California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 6.5 - Fairs and Expositions

• Section 19540.
  In order to encourage and develop the racing of all horses in California, regardless of breed, whenever a fair conducts a program of horse races...
• Section 19542.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fairs that conduct live horse racing meetings in the northern zone may allow a joint powers authority to administer...
• Section 19546.
  (a) In order to encourage and develop the racing of all horses in California, regardless of breed, whenever a fair conducts a program of parimutuel wagering,...
• Section 19547.
  Notwithstanding Section 19490, no deposit shall be required for any horse racing meeting conducted by a state designated fair.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec....
• Section 19548.
  Except as provided in this chapter, no license, tax, or fee shall be assessed against or collected from any fair which, directly and not through...
• Section 19549.
  Except as provided in Section 19549.1, the maximum number of racing weeks that may be allocated to a fair shall be four weeks each year....
• Section 19549.1.
  Notwithstanding Sections 19533 and 19549 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may allocate horse racing days for mixed breed meetings and combined...
• Section 19549.2.
  From the weeks available for harness and quarter horse racing pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531, the board may allocate a...
• Section 19549.4.
  Notwithstanding Section 19414.5, the board may allocate racing weeks consisting of fewer than five days to an association conducting harness or quarter horse racing meetings...
• Section 19549.6.
  Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Sections 19540, 19546, and 19549, the board may allocate additional weeks of harness racing to...
• Section 19549.7.
  Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Section 19549, the board may allocate additional weeks of quarter horse racing to a lessee...
• Section 19549.9.
  Notwithstanding paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 19531 and Section 19549, the board may allocate up to 10 additional weeks of harness racing to...
• Section 19549.12.
  Notwithstanding Sections 19482 and 19549, any weeks of harness racing or quarter horse racing allocated by the board to be raced at the facilities of...
• Section 19549.13.
  (a) Fairs that conduct racing meetings in the northern zone may, and horsemen’s organizations that represent horsemen who participate at fair racing meetings in the northern...
• Section 19549.14.
  (a) Notwithstanding, Section 19489 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may permit the San Mateo County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at...
• Section 19549.15.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 19489 or any other provision of this chapter, the board may permit the Solano County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at another...
• Section 19549.16.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may allocate racing days, pursuant to this article, to a fair in the northern zone to be conducted by...
• Section 19549.17.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may permit the Los Angeles County Fair to conduct live racing meetings at another site within or outside the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018