WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 149

(5) (6) ALL USER FEE REVENUE ASSESSED BY THE COMMISSION
SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO COVER THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTED DIRECT AND
INDIRECT COSTS OF FULFILLING THE STATUTORY AND REGULATORY DUTIES OF
THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE, AND
MAY ONLY BE EXPENDED FOR PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 149
(Senate Bill 156)

AN ACT concerning

Horse Racing - Transfer of Racing Days Due to Emergency

FOR the purpose of providing for a delay of the notice and hearing requirements
attendant to the transfer of racing days from one race track to another if the
transfer is necessitated by certain circumstances considered by the Maryland Racing
Commission to be an emergency; providing that certain remaining race days of a
meet be conducted at a certain track under certain circumstances; and generally
relating to the transfer of racing days.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 11-513 and 11-612
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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

Article - Business Regulation

11-513.

(a) [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, THE
Commission shall hold a public hearing before the Commission awards, for racing at a
particular track, racing days that:

(1)      total at least 3 more than those awarded for racing at that track in the
previous calendar year; or

(2)      result from the transfer of racing days to that track from another track in
the same year.

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