CHAPTER 156
SB 225-FN-A – FINAL VERSION
02/02/06 0494s
2006 SESSION
08/09
SENATE BILL 225-FN-A
AN ACT relative to horse and dog racing.
This bill revises certain provisions pertaining to horse and dog racing.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/02/06 0494s
05-0936
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to horse and dog racing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
156:1 Horse and Dog Racing; Restriction on Gambling. Amend RSA 284:17-c to read as follows:
284:17-c Restriction on Gambling. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in RSA 284:22-a and in the introductory paragraph of RSA 284:22, no licensee who holds running horse races shall at the same facility hold any other kinds of races or permit any other type of gambling except harness horse races and activities licensed by the lottery commission or the pari-mutuel commission.
156:2 Horse and Dog Racing; Pari-Mutuel Pools on Simulcast Racing. Amend RSA 284:22-a, II(a)(3) to read as follows:
(3) The licensee has scheduled at least [100] 50 calendar days of live racing in the calendar year in which the licensee simulcasts, or if the licensee does not have scheduled at least [100] 50 calendar days of live racing in such calendar year, the licensee conducts live racing on the day on which the licensee simulcasts; and
156:3 Horse and Dog Racing; Pari-Mutuel Pools on Simulcast Racing. Amend RSA 284:22-a, IV to read as follows:
IV. A licensee which has scheduled less than [100] 50 calendar days of live racing in a calendar year may simulcast on a day on which live racing is scheduled at the licensee's race track, without conducting live racing, provided that the live racing program is cancelled due to weather or other conditions which produce unsafe conditions at the racetrack of the licensee. The determination to cancel a live program based upon weather or the condition of the racetrack shall be made by the licensee, and notice shall be provided to the commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a licensee which has scheduled less than [100] 50 calendar days of live racing shall be limited to no more than 10 such cancellations in a calendar year.
156:4 Repeal. RSA 284:22-a, II(b), relative to the aggregate number of days of simulcast and live racing, is repealed.
156:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 22, 2006
Effective: July 21, 2006