SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1999.

Approved April 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 265
(House Bill 730)

AN ACT concerning

Harness Racing - Racing Days —Telephone Betting

FOR the purpose of altering the total number of racing days that may be awarded in
a calendar year to one harness racing licensee authorizing, the State Racing
Commission to award racing days up to the number requested by an applicant;
repealing certain limitations on the number of racing days that may be awarded
by the Commission; limiting in a certain way the extent to which Ocean Downs
may offer telephone betting to betters; and generally relating to harness racing.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 11-610 and 11-805(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - Business Regulation

11-610.

(a) (1) The Commission may not award more than [310] 365 racing days in
a calendar year to 1 licensee.

(2) The Commission may not award more than [620] 730 racing days in
a calendar year to all licensees.

(A) THE COMMISSION MAY AWARD FOR ANY CALENDAR YEAR UP TO THE
NUMBER OF RACING DAYS REQUESTED BY AN APPLICANT

(b) The decision of the Commission on the award of a racing day is final.
11-805.

(a) (1) Except for racing hold by the Maryland National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, the Commission may authorize telephone betting at any track
where racing is authorized.