PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 747

Article - Business Regulation
Section 11-602
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Business Regulation

Section 11-606

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article — Business Regulation

11-504.

(a) A licensee may not hold racing after 6:15 p.m. unless:

(1) circumstances beyond the control of the licensee cause a delay; [or]

(2) the racing day is of national prominence: OR

(3) THE RACING CONSISTS OF BETTING ON RACES HELD AT AN
OUT-OF-STATE TRACK, AND THE RACING IS:

(I) AUTHORIZED UNDER § 11-804 OF THIS TITLE; AND

(II) APPROVED BY THE HARNESS TRACK LICENSEE WHOSE TRACK
IS CLOSEST TO THE LICENSEE'S TRACK THE GROUP THAT REPRESENTS A MAJORITY
OF THE OWNERS AND TRAINERS WHO RACE HORSES AT THAT HARNESS TRACK, AND
THE GROUP THAT REPRESENTS A MAJORITY OF THE HARNESS BREEDERS IN THIS
STATE.

11-602.

This subtitle applies only to harness racing licenses and to licensees who have been
awarded racing days to hold harness racing.

11-606.

A LICENSEE MAY NOT HOLD LIVE HARNESS RACING AFTER 2 AM. UNLESS
CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE CAUSE A DELAY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act ahull take effect
October 1, 1997 is an emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health and safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is enacted.

Approved May 22, 1997.

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