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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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Article 78B - Racing Commission
Section 31
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1980 Replacement Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 78B - Racing Commission
31.
(A) AN ASSOCIATION LICENSED TO CONDUCT RACING IN THIS
STATE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE RACING COMMISSION, MAY CONTRACT
TO CONDUCT PARIMUTUEL WAGERING ON HORSE RACES OF NATIONAL OR
LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE HELD AT RACETRACKS IN OTHER STATES OR
COUNTRIES WHERE THE CONDUCT OF RACING AND WAGERING IS PERMITTED
BY LAW.
(B) ANY WAGERING MADE UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL TAKE PLACE
WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE LICENSEE'S RACETRACK, AND ON A DAY FOR
WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS AUTHORIZED THE LICENSEE TO CONDUCT
RACING.
(C) (1) COMPUTATION OF THE TOTAL TAKEOUT AND BREAKAGE FOR
WAGERING MADE UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE THE SAME AS THAT
NORMALLY APPLICABLE TO RACING CONDUCTED BY THE LICENSEE.
(2) AFTER DEDUCTING FROM THE TAKEOUT THE APPLICABLE
TAX OF THIS STATE ON THE ENTIRE PARIMUTUEL POOL, THE AMOUNT TO BE
PAID UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT TO THE OUT-OF-STATE
RACETRACK, AND THE COST OF TRANSMISSION, THE REMAINDER SHALL BE
ALLOCATED IN THE SAME PROPORTIONS AS NORMALLY APPLICABLE TO
RACING CONDUCTED BY THE LICENSEE.
(D) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ANY CONTRACT WITH AN
OUT-OF-STATE RACETRACK MADE UNDER THIS SECTION ARE SUBJECT TO THE
APPROVAL OF THE RESPECTIVE GROUPS WHICH REPRESENT A MAJORITY OF
THE HORSEMEN RACING AT THAT TRACK AND A MAJORITY OF THE
APPLICABLE BREEDERS IN THIS STATE.
(E) THE PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL INTERSTATE HORSERACING
ACT OF 1978, TITLE 15, SECTIONS 3001 THROUGH 3007, U.S. CODE,
SHALL BE INSTRUCTIVE REGARDING THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1983.
Approved May 10, 1983.
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