WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 102

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 78B - Racing Commission
Section 12 and 30
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article 78B—Racing Commission

Section 12

Annotated Codo of Maryland

(1988 Roplaccmont Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 78B - Racing Commission

12.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) "Track" means a thoroughbred horse racetrack.

(3) "Intertrack wagering" means a system of pari-mutuel wagering at a
receiving track on races being conducted live at a sending track.

(4) "Receiving track" means a track licensed under this article at which
wagering is done on races being conducted at a sending track.

(5) "Sending track" means a track licensed under this article at which live
races are being conducted on that day and transmitted by simulcast to the receiving
track.

(b) The Commission may establish a system of intertrack wagering between
tracks licensed under Article 78B, § 7 of the Code.

(c) If the Commission establishes a system of intertrack wagering, the
Commission may authorize any track to participate in intertrack wagering only if:

(1) [the] THE intertrack wagering has been approved for a meeting at the
sending track by:

[(1)] (I) The sending track;
[(2)] (II) The receiving track;

[(3)3 (III) The organization representing a majority of the horsemen who
are racing at the sending track during the meeting in which the intertrack wagering is to
take place; and

[(4)] (IV) The organization representing a majority of the horsemen who

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