California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 9.5 - License Fees, Commissions, and Purses

• Section 19610.
  Every association which conducts a racing meeting shall deduct 15 percent of the total amount handled in conventional parimutuel pools and 16.75 percent of the...
• Section 19610.1.
  Every association which conducts a harness racing meeting and deducts 17.75 percent of the total amount handled in exotic parimutuel pools shall use 1 percent...
• Section 19610.2.
  Every association that conducts a racing meeting shall deduct one-tenth of 1 percent of the total amount handled. From the amount deducted on wagers made...
• Section 19610.3.
  In addition to the amounts required or allowed to be deducted from the parimutuel pools as provided by this chapter, and except as otherwise provided...
• Section 19610.4.
  Notwithstanding Section 19610.3, any association that conducts a racing meeting pursuant to Section 19549.9, or any fair that operates a satellite wagering facility, may elect...
• Section 19610.6.
  Notwithstanding Section 19605.71, and in lieu of any deduction under Section 19610.3 or 19610.4, the 22nd District Agricultural Association shall deduct an additional amount of...
• Section 19610.8.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in lieu of any deduction and distribution provided for in this chapter, upon the joint request of the...
• Section 19611.
  (a) For every thoroughbred association conducting a live racing meeting in the northern zone, 1.3 percent of the total amount handled on live races, excluding wagering...
• Section 19611.5.
  (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association other than a fair that conducts a thoroughbred race meeting may deduct...
• Section 19612.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided, every association which conducts a quarter horse race meeting or a harness horse race meeting shall pay a daily license fee...
• Section 19612.1.
  (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association with an average daily handle of more than seven hundred fifty thousand...
• Section 19612.2.
  (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, every association with an average daily handle of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000)...
• Section 19612.3.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to harness racing associations other than those conducting a meeting pursuant to Section 19612.6, an additional 1...
• Section 19612.6.
  (a) (1) For harness meetings, the amount remaining after deduction of the state license fee shall be distributed equally between commissions and purses. For quarter horse, Appaloosa,...
• Section 19612.7.
  With respect to a harness race meeting, in addition to any other distributions, a portion of the money allocated for purses pursuant to this chapter...
• Section 19612.8.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any association conducting a racing meeting shall pay not less than the actual amount necessary to cover the costs...
• Section 19612.9.
  (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 19601, unclaimed refunds shall be distributed to the organization that is responsible for negotiating purse agreements, satellite...
• Section 19613.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), the portion deducted for purses pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to or...
• Section 19613.05.
  (a) Any association, including a fair, that conducts thoroughbred racing shall pay to the owners’ organization, contracting with the association with respect to the conduct of...
• Section 19613.1.
  (a) With respect to thoroughbred racing, except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall determine which matters shall be the subject of negotiation and contract...
• Section 19613.2.
  (a) Any horsemen’s, owners’, or trainers’ organization or organization representing horsemen, owners, or trainers shall be incorporated under the laws of the State of California in...
• Section 19613.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, of the amount deducted for license fees, commissions, and purses from parimutuel pools at a racing meeting an...
• Section 19613.6.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the owners’ organization referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 19613.2 that represents thoroughbred owners may elect to...
• Section 19613.8.
  Within 60 days of a statewide majority of backstretch workers having chosen to be represented by an exclusive collective bargaining agent pursuant to Article 2.5...
• Section 19614.
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 19611 and 19612, and except for an association that qualifies pursuant to Section 19612.6, for a fair conducting a live racing meeting, 1...
• Section 19614.2.
  (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise deducted pursuant to this chapter, a fair, or an association conducting its meeting pursuant to Section 19549.1, may deduct...
• Section 19614.3.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a racing association and the organization representing horsemen may agree to reduce the portion deducted from the parimutuel pool...
• Section 19614.4.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in addition to any amounts provided for purses by any other provision of this chapter, from the amount...
• Section 19614.6.
  Notwithstanding Section 19614, any county fair in the central zone that conducted fair racing meetings prior to January 1, 1980, commencing with the 2006 racing...
• Section 19615.
  (a) The board shall provide a method for estimating the aggregate handle for each association’s proposed race meeting. Estimates may be revised during the course of...
• Section 19616.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, wagers accepted on out-of-state or out-of-country races pursuant to Sections 19596 and 19596.2, or on any multiple race exotic...
• Section 19616.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, wagers accepted on out-of-state or out-of-country races pursuant to Section 19596 or 19596.2, or on any multiple race exotic...
• Section 19616.2.
  (a) Except as provided in Section 19616.1, an association conducting wagering on an out-of-state feature race that is included in the parimutuel pool of the out-of-state...
• Section 19616.51.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and in lieu of any license fee payable to the state prescribed for or referred to in Section 19491, 19491.5, 19596.3,...
• Section 19616.52.
  Notwithstanding Section 19616.51, in lieu of all amounts payable prior to July 1, 2009, pursuant to Section 19616.51, as that section existed prior to July...
• Section 19617.
  The following definitions shall govern the construction of this section and Section 19617.2:(a) “Breeder” means a person who is registered as a breeder of a California-bred...
• Section 19617.2.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any association conducting a race meeting that includes thoroughbred racing shall deposit with the official registering agency 0.54...
• Section 19617.3.
  (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section:(1) “Breeder” means a person who is registered as the breeder of a California-bred paint horse with the...
• Section 19617.4.
  (a) The official registering agency shall invest the funds deposited with it, and the interest earned on those deposits shall be a part of the total...
• Section 19617.5.
  (a) Any association conducting a quarter horse or harness racing meeting shall pay the sums required to be paid by Section 19567 out of the amounts...
• Section 19617.6.
  (a) Since the purpose of this chapter is to encourage agriculture and the breeding of horses in this state, a sum equal to 10 percent of...
• Section 19617.7.
  (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section:(1) “Breeder” means a person who is registered as the breeder of a California-bred quarter horse with the...
• Section 19617.75.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the breeding and ownership of quarter horses for racing is an industry that has proven to be beneficial to...
• Section 19617.8.
  (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section:(1) “Breeder” means the person or persons listed as breeder of record by the Arabian Horse Registry...
• Section 19617.9.
  (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section:(1) “Breeder” means a person who is registered as the owner of the dam at the time the...
• Section 19618.
  (a) Except as provided in Article 9.2 (commencing with Section 19605), no person licensed under this chapter to conduct a racing meeting shall pay or distribute...
• Section 19618.1.
  Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 19618 shall not apply to any payment by a licensed harness racing association in the northern zone, or by...
• Section 19618.2.
  Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 19618 shall not apply to either of the following:(a) Any payment by a licensed quarter horse racing association in the...
• Section 19619.
  (a) Since the purpose of this chapter is to encourage agriculture and the breeding of horses in this state, a California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program is...
• Section 19619.1.
  With respect to harness meetings, all funds that are not distributed to horsemen as purses pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19612, Section 19612.6, and...
• Section 19619.2.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, funds may be made available to supplement the purses distributed by the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program from...
• Section 19619.6.
  Every association or fair that provides a live audiovisual signal of its program to a satellite wagering facility pursuant to Sections 19608 and 19608.1 shall...
• Section 19619.7.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no later than July 1, 2008, the board shall provide that the jockey who rides the horse that...

Last modified: October 22, 2018