Section 11-1401 – Interstate Anti-Doping and Drug Testing Standards Compact
The Interstate Anti–Doping and Drug Testing Standards Compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other states legally joining in it in the form substantially as it appears in this section as follows: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES The purposes of this compact are: (a) to enable member states to act jointly and cooperatively to create […]
Section 11-1303 – Effective Date
This compact shall become effective as to any party state that enacts this compact on the affirmative vote of a majority of the officials on the compact committee.
Section 11-1304 – Eligibility of Member States
Any state that has adopted or authorized horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering shall be eligible to become a party to this compact.
Section 11-1305 – Withdrawal From Compact; Required Level of Participation
(a) Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing this compact, but no such withdrawal shall become effective until the head of the executive branch of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of such withdrawal to the head of the executive branch of all other party states. (b) If withdrawals […]
Section 11-1306 – Compact Committee
(a) There is hereby created an interstate governmental entity known as the compact committee, to be comprised of one official from the racing commission, or its equivalent, of each party state, who shall be selected, serve, and be removed in accordance with the laws of the official’s party state. (b) Each official shall have, in accordance with […]
Section 11-1307 – Powers and Duties of Compact Committee
(a) In order to carry out the purposes of this compact, the compact committee is hereby granted the power and duty to: (1) determine which categories of participants in live racing shall be issued a compact license; (2) establish the term, initial requirements, and renewal requirements for each category of compact license; (3) adopt licensure requirements comparable, in its […]
Section 11-1308 – Voting Requirements
The compact committee shall have the following voting requirements: (1) each official shall be entitled to one vote on the compact committee; (2) a majority vote of the total number of officials on the compact committee shall be required to: (i) admit another party state; (ii) issue or renew a racing license; and (iii) receive or distribute any funds; (3) a […]
Section 11-1001 – Holding Race Meeting Without License
(a) Except in accordance with a license, a person may not hold, or aid or abet in holding, a race meeting at which horses are raced for a purse, reward, or stake. (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000 for each […]
Section 11-1309 – Administrative Duties
The compact committee shall: (1) annually elect, from its members: (i) a chair; (ii) a vice chair; and (iii) a secretary/treasurer; (2) (i) adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business; (ii) publish the bylaws in a convenient form; and (iii) file a copy of the bylaws, including any amendments, with the secretary of state, or its equivalent agency, of each party state; […]
Section 11-1101 – Short Title
This title is the Maryland Horse Racing Act.