2007 Minnesota Statutes

240.18 BREEDERS' FUND.
    Subdivision 1. Establishment; apportionment. The commission shall establish a Minnesota
breeders' fund with the money paid to it under section 240.15, subdivision 1. The commission,
after paying the current costs of administering the fund, shall apportion the remaining net proceeds
into categories corresponding with the various breeds of horses which are racing at licensed
Minnesota racetracks in proportion to each category's contribution to the fund and distribute the
available net proceeds in each category as provided in this section.
    Subd. 2. Thoroughbred and quarterhorse categories. (a) With respect to available money
apportioned in the thoroughbred and quarterhorse categories, 20 percent must be expended as
follows:
(1) at least one-half in the form of grants, contracts, or expenditures for equine research and
related education at the University of Minnesota School of Veterinary Medicine; and
(2) the balance in the form of grants, contracts, or expenditures for one or more of the
following:
(i) additional equine research and related education;
(ii) substance abuse programs for licensed personnel at racetracks in this state; and
(iii) promotion and public information regarding industry and commission activities;
racehorse breeding, ownership, and management; and development and expansion of economic
benefits from racing.
(b) As a condition of a grant, contract, or expenditure under paragraph (a), the commission
shall require an annual report from the recipient on the use of the funds to the commission, the
chair of the house of representatives Committee on General Legislation, Veterans affairS, and
Gaming, and the chair of the senate committee on Gaming Regulation.
(c) The commission shall include in its annual report a summary of each grant, contract,
or expenditure under paragraph (a), clause (2), and a description of how the commission has
coordinated activities among recipients to ensure the most efficient and effective use of funds.
(d) After deducting the amount for paragraph (a), the balance of the available proceeds in
each category may be expended by the commission to:
(1) supplement purses for races held exclusively for Minnesota-bred or Minnesota-foaled
horses, and supplement purses for Minnesota-bred or Minnesota-foaled horses racing in
nonrestricted races in that category;
(2) pay breeders' or owners' awards to the breeders or owners of Minnesota-bred horses in
that category which win money at licensed racetracks in the state; and
(3) provide other financial incentives to encourage the horse breeding industry in Minnesota.
    Subd. 3. Standardbred category. (a) With respect to the available money apportioned in the
standardbred category, 20 percent must be expended as follows:
(1) one-half of that amount to supplement purses for standardbreds at non-pari-mutuel
racetracks in the state;
(2) one-fourth of that amount for the development of non-pari-mutuel standardbred tracks
in the state; and
(3) one-fourth of that amount as grants for equine research and related education at public
institutions of postsecondary learning in the state.
(b) After deducting the amount for paragraph (a), the balance of the available proceeds in the
standardbred category must be expended by the commission to:
(1) supplement purses for races held exclusively for Minnesota-bred and Minnesota-foaled
standardbreds;
(2) pay breeders or owners awards to the breeders or owners of Minnesota-bred standardbreds
which win money at licensed racetracks in the state; and
(3) provide other financial incentives to encourage the horse breeding industry in Minnesota.
    Subd. 3a. Other categories. Available money apportioned to breeds other than breeds
contained in subdivisions 2 and 3 must be distributed as financial incentives to encourage horse
racing and horse breeding for such breeds. Available money apportioned for the Arabian breed
may be distributed to owners who are Minnesota residents racing at licensed Minnesota racetracks
or at racetracks of border states.
    Subd. 4. Rules; advisory committees. The commission shall adopt rules governing the
distribution of the fund.
History: 1983 c 214 s 18; 1984 c 502 art 14 s 2; 1985 c 212 s 19; 1988 c 696 s 10; 1991 c
336 art 2 s 5; 1992 c 513 art 3 s 50; 2006 c 205 s 1; 2007 c 133 art 2 s 7