Ch. 751

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

                                     CHAPTER 751

(House Bill 1393)

AN ACT concerning

Horse Racing - Intertrack and Satellite Simulcast Betting —State Fair Society

FOR the purpose of allowing the State Racing Commission to authorize a track where
racing is conducted by the State Fair Society to participate in intertrack betting that
involves certain tracks; allowing a track where racing is conducted by the State Fair
Society to be a sending track or a receiving track under certain conditions;
prohibiting a certain track from acting allowing a certain track to act as a receiving
track for harness racing; allowing a track where racing is conducted by the State
Fair Society to serve as a sending track or receiving track only if certain
organizations approve certain intertrack agreements; permitting a track where racing
is conducted by the State Fair Society to participate as a sending track in satellite
simulcast betting; defining certain terms; providing for the effective date; and
generally relating to intertrack and satellite simulcast betting,

BY repealing

Article - Business Regulation

Section 11-810

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
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Section 11-811 and 11-815(c)
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:

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[11-810.

(a)     (1) This section applies only to intertrack betting in which the sending track
and the receiving track are mile thoroughbred tracks.

(2) This section does not restrict pari-mutuel betting at the sending track,

(b)     The Commission may authorize intertrack betting at mile thoroughbred
tracks,

(c)     The Commission may authorize a track to participate in intertrack betting only
if intertrack betting has been approved for a race meeting at the sending track by:

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