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SENATE BILL NO. 1115 – Dog race/simulcast/pari-mutuel bet

SENATE BILL NO. 1115

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S1115......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
DOG RACES - Amends existing law to authorize the continuation of
pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast and televised dog races in Idaho.

02/08    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/09    Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/23    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/24    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/26    3rd rdg - PASSED - 22-12-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Cameron, Danielson, Darrington,
      Davis, Deide, Geddes, Hawkins, Ingram, King, McLaughlin, Riggs,
      Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Wheeler,
      Whitworth
      NAYS--Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Crow, Dunklin, Frasure, Ipsen, Keough,
      Lee, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Thorne
      Absent and Excused--Twiggs
    Floor Sponsor - Boatright
    Title apvd - to House
03/01    House intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/04    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/05    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/10    3rd rdg - PASSED - 46-23-1
      AYES -- Alltus, Barrett, Bell, Black, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hansen(29), Hornbeck,
      Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh,
      Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Moyle, Pischner,
      Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Schaefer, Sellman, Stevenson, Stone,
      Tilman, Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Wood, Zimmermann
      NAYS -- Barraclough(Barraclough), Bieter, Boe, Bruneel, Callister,
      Crow, Ellsworth, Field(13), Geddes, Hammond, Hansen(23), Henbest,
      Montgomery, Mortensen, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Smith, Smylie,
      Stoicheff, Taylor, Tippets, Trail
      Absent and excused -- Mr Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Meyer
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/11    To enrol
03/12    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/15    Sp signed
03/16    To Governor
03/29    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 394
         Effective: 07/01/99

Bill Text


S1115


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1115

                                BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO SIMULCAST OR TELEVISED DOG RACES; AMENDING SECTION 54-2514,  IDAHO
 3        CODE,  TO  REMOVE  THE SUNSET CLAUSE; AND AMENDING SECTION 54-2514A, IDAHO
 4        CODE, TO REMOVE THE SUNSET CLAUSE AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

 5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 6        SECTION 1.  That Section 54-2514, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 7    amended to read as follows:

 8        54-2514.  DOG  RACING  --  DISTRIBUTION  OF DEPOSITS -- BREAKAGE. (1) Each
 9    licensee conducting the pari-mutuel system  for  simulcast  or  televised  dog
10    races shall distribute all sums deposited in any pool as follows:
11        (a)  Seventy-nine  and  one-half percent (79.5%) of any win, place or show
12        pool to the winner thereof, and twenty and one-half percent (20.5%) to the
13        licensee;
14        (b)  Seventy-seven percent (77%) of all two (2) dog exotic wagers  includ-
15        ing,  but  not  limited  to,  daily  doubles  and  quinellas to the winner
16        thereof, and twenty-three percent (23%) to the licensee;
17        (c)  Seventy-five percent (75%) of all three (3) or more dog exotic wagers
18        including, but not limited to, trifecta, twin trifecta, pick  three,  pick
19        six  and  superfecta, to the winner thereof, and twenty-five percent (25%)
20        to the licensee.
21        (2)  Each licensee conducting the  pari-mutuel  system  for  simulcast  or
22    televised dog races shall retain the sums deposited in any pool as required in
23    subsection  (1) of this section, for distribution and payment based upon gross
24    daily receipts as follows:
25        (a)  One and one-quarter percent (1.25%) of gross  daily  receipts,  sepa-
26        rately  stated,  shall  be  paid  to the Idaho state racing commission for
27        deposit in the racing commission account.
28        (b)  One percent (1%) of gross daily receipts, separately stated, shall be
29        paid to the Idaho state racing commission for payment  to  the  county  in
30        which  the dog racing facility is located. The board of county commission-
31        ers shall spend such revenues only for visitor promotion.
32        (c)  One-half percent (.5%) of gross daily  receipts,  separately  stated,
33        shall  be  paid  to  the  Idaho state racing commission for deposit in the
34        Idaho horse breeders' and owners' award account in the state treasury  for
35        further distribution as follows:
36             (i)   Fifty  percent (50%) of all moneys deposited in the Idaho horse
37             breeders' and owners' award  account  shall  be  distributed  by  the
38             racing  commission  annually  but  not later than December 15, to the
39             breeders of Idaho bred winners of each approved horse race  in  Idaho
40             in proportion to the handle generated by each breed; and
41             (ii)  Fifty  percent (50%) of all moneys deposited in the Idaho horse
42             breeders' and owners' award  account  shall  be  distributed  by  the
43             racing  commission  annually but not later than December 15, in equal


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 1             amounts to owners of Idaho bred horse race winners.
 2        (d)  From the balance of gross daily receipts remaining with the  licensee
 3        after  the  distributions  required  in subsections (1)(a), (b) and (c) of
 4        this section from simulcast or televised dog races, the following  amounts
 5        shall be paid or retained:
 6             (i)   From the first twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of gross daily
 7             receipts, the licensee shall retain the entire amount;
 8             (ii)  From  the  next  ten  thousand dollars ($10,000) of gross daily
 9             receipts, (gross  daily  receipts  between  twenty  thousand  dollars
10             ($20,000)  and  thirty  thousand dollars ($30,000)) the public school
11             income fund shall receive one-quarter of one percent (.25%)  and  the
12             licensee shall retain the balance;
13             (iii) From  the  next  ten  thousand dollars ($10,000) of gross daily
14             receipts  (gross  daily  receipts  between  thirty  thousand  dollars
15             ($30,000) and forty thousand dollars  ($40,000))  the  public  school
16             income fund shall receive one and one-quarter percent (1.25%) and the
17             licensee shall retain the balance;
18             (iv)  From  all  amounts  of over forty thousand dollars ($40,000) of
19             gross daily receipts, the public school income fund shall receive two
20             and one-quarter percent (2.25%) and the  licensee  shall  retain  the
21             balance.
22        (3)  Each  licensee  may  retain the odd cents of all redistribution to be
23    based on each dollar deposited exceeding a sum equal to the next lowest multi-
24    ple of ten (10), known as breakage, and the total amount of unclaimed  tickets
25    at the termination of the time allowed by rule of the commission.
26          (4)  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing, no simulcast or televised dog
27    races shall be permitted to be conducted in this state on and  after  July  1,
28    1999. 

29        SECTION  2.  That Section 54-2514A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
30    amended to read as follows:

31        54-2514A.  DOG RACING ILLEGAL AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT. On and
32    after the effective date of this act, live dog races and  pari-mutuel  betting
33    on  such  races  or the training of dogs to compete in live dog races shall be
34    illegal  to be conducted  in the state of Idaho. The provisions  of
35    this  section  shall not be deemed to alter or affect simulcasts and simulcast
36    pari-mutuel wagering at a facility that was licensed  and authorized prior  to
37    January  1,  1996,  to conduct live dog races and pari-mutuel wagering on them
38    prior to the effective date of this act, and such simulcasts  and  pari-mutuel
39    wagering on such simulcasts may be conducted at that facility as if the facil-
40    ity were still licensed and under the same conditions and restrictions imposed
41    by law on a licensee .   until July 1, 1999.  Any person
42    participating  or  conducting a live dog race or pari-mutuel betting on such a
43    live dog race or the training of dogs to compete in live dog races  in  viola-
44    tion of this section shall be guilty of a felony.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                              RS08682

The purpose of this legislation is to continue the economic viability of the Idaho
Equine Industry, the financial enhancement of the Visitors and Convention Bureaus in
Kootenai, Ada, Jerome, and Bannock counties, and the fiscal stability of the Idaho Racing
Commission by allowing simulcast wagering on greyhound racing to continue after June 30,
1999.





                           FISCAL IMPACT

If this legislation fails to pass, the State of Idaho, and several of its political
subdivisions, will realize a reduction in revenues beginning this next fiscal year. This
reduction will amount to between $132,000.00 to $400,000.00 depending on whether the
Coeur d'Alene Simulcast site remains in business.








CONTACT
Name:      Senator Clyde Boatright
Phone:      332-1407

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