Ch. 513                                   1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) a majority of the owners, trainers, and drivers of standardbred
horses at the harness track; and

(ii) a majority of the standardbred breeders in the State.

(6) IF THE RECEIVING TRACK IS A TRACK WHERE RACING IS
CONDUCTED BY THE STATE FAIR SOCIETY, APPROVAL SHALL BE BY AN
ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING:

(I) A MAJORITY OF THE OWNERS AND TRAINERS AT THE TRACK
WHERE RACING IS CONDUCTED BY THE STATE FAIR SOCIETY; AND                 

(II) A MAJORITY OF THE THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS IN THE
STATE.

[(f)] (G) (1) The simulcast signal shall be encoded.

(2) The licensee of the receiving track may not transmit the simulcast signal
beyond the premises where pari-mutuel betting is allowed.

(H) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (F) OF THIS SECTION,
IF A TRACK WHERE RACING IS CONDUCTED BY THE STATE FAIR SOCIETY IS WITHIN THE
35-MILE RADIUS OF A MILE. THOROUGHBRED TRACK, IT SHALL FIRST OBTAIN THE
CONCURRENCE OF THAT MILE THOROUGHBRED TRACK BEFORE IT MAY BE A RECEIVING
TRACK DURING A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE STATE FAIR SOCIETY IS NOT LICENSED TO
CONDUCT LIVE RACING.

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(c) "Satellite simulcast betting" means:

(1)      pari-mutuel betting at a satellite simulcast facility in the State on a race
that is simulcast from a sending track by :

(I) a mile thoroughbred racing licensee. ; ,

(II) [or] a harness racing licensee; ; , OR                                 

(III) THE STATE FAIR SOCIETY ON DAYS THAT THE STATE FAIR
SOCIETY IS AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT LIVE RACING; and           

(2)      transmission of the pari-mutuel information regarding bets at the
satellite simulcast facility to the sending track..

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

Approved May 26, 1994.                                                                             

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