PRINTER'S NO. 3553
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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