Revision: Dec. 11, 2023, 4:23 p.m.
2024 SESSION
24-3058.0
02/10
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to historic horse racing licensing.
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ANALYSIS
This bill eliminates rules related to the sale of pari-mutuel pools, changes licensing requirements, prohibits the sale or transfer of licenses, and extends the moratorium on the issuance of new licenses.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3058.0
02/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to historic horse racing licensing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Pari-Mutuel Pools. RSA 284:22 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
284:22 Pari-Mutuel Pools. A licensee under this chapter may sell pari-mutuel pools in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted by the lottery commission. Pari-mutuel pools shall be sold within the enclosure of the racetrack where a licensed race or race meet is held or as provided in RSA 284:22-a, and not elsewhere.
2 Pari-Mutuel Pools on Historic Horse Racing. RSA 284:22-b, II is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
II. In order to be eligible for a license to sell pari-mutuel pools on historic races, an applicant shall have been either:
(a) A game operator employer licensed under RSA 287-D as of May 1, 2020, and still licensed as of the effective date of this section. For licensees qualified under this subparagraph, the sale of pari-mutuel pools on historic horse races must take place within the enclosure of a facility at which the licensee holds its licensed gaming activities under RSA 287-D, and that such facility is located within the city or town in which the licensee held its license on May 1, 2020; or
(b) An entity that applied for a game operator employer license between January 1, 2023, and October 15, 2023, provided that the applicant entity has the same ownership and officers as the time of their initial application. For licensees that are qualified under this subparagraph, the sale of pari-mutuel pools on historic horse races must take place within the enclosure of a facility at which the applicant entity holds its licensed gaming activities under RSA 287-D, and that such facility is located within the city or town identified on the original application filed with the lottery commission within the time frame identified under this subparagraph.
3 New Paragraph; Pari-Mutuel Pools on Historic Horse Races; Transfer or Sale of Licenses Prohibited. Amend RSA 284:22-b by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
VIII. An application that is approved by the lottery commission, and a license that is granted shall not be permitted to be transferred or sold.
4 Rights of Licensee. Amend RSA 284:39, I to read as follows:
I. Any licensee under this chapter may refuse admission to, or eject from, the grounds or the enclosure of the racetrack or facility where a licensed live race or race meet or is being held or where licensed simulcasting or historic horse racing is held, any person or persons whose presence or conduct, in the sole judgment of the licensee, is inconsistent with the orderly and proper conduct of the historic horse racing, live or simulcast race meet, or is detrimental to the sport of racing, whether or not such presence or offensive conduct is associated with gambling.
5 Historic Horse Racing; Effective Date. Amend RSA 2021, 66:11, I to read as follows:
I. Section 10 of this act shall take effect July 1, [2024] 2028.
6 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 284:3, relative to employee residency.
II. RSA 284:32-a, relative to annual financial statements.
7 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.