BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        2457

certain number of days; requiring a certain percentage
of the mutuel pool be used for purses and track
improvements; clarifying language; and generally
relating to harness racing in Maryland.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 78B — Racing Commission

Section 17(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 78B - Racing Commission

Section 17 (d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 78B — Racing Commission

17.

(b) (1) Each licensee licensed under the provisions
of this section shall at its option be permitted to avail
itself of the pari-mutuel betting privileges granted in this
section, retaining for its own use 13 1/2% of the regular
mutuel pool [and 14 1/2%] 15.5 PERCENT of the TWO HORSE
multiple mutuel pool, if any, AND 21 1/2 PERCENT OF THE
THREE OR MORE HORSE MULTIPLE MUTUEL POOL, IF ANY, of all
money wagered not in excess of $125,000 daily average and
10% of the regular mutuel pool and [11%] 12 PERCENT of the
TWO HOUSE multiple mutuel pool, if any, AND 18 PERCENT OF
THE THREE OR MORE HORSE MULTIPLE MUTUEL POOL, IF ANY, of all
money wagered in excess of $125,000 daily average on all
races conducted by it during the year, and shall pay to the
Racing Commission HARNESS RACING BOARD for the use of the
State within five days after the close of the meeting held
during the year 1958, and each calendar year thereafter, an
annual tax at the rate of 3 1/2% of all money wagered not in
excess of $125,000 daily average, and 7% of all money
wagered in excess of $125,000 daily average, and 7% of all
money wagered in excess of $125,000 daily average on all
races conducted by it during the year. Regular mutuel pool
means a separate wagering pool in which an interest is
represented by a single ticket evidencing a single wager on
one horse. [Multiple] TWO HORSE MULTIPLE mutuel pool means
a separate wagering pool in which an interest is represented
by a single wager on two [or more] horses. THREE OR MORE
HORSE MULTIPLE MUTUEL POOL MEANS A SEPARATE WAGERING POOL IN
WHICH AN INTEREST IS REPRESENTED BY A SINGLE WAGER ON THREE
OR MORE HORSES. (2) Each such licensee having a total