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Ch. 269
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume)
BY adding to
Article - State Government
Section 8-403(m)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Business Regulation
11-825.
(a) A satellite simulcast facility:
(1) shall be in premises owned or leased by a permit holder;
(2) may not be within a 35-mile radius of any mile thoroughbred track or
harness track unless approved by the track licensee, the group that represents a
majority of the applicable owners and trainers licensed in the State and the group
that represents a majority of the applicable breeders in the State, considered
separately;
(3) unless the track agrees otherwise, may not operate during hours on
those days that racing with pari-mutuel betting is permitted at a racetrack located in
this State within a 35-mile radius of the satellite simulcast facility; and
(4) shall offer pari-mutuel betting facilities and amenities that the
Commission finds are:
(i) comparable to those available in the sports palace facilities of
the mile thoroughbred racing licensees including:
1. high quality dining, lounge, and seating areas that are of a
manner generally found in fine restaurants; and
2. teletheatre screen capacity; and
(ii) appropriate for the area where the satellite simulcast facility is
located.
(b) A mile thoroughbred racing licensee or a harness racing licensee shall own
or lease the pari-mutuel betting equipment at a satellite simulcast facility and shall,
with its employees, operate the equipment.
(c) A mile thoroughbred racing licensee or a harness racing licensee shall
submit to the Commission all contracts and agreements relating to satellite simulcast
betting under this subtitle.
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