Sections
33 entriesSection 19420Establishes California Horse Racing Board jurisdiction and supervision over California meetings where horse races are held or conducted with wagering on their…Section 19421Establishes a seven-member board appointed by the Governor, with four-year terms beginning when prior terms expire, and historical staggered expirations on July…Section 19422Requires every board member to have been a California resident for the two years immediately preceding appointment. The qualification applies to each…Section 19423Bars a person from board membership if the person, the person's spouse, or any dependent child has a financial interest in a…Section 19424Allows a board member to receive a share of a purse awarded from a horse race when the member receives it as…Section 19424.5Establishes only legislative declarations and findings that appointing horsemen and horsewomen to the board is intended to represent and advance horse owners'…Section 19425Sets board-member compensation at $100 per day spent attending meetings scheduled by the chairperson to fulfill board duties, plus reimbursement for necessary…Section 19426Allows the Governor to remove a board member for incompetence, neglect of duty, or corruption, but only after giving the member a…Section 19427Requires the board to appoint employees as necessary to carry out the chapter. The board must make employee appointments based on what…Section 19428Requires the board to appoint an executive director whose annual salary is set by the board and approved by the Department of…Section 19429Bars a person from employment by the board if the person, the person's spouse, or any dependent child has a financial interest…Section 19430Requires the executive director's and board employees' salaries, board members' per diem, and necessary travel and other expenses of the executive director…Section 19431Requires the board to maintain its general business office in Sacramento, a public record of every vote there and on its website,…Section 19431.5Requires the board to publish every week on its internet website all racehorse fatalities related to racing or training that occur within…Section 19432Requires the executive director to keep a full and accurate record of all board proceedings, preserve the board's books, documents, and papers…Section 19433Allows the board to visit and investigate a licensee's office, track, or other place of business and to place expert accountants or…Section 19434Allows the board to require a person licensed under the chapter to keep books and financial or other statements in whatever manner…Section 19435Allows the board, its executive director, or the stewards to issue subpoenas requiring witness attendance or production of records, books, memoranda, documents,…Section 19436Establishes misdemeanor liability for a subpoenaed person who fails to appear at the specified time and place, fails to bring papers or…Section 19437Establishes felony liability for a person who testifies falsely under oath in a proceeding before, or an investigation by, the board, its…Section 19438Requires all civil process in actions brought against the executive director or the board, and all subpoenas for production of board records,…Section 19439Allows the board, instead of requiring an affidavit or other sworn statement in a filing, to require a certification under penalty of…Section 19440Establishes broad board powers necessary to carry out the chapter, including racehorse health, safety, welfare, and aftercare rules; public protection and racing/wagering…Section 19440.1Allows the board to contract with federal horseracing-integrity entities for antidoping, medication-control, and racetrack-safety services without state contracting or General Services review,…Section 19440.5Requires annual audits by a nationally recognized accounting firm of horsemen's organizations and subsidiaries. Audits of specified pension, administrative, and welfare funds…Section 19441Requires the board to submit a full annual report to the Governor and Legislature by January 31 covering its proceedings and the…Section 19441.2Requires the board's annual report to tabulate injuries, fatalities, and comparative accident rates for every racing and training venue under its jurisdiction.…Section 19442.2Requires the board, if possible, to designate at least one former jockey as a steward at each track conducting a horse racing…Section 19443Requires the Attorney General and every district attorney to enforce the chapter in their capacities as law enforcement officers. The enforcement duty…Section 19444Allows the board, while performing its chapter responsibilities, to join and pay membership fees to associations that exchange racing-related information, compile and…Section 19446.1Prohibits a veterinarian from administering medication to any horse entered in the same race as a horse the veterinarian owns or trains,…Section 19447Requires the board to hold a hearing when a specified question of consent is appealed to it under the referenced provisions. Allows…Section 19448Requires the board to submit DOJ-required fingerprint images and information for current or prospective employees, contractors, specified license holders, and racing officials.…