any person whom the commission deems detrimental to the best interest of...
462.090 Revocation, suspension and refusal to renew licenses; hearing; civil penalty.
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may revoke, suspend or refuse to renew the license of any licensee upon any of the grounds upon which the...
462.100 License fee and tax in lieu of all others; exception.
(1) The State of Oregon hereby preempts the imposition of taxes on or measured by income on, and the regulation of, race meets. (2) Except...
462.110 Public liability insurance required; bond of licensee; actions on bond; insurance for jockeys and drivers.
(1) For the protection of the public, and all members thereof, the exhibitors and visitors, every race meet licensee shall carry public liability insurance written...
462.120 [Amended by 1955 c.468 §1; 1961 c.203 §1; 1969 c.93 §§1, 2; repealed by 1969 c.356 §38]
462.125 Number and classes of race meets; unused race days; conflicting race dates.
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission shall determine the number and classes of race meets to be held in any fiscal year, and the total number...
462.127 Oregon Quarter Horse Racing Association and Oregon Division Horsemen�s Benevolent and Protective Association racing; exception to ORS 462.125.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter: (1) The Oregon Quarter Horse Racing Association, Incorporated, and the Oregon Division Horsemen�s Benevolent and Protective Association, may...
462.130 Oregon bred horse races.
For the purpose of encouraging the breeding and enhancing the quality, within the state, of thoroughbred race horses, at least one race of each day�s...
462.135 Oregon bred greyhound races.
For the purpose of encouraging greyhound breeding within the state and enhancing the quality of Oregon bred greyhounds, all licensees of race meets for greyhounds...
462.140 Prohibitions concerning bookmaking, betting; track take; computation, use of breaks.
(1) A person may not conduct or commit, attempt or conspire to conduct or commit pool selling, bookmaking, or circulate handbooks, or bet or wager...
462.142 Account wagering.
(1) In addition to mutuel wagering otherwise authorized by this chapter, account wagering may be conducted upon such conditions as the Oregon Racing Commission determines...
462.145 Handicapping contests.
Notwithstanding ORS 167.108 to 167.164, a race meet licensee, with the prior approval of the Oregon Racing Commission, may conduct handicapping contests for race meet...
462.150 Regulation of underpayments; effect of tax.
(1) If during any race meet conducted under this chapter, there is an underpayment of the amount actually due to any wagerer, the amount of...
462.160 When race meet is a nuisance.
Every race meet held in this state contrary to this chapter is declared to be a public nuisance and may be summarily abated. [Amended by...
462.170 Commission rules apply to county fairs; enforcement.
The rules of the Oregon Racing Commission shall apply to all race meets held by county fair associations and shall be enforced by the officers...
462.180 [Repealed by 1969 c.356 §38]
462.185 Issuance of licenses to animal owners or trainers; conditions; revocation.
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may require as a condition for the issuance of a license to an animal owner or trainer that the owner...
462.190 Restrictions on minors; selling wagering tickets to minors or visibly intoxicated persons.
(1) No person under 18 years of age shall enter upon a race course at any time where races are being conducted in which wagering...
462.195 Written statement of age from purchaser of mutuel wagering ticket or receipt.
(1) A licensee conducting a race meet, before selling a mutuel wagering ticket or receipt to any person about whom there is any reasonable doubt...
462.200 Tests of animals participating in race meets or persons required to be licensed; costs; rules.
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission by rule may require that chemical analysis be made of the urine, saliva, blood or other body substances of animals...
462.210 Oregon Racing Commission; appointment; confirmation.
(1) There is created the Oregon Racing Commission to consist of five commissioners who shall be citizens, residents and electors of this state. (2) Upon...
462.220 Compensation and expenses of members.
The members of the Oregon Racing Commission are entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495. [Amended by 1969 c.314 §49]
462.230 Vacancies and removal.
(1) Vacancies in the office of commissioner shall be filled by appointment to be made by the Governor for the unexpired term. (2) Any commissioner...
462.240 Oath of office.
Each member of the Oregon Racing Commission shall take and subscribe to an oath of office of the same form as that prescribed by law...
462.250 Organization of commission; employees of commission and appointed officials to conduct race meets; commission to fix compensation; rules and regulations.
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission shall organize by electing one of its members chairperson and one vice chairperson. (2) The commission shall appoint an executive...
462.260 Oregon Racing Commission Account; office, records and annual report of commission.
(1) All money payable to the Oregon Racing Commission shall be deposited in the General Fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the...
462.265 Commission subject to state budget procedures and laws governing supervision of expenditures.
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission is subject to the provisions of ORS 291.201 to 291.222, including but not limited to the provisions of those sections...
462.270 Duties of commission; rules.
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission shall license, regulate and supervise all race meets held in this state and cause the various places where race meets...
462.272 Power of commission to administer oaths, take depositions, issue subpoenas.
(1) In administering the provisions of this chapter, any member of the Oregon Racing Commission, or an agent authorized by the commission, has power on...
462.273 Prohibited activities of commission, staff and family members.
No member, employee or appointee of the Oregon Racing Commission, or the immediate family member of such a person, may: (1) Own or have any...
462.275 Commission activities concerning betterment of racing; establishment of library.
The Oregon Racing Commission may: (1) Cooperate with the racing commissions or boards of other jurisdictions and with racing organizations in enforcing laws regulating racing,...
462.277 Service and execution of warrants of arrest and search warrants.
Enforcement agents, designated as such by the Oregon Racing Commission, shall have the authority to serve and execute warrants of arrest and search warrants in...
462.280 [Amended by 1955 c.20 §1; 1955 c.642 §2; 1959 c.279 §1; 1961 c.488 §3; 1963 c.495 §1; 1967 c.275 §3; 1969 c.298 §1; 1971 c.688 §1; 1975 c.550 §9; 1977 c.281 §4; 1977 c.855 §7; 1979 c.698 §7; 1981 c.544 §15; 1983 s.s. c.7 §12; 1987 c.413 §12; repealed by 1993 c.682 §13]
462.290 [Amended by 1963 c.495 §2; 1969 c.298 §16; 1971 c.688 §4; 1975 c.550 §10; 1977 c.281 §6; 1977 c.855 §17; 1987 c.413 §13; repealed by 1993 c.682 §13]
462.295 [1963 c.495 §4; 1965 c.513 §1; 1967 c.275 §1; 1969 c.298 §17; 1971 c.688 §5; 1975 c.550 §11; 1977 c.281 §7; 1977 c.855 §17a; 1981 c.41 §2; 1987 c.413 §14; repealed by 1993 c.682 §13]
462.300 [1955 c.328 §§1,2,3; 1957 c.475 §1; 1963 c.495 §3; 1969 c.298 §18; 1971 c.688 §6; 1975 c.536 §1; 1975 c.550 §12; 1977 c.281 §8; 1977 c.774 §25; 1977 c.855 §18; 1983 s.s. c.7 §13; 1987 c.413 §15; repealed by 1993 c.682 §13]
462.405 Board of stewards� authority; sanctions; review of actions by commission; hearing.
(1) The board of stewards appointed by the Oregon Racing Commission for a race meet may, after an inquiry and hearing, impose appropriate sanctions for...
462.410 [1953 c.498 §1; repealed by 1969 c.356 §38]
462.415 Animals prohibited from racing; prohibited acts; rules.
(1) An animal may not participate in any race if: (a) Less than 24 hours before post time the animal has been administered any drug...
462.417 Schedule of purses to have prior approval of commission.
The schedule of purses to be paid during a race meet, including the number of animals sharing in the purse of a race, shall be...
462.420 Stimulating or depressing participating animal prohibited.
No person shall stimulate or depress any animal involved in any race or otherwise affect in any way the animal�s ability to perform therein, either...
462.430 Prohibitions concerning influencing results of races.
(1) No person shall influence or conspire or attempt to influence or conspire with any other person to affect the result of any race in...
462.440 [1953 c.498 §4; repealed by 1969 c.356 §38]
462.450 Regulation of possession, transportation or use of drugs at race course.
(1) No person shall possess, transport or use any drug within the confines of a race course, except upon a bona fide veterinarian�s prescription with...
462.460 Racing animal under name or designation other than registered name or designation or altering license prohibited.
(1) No person shall knowingly enter or race any animal in any race under any name or designation other than that name or designation assigned...
462.470 Aiding or abetting racing of animal under name or designation other than registered name or designation prohibited.
No person shall aid, abet, counsel, instigate, engage or in any way further any act by which any animal is entered or raced in any...
462.510 Demand or acceptance of compensation for furnishing racing information as touting; how predictions on race outcome may be sold.
(1) Any person who attempts to, or does persuade, procure or cause another person to wager on an animal participating in a race, and upon...
462.520 Penalty for falsely using name of racing official as source of information in commission of touting.
Any person who in the commission of touting falsely uses the name of any official of the Oregon Racing Commission, its inspectors or attaches, or...
462.530 [1953 c.499 §4; repealed by 1969 c.356 §38]
462.700 Authorization; procedure.
In addition to mutuel wagering authorized by this chapter to be conducted upon the premises of a race course, a race meet licensee may conduct...
462.710 Application; contents; conditions; revocation of authority.
(1) Any race meet licensee may make written application to the Oregon Racing Commission to conduct off-race course mutuel wagering: (a) On races held at...
462.720 Pooling wagered moneys; surcharge on wagering by licensee.
(1) All moneys wagered in off-race course mutuel wagering on races held at race courses in this state shall be included in the computation of...
462.725 Multi-jurisdictional simulcasting and wagering; fees; rules; distribution of moneys paid to commission.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Oregon Racing Commission may develop and adopt rules to license and regulate all phases of operation...
462.730 Payments by licensee to commission.
A race meet licensee that conducts off-race course mutuel wagering shall make payments to the Oregon Racing Commission in the same manner as if the...
462.740 Rules; compliance with federal law.
(1) In accordance with ORS chapter 183, the Oregon Racing Commission shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 462.700 to 462.740. Such...
462.990 Penalties.
(1) Except as hereinafter provided in this section, violations of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor. (2) Any person violating the provisions of...

Last modified: August 7, 2008