Section 11-509 – Payment of Taxes
(a) A licensee shall pay to the Commission within 10 days after each racing day the State tax imposed in this subtitle on the handle for that racing day. (b) A licensee or an agent of the licensee shall submit with the daily tax payment a statement under oath of the handle for that day. (c) The Commission […]
Section 11-318 – Approval Required for Agreements and Improvements
The Commission may require a licensee to get its approval before the licensee: (1) contracts to pay money; (2) sets a salary, fee, or compensation to be paid; or (3) builds, extends, or improves a track or structure on property that the licensee owns or leases.
Section 11-510 – Restrictions Concerning Mile Tracks
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Commission may not issue a license, or award racing days, for racing at a mile track. (b) The Commission may issue a license and award racing days only to: (1) the Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City, Inc.; and (2) the Laurel Racing Assoc., Inc.
Section 11-319 – Administration of Pension Funds
(a) The Maryland Backstretch Employees Pension Fund shall be administered by the organization that represents a majority of the owners and trainers who race thoroughbred horses in the State. (b) The Maryland Race Track Employees Pension Fund shall be administered by representatives of: (1) each mile thoroughbred racing licensee; (2) the Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society, Inc.; and […]
Section 11-511 – Racing Days
(a) (1) On or before December 1, the Commission shall award all racing days for the next calendar year. (2) However, the Commission may meet after December 1 to award racing days that are requested in applications. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Commission may award for any calendar year up to the number […]
Section 11-401 – Established
There is a Special Fund.
Section 11-512 – Transfer of Race Meetings
Subject to the hearing provisions of § 11-513 of this subtitle, the Commission may authorize a licensee to transfer a race meeting from the licensee’s own track to another track: (1) on receipt of the appropriate license fees; and (2) with the express consent of the owner or lessee of the track to which the transfer is […]
Section 11-402 – Composition
The Special Fund consists of: (1) the State share of daily licensee fees; (2) pari–mutuel taxes; (3) the impact aid under § 11–812 of this title; (4) money from uncashed pari–mutuel tickets that are from bets made into the betting pools of licensees; (5) any permit fees under §§ 11–820 and 11–832 of this title; and (6) subject to § 11–403(a)(9) […]
Section 11-403 – Use — Annual Grants
(a) The Comptroller shall pay from the Special Fund an annual grant of: (1) $825,000 to the Maryland Agricultural Fair Board to promote State and county agricultural fairs and exhibits; (2) $100,000 to Prince George’s County to replace money formerly received from the admissions and amusement tax; (3) $40,000 to the Great Frederick Fair to support exhibition harness racing […]
Section 11-404 – Use — Grants in Half-Yearly Installments
(a) (1) To help pay for facilities and services in communities within 2 miles of the Pimlico Race Course or 3 miles of the Laurel Race Course, the Comptroller shall pay money to Baltimore City, the City of Laurel, and Anne Arundel and Howard counties in accordance with this section. (2) The money shall be paid from the […]