California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 2 - General Administration and Enforcement

• Section 19420.
  Jurisdiction and supervision over meetings in this State where horse races with wagering on their results are held or conducted, and over all persons or...
• Section 19421.
  The board consists of seven members, appointed by the Governor.Each member shall hold office for a term of four years, commencing at the expiration of...
• Section 19422.
  Each member of the board shall have been a resident of this State for two years next preceding his appointment.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959,...
• Section 19423.
  A person is disqualified from membership on the board if the person, the person’s spouse or any dependent child thereof:(a) Holds a financial interest in any...
• Section 19424.
  No board member is disqualified from receiving a share of any purse awarded him as the result of any horse race as an owner of...
• Section 19424.5.
  In order to permit the full participation of horsemen and horsewomen who may be appointed to the board, the Legislature declares that the appointment of...
• Section 19425.
  The members of the board shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day spent in attendance at meetings scheduled by...
• Section 19426.
  The Governor may remove any board member for incompetence, neglect of duty or corruption upon first giving him a copy of the charges against him...
• Section 19427.
  The board shall appoint such employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)
• Section 19428.
  The board shall appoint an executive director who shall receive the annual salary established by the board and approved by the Department of Human Resources....
• Section 19429.
  A person is disqualified from employment by the board if the person, the person’s spouse, or any dependent child thereof:(a) Holds a financial interest in a...
• Section 19430.
  The salaries of the executive director, and other employees of the board, the per diem allowance of members of the board, and the necessary traveling...
• Section 19431.
  The board shall establish and maintain a general office for the transaction of its business in Sacramento. The board may establish any branch office for...
• Section 19432.
  The executive director shall keep a full and true record of all proceedings of the board, preserve at the board’s general office all books, documents,...
• Section 19433.
  The board may visit, investigate, and place expert accountants and such other persons as it may deem necessary in the office, track, or other place...
• Section 19434.
  The board may require that the books and financial or other statements of any person licensed under this chapter shall be kept in any manner...
• Section 19435.
  The board, its executive director, or the stewards, may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses or the production of any records, books, memoranda, documents,...
• Section 19436.
  Any person subpoenaed who fails to appear at the time and place specified in answer to the subpoena and to bring any papers or things...
• Section 19437.
  Any person who testifies falsely under oath in any proceeding before, or any investigation by the board, its executive director, or the stewards, is guilty...
• Section 19439.
  In lieu of requiring an affidavit or other sworn statement in any application or other paper or document required to be filed with it, the...
• Section 19440.
  (a) The board shall have all powers necessary and proper to enable it to carry out fully and effectually the purposes of this chapter. Responsibilities of...
• Section 19440.5.
  An annual audit shall be conducted of the financial books and records of the horsemen’s organizations, including any subsidiaries of the horsemen’s organizations, by a...
• Section 19441.
  The board shall annually make a full report to the Governor and the Legislature of its proceedings and the state of the business of horse...
• Section 19441.2.
  In its annual report required under Section 19441, the board shall include a tabulation of injuries, fatalities, and comparative accident rates for all racing and...
• Section 19442.2.
  The board shall, if possible, designate at least one steward at each track where a horse racing meeting is conducted who is a former jockey...
• Section 19443.
  The Attorney General and every district attorney shall enforce this chapter in their capacities as law enforcement officers.(Added by renumbering Section 19442 by Stats. 1977,...
• Section 19444.
  In performing its responsibilities pursuant to this chapter, the board may do the following:(a) Pay membership fees, join, and participate in the affairs of associations having...
• Section 19446.1.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a veterinarian shall not administer medications to any horse entered in the same race in which a horse is...
• Section 19447.
  If a question of consent is appealed to the board under subdivision (a) of Section 19601 or subdivision (f) of Section 19605.3, the board shall...

Last modified: October 22, 2018