A. A person required by the Horse Racing Act to have an occupational license shall apply for and may be issued an occupational license by the commission.
B. An application for an occupational license shall be submitted in writing on forms designated by the commission. An applicant shall affirm that information contained in the application is true and accurate. The application shall be signed by the applicant or the applicant’s agent.
C. An occupational license shall be valid for a period not to exceed five years. The commission may renew an occupational license upon expiration of the term of the license.
D. The fee for an occupational license issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
History: Laws 2007, ch. 39, § 10.
ANNOTATIONS
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 60-1A-29 NMSA 1978.
Authority to suspend trainer, regardless of guilty intent or knowledge. — State racing commission had authority under this section to make rules imposing strict accountability upon trainer for the condition of a horse he enters in a race and requiring suspension if he enters a horse which is then shown by competent analysis to have any prohibited substances in its urine, saliva, blood or body, regardless of proof of guilty intent or knowledge on the part of the trainer. Jamison v. State Racing Comm’n, 1973-NMSC-028, 84 N.M. 679, 507 P.2d 426 (decided under former law).