State fairgrounds-horse racing events.

2018
STATE OF WYOMING
18LSO-0425
ENGROSSED
2.1

SENATE FILE

NO.
SF0099

State fairgrounds-horse racing events.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Driskill, Boner, Burns, Hicks, Meier and Moniz and Representative(s) Allen, Clausen, Laursen, Lindholm, Sommers and Walters

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the state fairgrounds; authorizing pari-mutuel events to be conducted on the state fairgrounds; directing fee distribution and revenue from the pari-mutuel events to the state fair account; making conforming amendments; requiring a feasibility study; providing for an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section
1
.

W.S. 11
‑
10
‑
118 is created to read:

11
‑
10
‑
118
.

Pari
‑
mutuel events on fairgrounds
.

(a)

The board
may
authorize
on the state fairgrounds
the conduct of
pari
‑
mutuel events
as defined in W.S.
11
‑
25
‑
102(a)(v)
. The events shall
be conducted in accordance with W.S. 11
‑
25
‑
101 through 11
‑
25
‑
113 and rules promulgated by the pari
‑
mutuel commission pursuant
to those sections, except that
:

(
i
)

The events shall not be conducted during the annual state fair;

(i
i
)

No
county election shall b
e required under W.S. 11
‑
25
‑
110
.

(b)

Revenue generated from pari
‑
mutuel events conducted on the state fairgrounds shall be deposited in the Wyoming state fair account.

(c)

Any simulcast events on the state fairgrounds shall be conducted by a pari
‑
mutuel permittee authorized under W.S.

11
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25
‑
105. The board shall enter into an agreement, subject to the competitive bid process as provided in W.S.

9
‑
2
‑
1016(b)(iv)(A) through (C), with a
pari
‑
mutuel permittee authorized under W.S.

11
‑
25
‑
105 to conduct a simulcast event on the state fairgrounds.

Section 2
.

W.S. 11
‑
10
‑
107
and 11
‑
25
‑
105
(b
)
(iii)

a
re amended to read:

11
‑
10
‑
107
.

Power of board to acquire land; authority to make rules and regulations; renting and use of fairgrounds; prohibitions.

The board may acquire by donation or lease in the name of the state any lands necessary for conducting the state fair, and may make all rules and regulations necessary for the conduct and government of the exhibitions, the sale of privileges, and the proper control, operation and conduct of the state fair not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state. The board may rent out or donate the use of the state fairgrounds for stabling and training stock and holding stock sales. The grounds may be used free of charge for encampment grounds for the state militia under the direction of the adjutant general of the state. The board may permit the grounds and facilities to be used for other purposes and may charge fees as it deems
necessary to pay the expenses of maintaining the grounds and facilities. The board shall not permit any gambling device
of any nature
to be operated on the grounds

except as provided by W.S. 11
‑
10
‑
118
, or permit any unlawful betting, or permit any intoxicating liquors to be sold thereon except as provided by W.S. 12
‑
4
‑
505.

11
‑
25
‑
105
.

Pari
‑
mutuel permits; fees and reports; disposition of funds; enforcement of provisions.

(b
)

Every Wednesday following any pari
‑
mutuel event, the permittee shall:

(
iii)

Pay an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the total amount wagered attributable to historic pari
‑
mutuel events, shown by the report to the commission, to be transferred by the commission to the county and the city or town in which the permittee is located, in equal shares, or to the county alone if the permittee is not located within the boundaries of a city or town
.
, excluding live and historic pari
‑
mutuel events conducted on the state fairgrounds and in Converse county, which shall be credited to the state fair account.

Section 3
.

(a)

The state fair advisory board shall contract for a feasibility study on pari
‑
mutuel events on the state fairgrounds. The results of the study shall be reported to the state fair advisory board and the pari
‑
mutuel commission.

(b)

There is appropriated
two million dollars ($2,000,000.00)
from the pari
‑
mutuel account
in W.S. 11
‑
25
‑
105(d) to the
board for the
purposes of this act. Of this appropriation, up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) shall be used for the feasibility study required in subsection (a) of this section.

This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with
the
effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2020. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, this appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert
to the pari
‑
mutuel account
on June 30, 2020.

Section
4
.

This act is
effective September
1, 201
8
.

(END)

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