WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 305

SIMULCASTING
30.

(A)  (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(2)  "HORSEMEN'S ORGANIZATION" MEANS A GROUP WHICH
REPRESENTS A MAJORITY OF THE HORSEMEN AT A PARTICULAR TRACK OR A
MAJORITY OF THE APPLICABLE BREEDERS IN THIS STATE FOR TRACKS
LICENSED UNDER § 17 OF THIS ARTICLE. FOR TRACKS LICENSED UNDER §
7 OF THIS ARTICLE, "HORSEMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS" MEANS A GROUP WHICH
REPRESENTS A MAJORITY OF THE HORSEMEN AT A PARTICULAR TRACK AND A
MAJORITY OF THE APPLICABLE BREEDERS IN THIS STATE.

(3)  "INTERTRACK WAGERING" MEANS PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
ON INTRASTATE SIMULCAST HORSE RACES HELD AT AN IN-STATE SENDING
TRACK BY PATRONS AT AN IN-STATE RECEIVING TRACK, AND TRANSMISSION
OF THE WAGERS TO THE IN-STATE SENDING TRACK.

(4)  "INTRASTATE SIMULCAST HORSE RACES" MEANS HORSE
RACES CONDUCTED AT AN IN-STATE SENDING TRACK, TRANSMITTED
SIMULTANEOUSLY BY VIDEO SIGNAL TO AN IN-STATE RECEIVING TRACK.

(5)  "INTRASTATE SIMULCASTING AGREEMENT" MEANS ANY
AGREEMENT BETWEEN AN IN-STATE SENDING TRACK AND AN IN-STATE
RECEIVING TRACK RELATING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
TRANSMISSION AND RECEIPT OF INTRASTATE SIMULCAST HORSE RACES.

(6)  "INTRASTATE SIMULCASTING LICENSE" MEANS A LICENSE
ISSUED BY THE MARYLAND RACING COMMISSION PERMITTING WAGERING ON
INTRASTATE SIMULCAST HORSE RACES.

(7)  "IN-STATE RECEIVING TRACK" MEANS ANY HARNESS
RACETRACK WITHIN THE STATE LOCATED IN WORCESTER COUNTY THAT IS
OPERATED BY THE HOLDER OF A LICENSE ISSUED BY THE MARYLAND RACING
COMMISSION TO CONDUCT A HORSE RACE MEETING AND THAT IS EQUIPPED
TO RECEIVE SIMULCAST HORSE RACES AND TO CONDUCT INTERTRACK
WAGERING ON THOSE RACES.

(8,) "IN-STATE SENDING TRACK" MEANS ANY THOROUGHBRED
HORSE RACETRACK WITHIN THE STATE THAT IS OPERATED BY THE HOLDER
OF A LICENSE ISSUED BY THE MARYLAND RACING COMMISSION TO CONDUCT
A HORSE RACE MEETING AND THAT IS EQUIPPED TO TRANSMIT SIMULCAST
HORSE RACES TO A RECEIVING TRACK AND TO CONDUCT INTERTRACK
WAGERING ON THOSE RACES.

(B)  UPON THE FILING OF A JOINT APPLICATION BY AN IN-STATE
SENDING TRACK AND AN IN-STATE RECEIVING TRACK AND AFTER THE
HOLDING OF A PUBLIC HEARING, THE MARYLAND RACING COMMISSION MAY
ISSUE AN INTRASTATE SIMULCASTING LICENSE TO AN IN-STATE RECEIVING
TRACK, THAT PERMITS INTERTRACK WAGERING DURING THE PERIODS OF

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