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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 126 – Pari-mutuel wagering, study

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 126

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SCR126.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING - STUDY - Stating findings of the Legislature and
authorizing the Legislative Council to appoint a committee to study
pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast racing.

02/25    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/26    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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SCR126


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

                                      IN THE SENATE

                           SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 126

                                BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND AUTHORIZING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO
 3        APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE  AND  COMPLETE  A  STUDY  OF  PARI-MUTUEL
 4        WAGERING ON SIMULCAST RACING.

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

 6        WHEREAS,  the  state  of Idaho adopted a system of pari-mutuel wagering on
 7    simulcast or televised races in 1990 for the  expressed  purpose  of  allowing
 8    Idaho's  live race industry, "in conjunction with the Idaho Racing Commission,
 9    to put in place a responsible simulcasting program that will be used to  bene-
10    fit  and  strengthen  the  entire  Idaho  equine industry, and thus strengthen
11    Idaho's agricultural based economy"; and
12        WHEREAS, since the inception of pari-mutuel wagering on  simulcast  racing
13    in  Idaho,  the  number  of live horse races has steadily declined even though
14    both simulcast wagering and the cost of regulation have  grown  significantly;
15    and
16        WHEREAS,  the  statutory  scheme  governing Idaho's live race industry and
17    simulcast wagering is confusing and inconsistent, difficult to fairly and con-
18    sistently administer, resulting in the exclusion of some tracks from  partici-
19    pation  in the simulcast industry, and further resulting in the failure of the
20    industry to successfully capture revenue from wagering on simulcast racing for
21    enhancement of live racing leading to the  possible  loss  of  the  live  race
22    industry in Idaho.
23        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
24    of  the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa-
25    tives concurring therein,  that  the  Legislative  Council  is  authorized  to
26    appoint  a  committee  to  undertake  and  complete a study of live racing and
27    pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast or televised racing in the state  of  Idaho.
28    The  study  shall  address whether and how revenues from wagering on simulcast
29    racing can be employed to enhance live horse racing in  the  state  of  Idaho;
30    whether  the  current  regulatory  mechanism should be continued or altered to
31    serve the best interest of racing in Idaho; and, whether better or alternative
32    means of public or private action exist to enhance live horse racing in Idaho.
33    The Legislative Council shall determine the number of legislators and  member-
34    ship  from  each house appointed to the committee and shall authorize the com-
35    mittee to receive input, advice and assistance from  interested  and  affected
36    parties who are not members of the Legislature.
37        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Idaho Racing Commission and the Idaho Lot-
38    tery Commission will each have one nonvoting representative on the Committee.
39        BE  IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall report its findings, rec-
40    ommendations and proposed legislation, if any, to the Second  Regular  Session
41    of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature.