68th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--1996 Special Session

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LC 238

                        Senate Bill 1158

Sponsored by SPECIAL SESSION COMMITTEE ON CRIME AND CORRECTIONS


                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Reduces amount payable to Oregon Racing Commission by greyhound
race meet licensees.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to racing; amending ORS 462.067.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 462.067 is amended to read:
  462.067. All licensees of race meets except those subject to
ORS 462.057 and 462.062 shall make payments as follows:
  (1) License fee - $100 per racing day, payable to the  { +
Oregon Racing + } Commission.
  (2) Percentage of gross mutuel wagering payable to the
commission -   { - three - }   { + 1.6 + } percent.
  (3) Percentage of gross mutuel wagering on greyhound races
payable to the Oregon Greyhound Breeders Association,
Incorporated - .5 percent for purse supplements for owners of
Oregon bred greyhounds, to be apportioned among the owners, in
accordance with the rules of the commission and subject to
approval by the commission, in the same ratio that each owner's
purses for Oregon bred greyhounds for the race meet bears to the
total purses for Oregon bred greyhounds for the race meet.
Subject to the prior written approval of the commission, the
Oregon Greyhound Breeders Association, Incorporated, may use a
portion of the funds received pursuant to this section and ORS
462.057 (1)(d)(B) to offset expenses for receipt, accounting,
handling and payment of those funds.
  (4) To a special fund to be used primarily for the development
and operation of a training track and related facilities upon
which to train greyhounds - .1 percent. All such funds shall be
retained by the licensee in a separate account from all other
funds and no disbursements or transfers shall be made therefrom
without prior approval of the commission. All physical
improvements paid from such funds shall satisfy reasonable fire,
health, quality and construction standards established or
approved by the commission. Unless the commission provides
otherwise, such improvements shall be made on the race course of
the race meet licensee.
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