Horse racing: charity days.

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included details about beneficiaries receiving funds, but the official source material did not provide specifics on how much money must be donated or who decides which charities get the funds.

Horse Racing Charity Days

This law changes the requirement for horse racing associations to designate charity days based on the number of weeks they race, from 14 weeks to 12 weeks.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the rule that requires horse racing tracks to have charity days. Now, if a track races for 12 weeks or less in one season, it must choose 3 days as charity days.
• If a track races more than 12 weeks in one season, it must choose 5 days as charity days.

Who It Names or Affects

• Horse racing tracks that have licenses to run races

Terms To Know

Charity Days

Special race days where the money made is given to help people and causes.

Licensed Racing Association

A group that has permission from the government to run horse races.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much money must be donated or who decides which charities receive funds.
• It is unclear if this change will affect all racing tracks equally.

Official Summary Text

SB 1409, as amended, Rubio.
Legislature: bills.
Horse racing: charity days.
Existing law requires each licensed racing association that conducts 14 weeks or less of racing to designate 3 racing days, and each licensed racing association that conducts more than 14 weeks of racing to designate 5 racing days during any one meeting, to be conducted as charity days for the purpose of distributing the net proceeds to beneficiaries.
This bill would instead require each licensed racing association that conducts 12 weeks or less of racing to designate 3 racing days, and each licensed racing association that conducts more than 12 weeks of racing to designate 5 racing days during any one meeting, to be conducted as charity days for the
purpose of distributing the net proceeds to beneficiaries.
The California Constitution vests the legislative power of the state in the Legislature, which consists of the Senate and Assembly. The Legislature may make law only by the enactment of a statute, and may enact a statute only by bill.
This bill would require a bill introduced in the Legislature to be assigned a bill number that identifies the applicable legislative session, as provided. The bill would require the Secretary of the Senate, Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and Legislative Counsel Bureau to ensure that all legislative publications, indexes, journals, databases, and electronic
systems use and display that bill number.

Current Bill Text

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