<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>pari-mutuel wagering; providing for certain regulatory threshold concentrations <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>to be set by the commission;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>240.01, subdivision 25; 240.13, subdivision 9; 240.24, subdivision 2, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>subdivision; 240.30, subdivision 8; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>240.30, subdivision 3.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.01, subdivision 25, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>    Subd. 25. <b>Card playing.</b> "Card playing" means an activity wherein individuals <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>compete and wager with each other utilizing a 52-unit system comprised of a series of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>numbers, numbered two through ten, and the letters J, Q, K, and A, combined with <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>four symbols commonly known as hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs, wherein each <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>individual unit constitutes the display of one of the 52 possible combinations. The symbol <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>commonly known as a joker may be incorporated into the system.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.13, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Transmission to Indian lands; pooling of bets.</b> A licensed racetrack class <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>B licensee may, with the approval of the horsepersons' organization representing the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>majority of horsepersons racing the breed involved, transmit telecasts of races the licensee <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>conducts, and simulcasts upon which the licensee accepts wagers to sites on Indian <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>lands of tribes who are lawfully conducting pari-mutuel wagering gaming authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>by a tribal-state compact entered into pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>Public Law 100-497, or through litigation, arbitration, or mediation relative to that act. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to indicate that state policy or law permits <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>or encourages the transmission of telecasts to sites on Indian lands for wagering purposes. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>Transmissions of telecasts or simulcasts are only authorized if they are conducted pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>to a written agreement between the tribal government receiving the signal and a licensee <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>who is authorized to conduct live racing, at the licensee's facility, of the breed involved <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>in the telecast or simulcast. The written agreement is not valid or effective unless it is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>approved by the commission. The agreement must be enforceable only in state courts. The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>term of the written agreement shall not exceed five years. The agreement may be renewed <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>after review and approval, not earlier than six months before the end of the term, by the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>commission.  With prior approval of the commission, a licensed racetrack transmitting <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>telecasts of races it conducts, to sites on Indian lands within or outside of Minnesota or to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>other locations outside the state, may commingle the amounts bet at the receiving entity <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>with the pools at the sending licensed racetrack.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Exception.</b> Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commission by rule shall <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>allow the use of: (1) topical external applications that do not contain anesthetics or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>steroids; (2) food additives; (3) Furosemide or other pulmonary hemostatic agents if the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>agents are administered under the visual supervision of the veterinarian or a designee <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>of the veterinarian employed by the commission; (4) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>drugs, provided that the test sample does not contain more than five micrograms of the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>substance or metabolites thereof per milliliter of blood plasma the regulatory threshold <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>concentrations set by rule by the commission; and (5) medications and their metabolites, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>provided their use thereof does not exceed regulatory threshold concentrations set by rule <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>by the commission. For purposes of this clause, "test sample" means any bodily substance <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>including blood, urine, saliva, or other substance as directed by the commission, taken <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>from a horse under the supervision of the commission veterinarian and in such manner as <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>prescribed by the commission for the purpose of analysis.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.24, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Reimbursement.</b> Increased expenses related to the use of upgraded drug <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>testing technologies and procedures are deemed to be necessary costs within the meaning <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>of section 240.155 and the commission shall be reimbursed for these expenses from <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>receipts from card playing activities regulated by the commission.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.30, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Limitations.</b> The commission may not approve any plan of operation <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>under subdivision 6 that exceeds any of the following limitations:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>(1) the maximum number of tables used for card playing at the card club at any one <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>time, other than tables used for instruction, demonstrations, or poker tournament play, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>may not exceed 50. The table limit exception for tournament play is allowed for only one <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>tournament per year that lasts for no longer than 14 days 80;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>(2) except as provided in clause (3), no wager may exceed $60 $100;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>(3) for games in which each player is allowed to make only one wager or has a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>limited opportunity to change that wager, no wager may exceed $300.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>    Sec. 6. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.30, subdivision 3, is repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>