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H0493......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
RACING COMMISSION - Amends existing law relating to horse racing to
alphabetize definitions and to delete the requirement that a racing
jurisdiction be a member of the Association of Racing Commissioners
International.
01/22 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/23 Rpt prt - to St Aff
01/30 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/02 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/03 3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
Clark, Crane, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20),
Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jones(9),
Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander,
Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer,
Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman,
Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor,
Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Crow, Jaquet, Schaefer
Floor Sponsor - Stoicheff
Title apvd - to Senate
02/04 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/04 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/05 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
Hawkins, Ingram, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
Sweeney, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Ipsen, Twiggs
Floor Sponsor - Sweeney
Title apvd - to House
03/17 To enrol
03/17 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/18 Pres signed - to Governor
03/19 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 97
Effective: 07/01/98
H0493|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 493 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO HORSE RACING; AMENDING SECTION 54-2502, IDAHO CODE, TO ALPHABETIZE 3 AND NUMBER DEFINITIONS AND TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A RACING JURIS- 4 DICTION BE A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF RACING COMMISSIONERS INTERNA- 5 TIONAL. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 54-2502, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 54-2502. DEFINITIONS. Unless the context otherwise requires, words and 10 phrases as used herein shall mean: 11 (1) "Commission" means the Idaho state racing commission, 12 hereinafter created. 13 (2) "Gross daily receipts" means the total of all sums deposited in 14 all pools for each race day. 15 (3) "Horsemen's group" means an organization composed of licensed owners, 16 breeders, and/or trainers duly registered with the secretary of state and rec- 17 ognized by the Idaho racing commission as the majority of the horsemen at the 18 track. 19 (4) "Host facility" means the racetrack at which the race is run, 20 or the facility which is designated as the host facility if the race is run in 21 a jurisdiction which is not participating in the interstate combined wagering 22 pool. 23 (5) "Host jurisdiction" means the jurisdiction in which the 24 host facility is located. 25 (6) "Interstate common wagering pool" means a pari-mutuel 26 pool established in one (1) jurisdiction which is combined with comparable 27 pari-mutuel pools from one (1) or more racing jurisdictions. Such pool is 28 established for the purpose of establishing pay-off prices in the various 29 jurisdictions. 30 (7) "Persons" means and includes individuals, firms, corpo- 31 rations and associations. 32 (8) "Pool" means the total sum of all moneys wagered in each race 33 for each type of bet. Types of bets include win, place, show, quinella, daily 34 double, exacta, trifecta, etc., and such other types as are approved by the 35 commission from time to time. 36 (9) "Race meet" means and includes any exhibition of thor- 37 oughbred, purebred, and/or registered horse racing, mule racing or dog racing, 38 where the pari-mutuel system of wagering is used. Singular includes the plural 39 and plural includes the singular; and words importing one gender shall be 40 regarded as including all other genders. 41 (10) "Racing jurisdiction" or "jurisdiction" means a govern- 42 mental jurisdiction responsible for the regulation of pari-mutuel racing in 2 1 that jurisdictionand which is a member of the association of racing2commissioners international. 3"Gross daily receipts" means the total of all sums deposited in all4pools for each race day.5"Pool" means the total sum of all moneys wagered in each race for each6type of bet. Types of bets include win, place, show, quinella, daily double,7exacta, trifecta, etc., and such other types as are approved by the commission8from time to time.9"Horsemen's group" means an organization composed of licensed owners,10breeders, and/or trainers duly registered with the secretary of state and rec-11ognized by the Idaho racing commission as the majority of the horsemen at the12track.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS07376
Amendment to Idaho Code 54-2502 to clarify the definition of "Racing Jurisdiction."
Membership in the racing commissioners international is no longer an element of the
definition.
FISCAL IMPACT
This proposed amendment requires no additional funding by the State of Idaho.
CONTACT
Name: Eugene O. "Jack" Baker
Agency: Idaho State Racing Commission
Phone: 884-7080
Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact
H 493