Interstate export of Wyoming horseracing.

25LSO-0232
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0232
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0139

Interstate export of Wyoming horseracing.

Sponsored by: Joint Appropriations Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering; authorizing agreements for purposes of exporting Wyoming thoroughbred horseracing simulcast signals out-of-state; specifying a fee; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 11
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25
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201(b)(iii), (iv) and by creating a new paragraph (v) and by creating a new subsection (n) is amended to read:

11
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25
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201.

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

(b)

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

(iii)

Pay an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the total amount wagered attributable to historic pari
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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. The county, city or town receiving an amount under this paragraph may credit that amount to the state fair account upon a majority vote of the county's, city's or town's governing body;
and

(iv)

Pay an amount equal to one
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quarter percent (1/4%) of the total amount wagered attributable to historic pari
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mutuel events, shown by the report to the commission, to be credited to the legislative stabilization reserve account
;
.

and

(v)

Pay an amount equal to six percent (6%) of the net proceeds from covered thoroughbred horserace revenues, attributable to the interstate export of pari
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mutuel simulcast signals, to be credited to the general fund.

(n)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, upon request by a permit holder to approve its interstate export of pari
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mutuel simulcast signals of covered thoroughbred horseraces, the commission may enter into an agreement with any entity that is responsible for administering the federal horseracing integrity and safety act of 2020, 15 U.S.C. § 3051 et seq., to provide services consistent with the enforcement of the horseracing anti
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doping and medication control program and the racetrack safety program. For purposes of an agreement entered into under this subsection and subject to the availability of funds in the pari
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mutuel account, there is continuously appropriated to the commission the state's proportionate share for the horseracing anti
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doping and medication control program and racetrack safety program calculated under 15 U.S.C. § 3052(f)(1)(C). The commission shall remit funds appropriated in this subsection to the entity responsible for administering the programs in accordance with federal law.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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(END)

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