PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 749

CHAPTER 749
(House Bill 225)

AN ACT concerning

Simulcast Harness-Racing Intertrack Betting - Ocean Downs - Live Racing Days

FOR the purpose of reducing the minimum number of live racing days that must be
conducted at Ocean Downs harness racing track for Ocean Downs to qualify as a
receiving track for simulcast-racing intertrack betting purposes.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 11-101(p)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 11-811(e)
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

11-101.

(p) "Receiving track" means a track where pari-mutuel betting is done on races
held at another track.

11-811.

(e) (1) Laurel Race Course, a track where racing is conducted by the State Fair
Society, or Rosecroft Raceway may be a receiving track only if live racing was held there
in the previous calendar year on at least 75% of the racing days available to it.

(2)     [Delmarva] OCEAN Downs may be a receiving track only if at least
[65] 40 days of live racing were held there in the previous calendar year.

(3)     Pimlico Race Course may be a receiving track only if at least 90 days of
live racing were held there in the previous calendar year.

(4)     The Commission may waive a requirement of this subsection if the
receiving track could not meet the requirement because of:

(i) an act of God; or

(ii) what the Commission finds to be an emergency.

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