20                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 7

or upon the property owned or leased by any licensee and by it
used for the conduct of racing. The Commission may also
prescribe terms and conditions with respect to the location,
capacity, availability and improvement of parking facilities as a
requirement for the award of the [forty-eight (48)] 80 days of
racing or any part thereof. The terms and conditions with respect
to parking facilities may be based to the extent possible on
master plans developed by the licensees after consultation with
community organizations. [Said forty-eight (48)] THE 80 days of
racing or any part thereof may be withdrawn and revoked by the
Commission and, in their discretion, reallocated, if any licensee
fails to complete or continue an improvement program including
parking facilities prescribed by the Commission as a condition to
the awarding of the [forty-eight (48)] 80 days of racing or any
part thereof. IF RACING IS DISCONTINUED AT THE TIMONIUM TRACK,
THE DAYS OF RACING AUTHORIZED TO BE AWARDED TO THE TRACK UNDER §
15 OF THIS ARTICLE MAY ALSO BE AWARDED ON THE SAME TERMS AS THE
ABOVE 80 DAYS OF RACING. The discretion of the Commission on the
award of all such dates shall be final, and the award of all
dates [shall constitute a license and not a franchise.]
CONSTITUTES A LICENSE OF THE DAYS TO THE TRACKS TO WHICH THE DAYS
ARE AWARDED AND DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP IN THE
DAYS TO ANY TRACK OR ANY OTHER PERSON.

(c)  The Commission shall have the power to reject any
application for a license for any cause which it may deem
sufficient and the action of the Commission shall be final. No
one person, corporation or association shall be given a license
to conduct racing for more than [ninety (90)] 108 days in one
year[, nor shall more than an aggregate of one hundred and twenty
(120) days of racing be held in any one year on any one track
within the State of Maryland. ]. Provided, the limitation in this
subsection shall not be applicable to or include the [48] 80 days
granted to the Commission in subsection (b) of this section to be
awarded in its discretion [or the 32 days authorized to be
awarded by the Commission under subsection (f) of this section].

(d) (1) The said Racing Commission may, at any time or
times, in its discretion, authorize any person, corporation or
association to transfer its racing meet or meetings from its own
track, or place for holding races, to the track, or place for
holding races, of any other person, corporation or association
now conducting racing in the State of Maryland upon payment of
any and all appropriate license fees for the conduct of racing at
the particular track, or place for holding races, on which the
racing is to be conducted[; provided, however, that no]. NO such
authority to transfer shall be granted without the express
consent of the person, corporation or association owning or
leasing the track to which such transfer is made, but nothing in
this section shall affect in any manner the license fees,
requirements, rights, conditions, terms and provisions of § 8 of
this article[; provided, further; that the].

(2) THE Commission shall issue no license nor award
any dates for racing on any tracks or places for holding races in