California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 4 - Licenses for Track Operators

• Section 19480.
  The board may issue to any person who makes application therefor in writing, who has complied with the provisions of this chapter, and who makes...
• Section 19481.
  In performing its responsibilities, the board shall do all of the following:(a) Establish safety standards governing the uniformity and content of the track base and racing...
• Section 19481.3.
  (a) Every racing association and racing fair licensed pursuant to this article shall maintain, staff, and supply an on-track first aid facility, that may be either...
• Section 19481.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no license shall be issued to conduct a horse racing meeting upon a track unless the track has been...
• Section 19482.
  No license to conduct a horse racing meeting shall be issued to any of the following:(a) Any nonprofit corporation entitled to an exemption from any tax...
• Section 19483.
  Unless the board finds that the purpose of this chapter will be better served thereby, no license to conduct a horseracing meeting at any track...
• Section 19484.
  Unless the board finds that the purpose of this chapter will be better served thereby, no person licensed under this article to conduct a horseracing...
• Section 19485.
  The board shall not issue a license to conduct a horse racing meeting at any place, track or inclosure, not used for horse racing meetings...
• Section 19487.
  Notwithstanding Section 19485, any licensed racing association operating a racetrack may construct another track of not less than one-half mile in circumference or length partially...
• Section 19488.
  (a) Every license issued under this article shall specify the following:(1) The name of the person to whom it is issued.(2) The track where the horse racing meeting...
• Section 19489.
  A license issued under this article is not transferable nor does it permit the conduct of a horse racing meeting at any track not specified...
• Section 19490.
  Each application for a license to conduct a horse racing meeting shall be accompanied by a deposit to secure the payment of any license fee...
• Section 19491.
  (a) Subject to Sections 19491.5 and 19491.6, and except as provided in Section 19491.7, every association which conducts a racing meeting shall pay as an additional...
• Section 19491.5.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 19491, an association, including the California Exposition and State Fair or a county or district agricultural association...
• Section 19491.6.
  Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 19612, the exempt amount retained by the association shall be regularly deposited in a separate account with...
• Section 19491.7.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 by an association licensed to conduct harness racing shall be used to...
• Section 19493.
  Upon the termination of the horse racing meeting for which a license has been granted:(a) If the licensee has fully paid the license fee imposed by...
• Section 19494.
  If by reason off any cause beyond control, and through no fault or neglect of any licensee, and when the licensee is not in default,...
• Section 19495.
  Except as provided in this chapter, no license or excise tax or fee in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) for each racing day shall...
• Section 19497.
  Any person who is licensed to conduct a horse racing meeting at any place, track or inclosure which is leased by him from the state,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018