Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3769 - Horse Racing

• Section 3769.01 - Horse-racing Permit Required.
  No person, association, corporation, or trust shall hold, conduct, assist, or aid and abet in holding or conducting any meetings, at which horse racing...
• Section 3769.02 - State Racing Commission.
  A state racing commission is hereby established. It shall consist of five members, appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the...
• Section 3769.021 - Commission Secretary - Salary - Duties.
  The state racing commission shall appoint a secretary, who shall serve during the pleasure of the commission. The secretary shall devote full time to...
• Section 3769.03 - Rules And Conditions - Licenses - Operating Fund - Report To Governor.
  The state racing commission shall prescribe the rules and conditions under which horse racing may be conducted and may issue, deny, suspend, diminish, or...
• Section 3769.04 - Application For Permit.
  Any person, association, corporation, or trust desiring to hold or conduct a horse-racing meeting, wherein the pari-mutuel system of wagering is allowed, shall make...
• Section 3769.041 - Confidential Information.
  (A) Any information concerning the following that is submitted, collected, or gathered as part of an application to the state racing commission for a...
• Section 3769.05 - Deposit To Be Made - Refund.
  At the time of making application for a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting, the applicant shall deposit with the state racing commission a...
• Section 3769.06 - Issuance Of Permit - Suspension - Revocation.
  Upon the proper filing of an application to conduct a horse-racing meeting accompanied by a permit fee and a cash bond, certified check, or...
• Section 3769.07 - Permit Restrictions - Display Of Permit.
  Except as otherwise provided in this section, no permit shall be issued under sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code, authorizing the conduct...
• Section 3769.071 - Quarter Horse Racing.
  In addition to any permit authorized to be issued by this chapter, the state racing commission may issue not more than three permits for...
• Section 3769.072 - Granting Additional Permits Where Another Track Or Enclosure Is Located Within Twenty Miles Or In Same County.
  The commission shall grant to any track or enclosure that has fewer permits or total racing days available to it than another track or...
• Section 3769.08 - [Operative Until 1/1/2016] Pari-mutuel System Of Wagering.
  (A) Any person holding a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting may provide a place in the race meeting grounds or enclosure at which...
• Section 3769.08 - [Operative 1/1/2016] Pari-mutuel System Of Wagering.
  (A) Any person holding a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting may provide a place in the race meeting grounds or enclosure at which...
• Section 3769.081 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-27-1994
• Section 3769.082 - Ohio Fairs Fund - Distribution Of Funds.
  (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio fairs fund. Moneys to the credit of the fund shall be distributed by...
• Section 3769.083 - [Operative Until 1/1/2016] Ohio Thoroughbred Race Fund.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) An "accredited Ohio thoroughbred horse" means a horse conceived in this state and born in this state...
• Section 3769.083 - [Operative 1/1/2016] Ohio Thoroughbred Race Fund.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) An "accredited Ohio thoroughbred horse" means a horse conceived in this state and born in this state...
• Section 3769.084 - Ohio Thoroughbred Racing Advisory Committee.
  (A) The Ohio thoroughbred racing advisory committee is hereby created to consist of three members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent...
• Section 3769.085 - Ohio Standardbred Development Fund.
  (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio standardbred development fund, to consist of moneys paid into it pursuant to section...
• Section 3769.086 - [Repealed Operative 1/1/2016] Ohio Quarter Horse Development Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio quarter horse development fund, to consist of all moneys paid into the fund at...
• Section 3769.087 - [Operative Until 1/1/2016] Retaining Additional Tax And Amount From Certain Wagering.
  (A) In addition to the commission of eighteen per cent retained by each permit holder as provided in section 3769.08 of the Revised Code,...
• Section 3769.087 - [Operative 1/1/2016] Retaining Additional Tax And Amount From Certain Wagering.
  (A) In addition to the commission of eighteen per cent retained by each permit holder as provided in section 3769.08 of the Revised Code,...
• Section 3769.088 - Making Assessment For Failure To Pay Taxes.
  (A) (1) If any permit holder required by this chapter to pay the taxes levied by sections 3769.08, 3769.087, 3769.26, and 3769.28 of the...
• Section 3769.089 - Simulcast Horse Racing.
  (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Racing day" means any day authorized under a permit holder's permit on which, at a simulcast host,...
• Section 3769.0810 - Collection And Settlement Agent For Simulcast Fees.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Collection and settlement agent" means the permit holder designated by the state racing commission under division (B)...
• Section 3769.0811 - Horse Races Conducted By Agricultural Society.
  Horse races that are conducted by a county agricultural society or independent agricultural society in accordance with section 3769.082 of the Revised Code shall...
• Section 3769.0812 - Fees Paid To Thoroughbred Jockeys.
  Beginning in the calendar year after the first calendar year in which all thoroughbred permit holders receive a commission as a lottery sales agent...
• Section 3769.09 - Commission To Employ Racing Inspectors.
  The state racing commission shall employ a racing inspector to attend each horse-racing meeting, held under a permit issued under sections 3769.01 to 3769.14...
• Section 3769.091 - Imposing Fines And Suspensions.
  The state racing commission may delegate to the stewards and judges of racing meetings under the jurisdiction of the commission the power to suspend...
• Section 3769.10 - Enforcement Of Chapter - Taxes, Fees.
  The state racing commission and the tax commissioner shall enforce this chapter and may incur such expenses as are necessary; provided, that the power...
• Section 3769.101 - [Operative Until 1/1/2016] Horse-racing Tax Revenue Fund.
  (A) For the purposes of receiving, distributing, and accounting for revenue received from the taxes levied by sections 3769.08, 3769.087, and 3769.26 of the...
• Section 3769.101 - [Operative 1/1/2016] Horse-racing Tax Revenue Fund.
  (A) For the purposes of receiving, distributing, and accounting for revenue received from the taxes levied by sections 3769.08, 3769.087, and 3769.26 of the...
• Section 3769.102 - Horse-racing Tax Municipality Fund.
  (A) For the purpose of receiving, distributing, and accounting for revenue received from the tax levied by section 3769.28 of the Revised Code, there...
• Section 3769.103 - Remittance Of Tax Due.
  (A) On each day on which banks are open for business, or not later than noon of the calendar day following a racing day...
• Section 3769.11 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1996
• Section 3769.12 - Duty Of County Sheriffs.
  The county sheriff shall enforce sections 3769.01 to 3769.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Effective Date: 10-01-1953
• Section 3769.13 - Damaged Track - Permit To Hold Meeting Elsewhere.
  (A) Any person, association, trust, or corporation owning, leasing, or operating a race track, place, or enclosure which has been damaged by fire or...
• Section 3769.131 - Consolidating Permits.
  Notwithstanding sections 3769.07 and 3769.13 of the Revised Code, any person operating or conducting a horse-racing meeting at any race track, place, or enclosure...
• Section 3769.14 - Submission Of Question Of Prohibiting Horse Racing - Duties Of Board Of Elections.
  If there is presented to the board of elections of any county a petition, sworn to in the manner provided by section 3513.27 of...
• Section 3769.15, 3769.16 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1996
• Section 3769.17 - Change Of Name For Purpose Of Entry.
  The name of a horse, mare, gelding, colt, or filly for entry for competition in a contest of speed shall not be changed after...
• Section 3769.18 - Determination Of Class For Purpose Of Entry.
  The class to which a horse belongs for an entry in a contest of speed shall be determined by its public performance in former...
• Section 3769.19 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1996
• Section 3769.20 - Major Capital Improvement Project Tax Reduction.
  (A) To encourage the renovation of existing racing facilities for the benefit of the public, breeders, and horse owners and to increase the revenue...
• Section 3769.201 - Cleanup, Repair Or Improvement Related To 1997 Ohio River Flood Tax Reduction.
  The holder of a permit issued under section 3769.06 of the Revised Code may apply to the state racing commission for the tax reduction...
• Section 3769.21 - Thoroughbred Horsemen's Health And Retirement Fund.
  (A) A corporation may be formed pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code to establish a thoroughbred horsemen's health and retirement fund and...
• Section 3769.22 - Participation In National Racing Compact.
  (A) The general assembly finds and declares all of the following: (1) A national racing compact, comprised of states that are party to the...
• Section 3769.25 - Satellite Facility Definitions.
  As used in sections 3769.25 to 3769.27 of the Revised Code, unless the context requires otherwise: (A) "Simulcast" means the telecast, for wagering purposes,...
• Section 3769.26 - Establishing Satellite Facilities.
  (A) (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, each track in existence on September 27, 1994, regardless of the number...
• Section 3769.27 - Local Option Election.
  (A) If a petition is presented, not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of a general or primary election,...
• Section 3769.28 - Collecting Additional Tax For Benefit Of Local Subdivisions.
  Within ten days after the close of a horse-racing meeting, each permit holder who conducts a pari-mutuel system of wagering where the wagering is...
• Section 3769.99 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1996

Last modified: October 10, 2016