Section 11-302 – License Required
A person must have an appropriate license whenever the person holds a race meeting in the State where pari-mutuel betting is allowed or a purse, reward, or stake is offered.
Section 11-303 – Applications for Licenses
(a) An applicant for a license shall submit to the executive director of the Commission an application: (1) in the form that the Commission requires; and (2) on or before a day that the Commission sets. (b) The application shall state: (1) the dates of the race meetings desired; (2) the maximum number of racing days desired; and (3) any other information […]
Section 11-304 – Issuance of License
(a) The Commission shall issue a license to each applicant who: (1) is awarded racing days in a race meeting; and (2) pays the appropriate license fee. (b) A license shall state: (1) the dates of the race meeting awarded; (2) the total number of racing days awarded; and (3) the kind of racing to be held.
Section 11-305 – Controls on Licensees
A licensee is subject to all rights, regulations, and conditions that the Commission sets for the calendar year in which a race meeting of the licensee is held.
Section 11-306 – No Right of Ownership in Racing Day
An award of a racing day to a licensee gives the licensee a license for the racing day, but it does not give the licensee an ownership right in the racing day.
Section 11-307 – Return of Fees; Award of Replacement Days
(a) (1) On request of a licensee, the Commission may return to the licensee a fee paid for racing on a day when the licensee fails to hold racing if: (i) on that day, racing is impossible, impracticable, or inadvisable; (ii) the licensee is not in default; and (iii) the reason for the lack of racing is beyond the control […]
Section 11-308 – Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations — Grounds; Penalty
(a) Subject to the hearing provisions of §§ 11-309 and 11-310 of this subtitle, the Commission may deny a license to an applicant or discipline a licensee in accordance with this section. (b) The Commission may deny a license to any applicant for any reason that the Commission considers sufficient. (c) (1) The Commission may reprimand any licensee or […]
Section 11-309 – Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations — Hearings
(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 10-226 of the State Government Article, before the Commission takes any final action under § 11-308 of this subtitle, it shall give the person against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Commission or, as provided under § 11-310 of this subtitle, a hearing […]
Section 11-310 – Racing Commission Hearing Committee
(a) The Commission may delegate to a hearing committee of at least 3 of its members the power to hold adjudicatory proceedings under this title, including evidentiary hearings. (b) (1) A unanimous decision by the hearing committee is binding and is a final decision of the Commission. (2) If the decision of the hearing committee is not unanimous, a […]
Section 11-311 – Judicial Review
A party to a proceeding before the Commission who is aggrieved by a final decision of the Commission in a contested case, as defined in § 10-202 of the State Government Article, may take an appeal as allowed in §§ 10-222 and 10-223 of the State Government Article.