MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                           2331

Approved April 22, 1975.

CHAPTER 416
(House Bill 160)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Racing Commission — Standardbred
Fund Races

FOR the purpose of [[repealing the requirement that the
Racing Commission cancel certain Maryland
Standardbred Fund races]] changing a provision for
canceling certain Maryland Standardbred Fund races:
and providing that this Act is an emergency measure.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 78B — Racing Commission

Section 17A(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 17A(d) of Article 78B - Racing
Commission, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 78B — Racing Commission

17 A.

(d) On and after July 1, 1971, each standardbred
track licensee shall provide for the running of races, to
be known as "The Maryland Standardbred Fund races" for
horses foaled in Maryland according to the United States
Trotting Association registration certificate. The
number of Maryland Standardbred Fund races, amounts of
the purses, date of running the races, distance
provisions of the races, breeders' awards and other
conditions necessary to carry out the intent of the
Maryland Standardbred Fund races shall be determined by
the Commission upon recommendation of the committee.
The amounts of the parses and the conditions for each
race shall be determined in sufficient advance time to