WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                             Ch. 3

Commission under certain circumstances; making this Act an emergency measure;
and generally relating to horse racing and common mutuel pools.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 11-809
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Business Regulation

11-809.

(a)     On a [simulcast of a] race that a licensee holds AND SIMULCASTS TO AN
OUT-OF-STATE FACILITY OR ON A SIMULCAST OF A RACE THAT A LICENSEE
RECEIVES, the licensee may, with the approval of the Commission, combine bets made at
the licensee's track with bets of the same type made at THE out-of-state [facilities]
FACILITY where betting is lawful.

(b)     This section allows the creation of common mutuel pools for calculating odds
and determining payouts.

(c)     Bets made at AN out-of-state [facilities] FACILITY may not be considered
part of the licensee's mutuel pools for any purpose other than the purpose stated in
subsection (b) of this section.

(d)      [The] FOR RACES THAT ARE HELD BY A LICENSEE IN THIS STATE AND
SIMULCAST TO AN OUT-OF-STATE FACILITY, THE takeout on bets made in [the] THIS
State that are [included] COMMINGLED in a common mutuel pool shall be [the same as
the takeout applicable at the track that accepts the bets in the State] THE TAKEOUT AS
PRESCRIBED FOR THE LICENSEE BY THIS TITLE.

(E)     NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS TITLE GOVERNING
THE AMOUNT OF TAKEOUT, FOR A RACE THAT IS HELD BY AN OUT-OF-STATE
FACILITY AND SIMULCAST TO A LICENSEE IN THIS STATE, THE TAKEOUT ON BETS
MADE IN THIS STATE THAT ARE COMMINGLED IN A COMMON MUTUEL POOL SHALL
BE, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION, AS AGREED BY THE LICENSEE .
AND THE OUT-OF-STATE FACILITY.

(F)     NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS TITLE GOVERNING
THE ALLOCATION OF TAKEOUT, FOR A RACE THAT IS HELD BY AN OUT-OF-STATE
FACILITY AND SIMULCAST TO A LICENSEE IN THIS STATE, THE ALLOCATION OF
TAKEOUT ON BETS MADE IN THIS STATE THAT ARE COMMINGLED IN A COMMON
MUTUEL POOL SHALL BE, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION,
ALLOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:

(1) TO THE STATE FOR TAXES ON THE HANDLE OF THE LICENSEE AS
PROVIDED UNDER THIS TITLE;

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