PRINTER'S NO. 3553

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2540 Session of 1974


        INTRODUCED BY D. S. HAYES, BELLOMINI, HOPKINS, DOMBROWSKI AND
           DiCARLO, JULY 10, 1974

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 10, 1974

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of December 11, 1967 (P.L.707, No.331),
     2     entitled "An act providing for and regulating thoroughbred
     3     horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering on the results
     4     thereof, creating the State Horse Racing Commission as an
     5     independent administrative commission and defining its powers
     6     and duties; providing for the establishment and operation of
     7     thoroughbred horse racing plants; imposing taxes on revenues
     8     of such plants; disposing of all moneys received by the
     9     commission and all moneys collected from the taxes;
    10     authorizing penalties; and making appropriations," increasing
    11     the number of racing dates.

    12     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    13  hereby enacts as follows:
    14     Section 1.  Section 5, act of December 11, 1967 (P.L.707,
    15  No.331), entitled "An act providing for and regulating
    16  thoroughbred horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering on the
    17  results thereof, creating the State Horse Racing Commission as
    18  an independent administrative commission and defining its powers
    19  and duties; providing for the establishment and operation of
    20  thoroughbred horse racing plants; imposing taxes on revenues of
    21  such plants; disposing of all moneys received by the commission
    22  and all moneys collected from the taxes; authorizing penalties;


     1  and making appropriations," amended July 24, 1970 (P.L.634,
     2  No.210), is amended to read:
     3     Section 5.  Pari-Mutuel Betting at Thoroughbred Horse
     4  Races.--No more than six corporations shall be licensed by the
     5  State Horse Racing Commission in any one year to conduct a pari-
     6  mutuel meet or meets. No corporation licensed to conduct harness
     7  racing with pari-mutuel wagering under and pursuant to the act
     8  of December 22, 1959 (P.L.1978, No.728), as amended, shall be
     9  licensed to conduct thoroughbred horse racing with pari-mutuel
    10  wagering pursuant to this act. No corporation shall be licensed
    11  to conduct thoroughbred horse racing for more than [one hundred]
    12  one hundred fifty days in any calendar year. Said pari-mutuel
    13  betting conducted at such meeting shall be under the general
    14  supervision and control of the State Horse Racing Commission
    15  which shall make rules regulating the conduct of such pari-
    16  mutuel betting in accordance with the provisions of this act.
    17  The Department of Revenue is charged with the financial
    18  administration of pari-mutuel betting as prescribed in this act
    19  and as supplemented by the rules and regulations of the State
    20  Horse Racing Commission. The Department of Revenue shall have
    21  authority to prescribe the forms and the system of accounting to
    22  be employed, and through its representatives shall, at all
    23  times, have power of access to, and examination of, any
    24  equipment relating to such betting.




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