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Ch. 309
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(iii) 1.5% of each multiple mutuel pool on 3 or more horses.
(b) From the licensee's share of the takeout, the licensee shall allocates 0.50%
on the part of an average handle over $150,000 to pay for:
(1) purses;
(2) personnel related expenses, physical improvements, track
maintenance, and indebtedness related to the track, including indebtedness for
clubhouse and grandstand construction; and
(3) maintenance of proper living conditions in the backstretch.
(e) (1) From the licensee's share of the takeout, the licensee shall allocate
0.25% of each mutuel pool to improve the facilities and services of the track and to
increase marketing activity, so as to promote:
(i) increased attendance and pari-mutuel betting; and
(ii) enhanced well-being of the standardbred racing industry.
(2) The General Assembly, by statute, may direct that the Commission
not award in the following calendar year part or all of the racing days authorized
under § 11-610 of this subtitle to the licensee if the General Assembly finds that:
(i) the proposed use of the allocation under this subsection is
inconsistent with the purposes specified in this section; or
(ii) the licensee has not spent the allocation in a way that is
consistent with the proposal.
(d) From the licensee's share of the takeout on each multiple mutuel pool on 2
horses, the licensee shall allocate at least 1% of the mutuel pool as follows:
(1) one half to purses; and
(2) one half to personnel related expenses, physical improvements,
track maintenance, and indebtedness related to the track, including indebtedness for
clubhouse and grandstand construction.
(e) From the licensee's share of the takeout on each multiple mutuel pool on 3
or more horses, a licensee shall allocate at least 6.5% of each mutuel pool as follows:
(1) one half to purses; and
(2) one half to personnel related expenses, physical improvements,
track, maintenance, and indebtedness related to the track, including indebtedness for
clubhouse and grandstand construction.
[11-630.
Money from uncashed pari-mutuel tickets that are from bets made into the
betting pools of harness licensees shall be paid to the Fund and allocated to the Sire
Stakes Program.]
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