§ 208.2. Race meetings conducted by fair associations--Proportions of wagers retained--Licenses
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 3A. Amusements and Sports
3A Okl.St.Ann. § 208.2
§ 208.2. Race meetings conducted by fair associations--Proportions of wagers retained--Licenses
A. Any fair association organized pursuant to the provisions of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes for Agricultural Fair Corporations, the Free Oklahoma State Fair, Free District Fairs, and Agricultural and Industrial Expositions and Fairs or any existing county, district, or state fair as of January 1, 1983, which qualifies as an organization licensee may apply to the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission for one race meeting each year to be held within the boundaries of the county where the fair association is located or at the racing enclosure of one or more other organization licensees in this state that agree to host all or a portion of the race meeting. The Commission may set the number of days and the dates of such race meeting requested by the fair association. Notwithstanding the definition in Section 200.1 of this title, a race meeting conducted by a fair association shall, with the consent of the respective horsemen's organization or organizations and with the approval of the Commission, be allowed to exceed twenty (20) calendar days separating any race days for which an organization license is issued pursuant to this section if a portion of the race meeting is to be conducted at the racing enclosure of another organization licensee. A race meeting conducted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be conducted in such a manner that all net profit after payment of expenses of conducting the race meeting, including compensation to the organization licensee hosting the race meeting, shall accrue to the fair association.
b. Except as otherwise provided by law, the amount remaining after the deduction made pursuant to the provisions of subsection D of Section 205.7 of this title and after the contractual payment to the out-of-state host racing organization shall be distributed as follows: an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the monies wagered shall be distributed to the organization licensee and the balance shall be distributed as follows:
C. Any organization licensed pursuant to this section and conducting pari-mutuel wagering on races being run at another organization licensee within the State of Oklahoma shall retain from the monies being wagered an amount equal to the amount being retained from wagers by the sending track. The amount of money retained shall be distributed as follows:
D. The Commission shall issue occupation licenses for personnel of organization licensees licensed pursuant to this section. Each occupation license shall be issued pursuant to Section 204.2 of this title except that the occupation license fee shall not be more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) excluding fingerprinting fees.
Credits
Laws 1983, c. 11, § 28, emerg. eff. March 22, 1983; Laws 1990, c. 162, § 1, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1994, c. 83, § 2, emerg. eff. April 19, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 125, § 4; Laws 2001, c. 182, § 2, emerg. eff. May 2, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 8, § 23; Laws 2010, c. 340, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 177, § 1; Laws 2013, c. 396, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.
3A Okl. St. Ann. § 208.2, OK ST T. 3A § 208.2
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 29 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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