HF 2795
1st Unofficial Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012)
Posted on 04/30/2012 03:30 p.m.
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to horse racing; modifying provisions relating to card clubs and
1.3pari-mutuel wagering; providing for certain regulatory threshold concentrations
1.4to be set by the commission;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections
1.5240.01, subdivision 25; 240.13, subdivision 9; 240.24, subdivision 2, by adding a
1.6subdivision; 240.30, subdivision 8; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
1.7240.30, subdivision 3.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.01, subdivision 25, is amended to read:
1.10 Subd. 25. Card playing. "Card playing" means an activity wherein individuals
1.11compete and wager with each other utilizing a 52-unit system comprised of a series of
1.12numbers, numbered two through ten, and the letters J, Q, K, and A, combined with
1.13four symbols commonly known as hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs, wherein each
1.14individual unit constitutes the display of one of the 52 possible combinations. The symbol
1.15commonly known as a joker may be incorporated into the system.
1.16new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
1.17 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.13, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.18 Subd. 9. Transmission to Indian lands; pooling of bets. A licensed racetracknew text begin class new text end
1.19new text begin B licenseenew text end may, with the approval of the horsepersons' organization representing the
1.20majority of horsepersons racing the breed involved, transmit telecasts of races the licensee
1.21conductsnew text begin , and simulcasts upon which the licensee accepts wagersnew text end to sites on Indian
1.22lands of tribes who are lawfully conducting pari-mutuel wageringnew text begin gamingnew text end authorized
1.23by a tribal-state compact entered into pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act,
1.24Public Law 100-497, or through litigation, arbitration, or mediation relative to that act.
2.1Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to indicate that state policy or law permits
2.2or encourages the transmission of telecasts to sites on Indian landsnew text begin for wagering purposesnew text end .new text begin new text end
2.3new text begin Transmissions of telecasts or simulcasts are only authorized if they are conducted pursuant new text end
2.4new text begin to a written agreement between the tribal government receiving the signal and a licensee new text end
2.5new text begin who is authorized to conduct live racing, at the licensee's facility, of the breed involved new text end
2.6new text begin in the telecast or simulcast. The written agreement is not valid or effective unless it is new text end
2.7new text begin approved by the commission. The agreement must be enforceable only in state courts. The new text end
2.8new text begin term of the written agreement shall not exceed five years. The agreement may be renewed new text end
2.9new text begin after review and approval, not earlier than six months before the end of the term, by the new text end
2.10new text begin commission. new text end With prior approval of the commission, a licensed racetrack transmitting
2.11telecasts of races it conducts, to sites on Indian lands within or outside of Minnesota or to
2.12other locations outside the state, may commingle the amounts bet at the receiving entity
2.13with the pools at the sending licensed racetrack.
2.14 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.15 Subd. 2. Exception. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commission by rule shall
2.16allow the use of: (1) topical external applications that do not contain anesthetics or
2.17steroids; (2) food additives; (3) Furosemide or other pulmonary hemostatic agents if the
2.18agents are administered under the visual supervision of the veterinarian or a designee
2.19of the veterinarian employed by the commission; (4) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
2.20drugs, provided that the test sample does not contain more than five micrograms of the
2.21substance or metabolites thereof per milliliter of blood plasmanew text begin the regulatory threshold new text end
2.22new text begin concentrations set by rule by the commissionnew text end ; and (5) medications and their metabolites,
2.23provided their use thereof does not exceed regulatory threshold concentrations set by rule
2.24by the commission. For purposes of this clause, "test sample" means any bodily substance
2.25including blood, urine, saliva, or other substance as directed by the commission, taken
2.26from a horse under the supervision of the commission veterinarian and in such manner as
2.27prescribed by the commission for the purpose of analysis.
2.28new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
2.29 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.24, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.30to read:
2.31 new text begin Subd. 2a.new text end new text begin Reimbursement.new text end new text begin Increased expenses related to the use of upgraded drug new text end
2.32new text begin testing technologies and procedures are deemed to be necessary costs within the meaning new text end
2.33new text begin of section 240.155 and the commission shall be reimbursed for these expenses from new text end
2.34new text begin receipts from card playing activities regulated by the commission.new text end
3.1 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.30, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
3.2 Subd. 8. Limitations. The commission may not approve any plan of operation
3.3under subdivision 6 that exceeds any of the following limitations:
3.4(1) the maximum number of tables used for card playing at the card club at any one
3.5time, other than tables used for instruction, demonstrations, or new text begin poker new text end tournament play,
3.6may not exceed 50. The table limit exception for tournament play is allowed for only one
3.7tournament per year that lasts for no longer than 14 daysnew text begin 80new text end ;
3.8(2) except as provided in clause (3), no wager may exceed $60new text begin $100new text end ;
3.9(3) for games in which each player is allowed to make only one wager or has a
3.10limited opportunity to change that wager, no wager may exceed $300.
3.11 Sec. 6. new text begin REPEALER.new text end
3.12new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.30, subdivision 3,new text end new text begin is repealed.new text end
3.13new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end