Bill
Number: H.B. 2127
Yarbrough
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: FINANCE Committee Amendment
Amendment
drafted by: Kaitlyn Neff
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
Requires 20 percent of monies for any
simulcast agreement between a permittee that conducted live dog racing in 2016
and a racing facility in a county with a population of more than 3,000,000
persons to be distributed to the recognized horsemen’s association in this
state.
Specifies that the live dog racing
prohibition does not apply to nonprofit organizations that host events or
training to test a dog’s ability, stamina and breeding.
Fifty-second Legislature Yarbrough
Second Regular Session H.B.
2127
YARBROUGH FLOOR
AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
H.B. 2127
(Reference to FINANCE
Committee Amendment)
Page 6, line 5, after the period insert “THIS SUBSECTION does NOT APPLY TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
THAT HOST LURE COURSING OR SIMILAR EVENTS THAT TEST A DOG’S ABILITY, STAMINA
AND BREEDING OR TRAINING FOR SUCH EVENTS.”
Line 37, after the period insert “FROM AND AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2016, ANY AGREEMENT CONCERNING
SIMULCASTING THAT IS EXECUTED BETWEEN A PERMITTEE THAT CONDUCTED LIVE DOG
RACING IN 2016 AND A RACING FACILITY THAT IS LOCATED IN A COUNTY WITH A
POPULATION OF MORE THAN THREE MILLION PERSONS SHALL PROVIDE THAT TWENTY PERCENT
OF ANY revenue UNDER THAT AGREEMENT BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE RECOGNIZED HORSEMEN’S
ASSOCIATION THAT REPRESENTS HORSEMEN PARTICIPATING IN RACE MEETS IN THIS
STATE.”
Amend title to conform