Section 11-317 – Transfers
Before a license or racing days may be transferred to a buyer or a lessee of a track: (1) the Legislative Policy Committee shall have been notified at least 15 days before the transfer; (2) the Legislative Policy Committee, if it has chosen to do so, shall have provided comment to the Commission about the transfer; and […]
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 11-319 – 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 11-309 – 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.
Section 11-312 – Fingerprints; Criminal History Record
(a) On request of the Commission, the following individuals shall give the Commission their fingerprints: (1) each individual licensee; (2) each individual member of an unincorporated association that is a licensee; (3) each officer or director of a corporation that is a licensee; (4) each employee of a licensee who actively participates in the racing action of the licensee; (5) each […]
Section 11-313 – Financial Disclosure by Licensees
(a) The Commission shall require a licensee, and each officer or stockholder of a licensee, to disclose to the Commission each financial interest that the person has in racing. (b) On or before the 90th day following the end of a licensee’s fiscal year, the licensee shall submit to the Commission in the form that the Commission […]
Section 11-314 – Beneficial Ownership
(a) The Commission shall require each licensee to keep records that show the beneficial ownership of the stock of the licensee, whether or not the beneficial ownership is registered or stated on the stock. (b) (1) The Commission shall require a licensee at least once each calendar year to get by written request an affidavit from each owner […]
Section 11-315 – Disclosure Statements to Be Signed Under Oath
A statement required to be submitted to the Commission under § 11-313 or § 11-314 of this subtitle shall be under oath and signed by each officer of the corporate licensee or by the owner or each partner of an unincorporated licensee.