BY REPRESENTATIVES Leyba, Clarke, Mace, Reeser, Taylor, and Young;
also SENATOR Powers.
CONCERNING CLARIFICATION OF THE COLORADO RACING COMMISSION'S
AUTHORITY REGARDING REGULATION OF PARTICIPATION IN RACE MEETS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado:
SECTION 1. 1260501
(2) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
1260501. Regulation of
race meets and racingrelated businesses.
(2) (a) In particular, the commission shall,
at its own expense, regulate the operations of parimutuel
machines and equipment, the operations of all money rooms, accounting
rooms, and sellers' and cashiers' windows, and the weighing of
jockeys and of greyhounds, and shall take or cause to be taken
saliva, urine, blood, or other body fluid samples or biopsy or
necropsy specimens from horses and greyhounds selected by the
commission or its employees on a random statistically
valid basis at race meets provided
for under this article or when concerns are raised as to a particular
animal, including but not limited to the winner of a race, and
shall test and determine such samples or specimens or cause such
samples or specimens to be tested and determined. For such purposes,
the commission, at its expense and in addition to other employees,
shall employ or contract with competent veterinary doctors, accountants,
chemists, and other persons necessary to supervise the conduct
of race meets and to ascertain that this article and the rules
of the commission are strictly complied with. The commission
shall also seek innovative and efficient methods of testing animals
for prohibited drugs and medication, while ensuring animal safety
and maintaining the integrity of racing. Through its bidding
process, the commission shall invite laboratories to include proposals
for testing procedures and methods that would maintain or improve
the effectiveness of test results and minimize testing cost incurred
by the state or the racing industry.
SECTION 2. 1260503
(1) and (2) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, are amended to read:
1260503. Rules of the commission
licensing. (1) (a) The
commission shall make reasonable rules for the control, supervision,
fingerprinting, identification, and direction of applicants, REGISTRANTS,
and licensees, including rules providing for the supervising,
disciplining, suspending, fining, and barring from racing of all
persons required to be licensed OR REGISTERED by this article
and for the holding, conducting, and operating of all races, race
meets, racetracks, and instate simulcast facilities conducted
pursuant to this article. It shall announce the place, time,
number of races per day, duration of race meets, as provided in
section 1260603, and types of race meets.
(b) THE COMMISSION MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY
OR CONDITIONAL LICENSE OR REGISTRATION FOR UP TO A MAXIMUM OF
NINETY DAYS FOR ANY LICENSE OR REGISTRATION AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS
ARTICLE.
(2) (a) Every person holding a license
OR REGISTRATION under this article, every person operating an
instate simulcast facility, and every owner or trainer of
any horse or greyhound licensed to enter any racing contest under
this article shall comply with all rules and orders issued by
the commission. It is unlawful for any person to work upon the
premises of a racetrack without first obtaining from the commission
a license OR REGISTRATION for such activity. The commission may
waive this licensing OR REGISTRATION requirement for such occupational
categories as the commission, in its discretion, deems unnecessary
to be licensed or registered. This licensing OR REGISTRATION
requirement does not apply to the members of the commission or
its employees or to persons whose only participation is individually
as spectator or bettor. It is unlawful for any person who owns
or leases a racing animal to allow such animal to race in this
state without first obtaining an owner's license OR REGISTRATION
from the commission, as prescribed by the rules of the commission.
The commission in its discretion may extend the validity of any
license issued for a period not to exceed three years, and the
fee for such license shall be increased proportionately; EXCEPT
THAT NO TEMPORARY OR CONDITIONAL LICENSE OR REGISTRATION SHALL
BE ISSUED FOR A PERIOD LONGER THAN NINETY DAYS. It is unlawful
for any person to hold any race meet with parimutuel wagering
without obtaining a license therefor. It is unlawful for any
person to operate an instate simulcast facility unless that
person is a licensee that has been licensed within the year to
hold a race meet or is a licensee that has a written simulcast
racing agreement with the instate host track or outofstate
host track from which the simulcast race is broadcast and has
filed a copy of the written simulcast racing agreement with the
commission prior to operation as an instate simulcast facility.
SECTION 3. 1260506
(1), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
1260506. Application
fee waiver of confidentiality.
(1) In connection with the issuance of licenses OR
REGISTRATIONS, the commission shall establish investigation and
application fees. for the purpose
of paying for the administrative costs of the commission and for
paying for any background investigations of applicants and others.
These fees may vary depending on the type of application, the
complexity of the investigation, or the costs of the commission
in reviewing the matters involved.
SECTION 4. Effective
date. This act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day
following the expiration of the ninetyday period after final
adjournment of the general assembly that is allowed for submitting
a referendum petition pursuant to article V, section 1 (3) of
the state constitution; except that, if a referendum petition
is filed against this act or an item, section, or part of this
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part,
if approved by the people, shall take effect on the date of the
official declaration of the vote thereon by proclamation of the
governor.
____________________________ ____________________________
Charles E. Berry Tom Norton
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
____________________________ ____________________________
Judith M. Rodrigue Patricia K. Dicks
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
APPROVED________________________________________
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Roy Romer
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO