As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Breaks” means the odd cents remaining after the payoff prices have been computed in accordance with ORS 462.140 (3). (2) “Calendar year” means a 12-month year, January 1 through December 31. (3) “Commission” means the Oregon Racing Commission. (4) “Continuous race meet” includes any […]
(1) A person may not hold a race meet without having first obtained and having in full force and effect a license therefor issued by the Oregon Racing Commission. (2) A trainer, driver, jockey, apprentice jockey, horse owner, dog owner, exercise person, agent, authorized agent, jockey’s agent, stable foreman, groom, valet, veterinarian, horseshoer, steward, stable […]
No licensee who accepts an engagement or employment or undertakes activities in preparation for or in connection with a race meet shall voluntarily terminate or discontinue the engagement, employment or activities of the licensee or otherwise refuse to cooperate or participate, unless the licensee gives the Oregon Racing Commission notice in writing of the intention […]
No person is eligible to operate a race meet with a license issued under this chapter unless the person is the owner or controls the possession of a properly constructed race track suitable for the class of races which are proposed to be conducted at such race track and improved with safe and suitable grandstands, […]
(1) Race meet licenses granted by the Oregon Racing Commission shall be limited to: (a) Licenses for horse and mule race meets (Class A). (b) Licenses for greyhound race meets (Class B). (2)(a) Except as the commission otherwise may provide by rule, no licensee shall be granted licenses of both classes nor shall licenses be […]
(1) Every person making application for a license to hold a race meet shall file the application with the Oregon Racing Commission. The application shall set forth the time, place and number of days the applicant desires the meet to continue, together with the applicant’s estimate of the daily average payment that the applicant will […]
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may require of every applicant for a license to hold a race meet, except the Oregon State Fair and all county fairs, that has not, within five fiscal years prior to making an application for a license to hold a race meet, operated a race meet in the county or […]
(1) A race meet licensee designated in subsection (2) of this section shall make payments as follows: (a) License fee – $25 per fiscal year payable to the Oregon Racing Commission. (b) A percentage of gross mutuel wagering shall be paid to the commission as follows: (A) If the race meet is for horses or […]
(1) All licensees of race meets for horses, except those subject to ORS 462.057, shall make payments as follows: (a) A license fee of $100 per racing day to the Oregon Racing Commission. (b) One percent of gross mutuel wagering to the commission. (c) A percentage of gross mutuel wagering to a purse account, in […]
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may require any horsemen’s association, that receives payments pursuant to ORS 462.057 and 462.062, to submit a bond or an irrevocable letter of credit submitted by an insured institution as defined in ORS 706.008 in an amount not to exceed the sum of the estimated payments to be received by […]
All licensees of race meets except those subject to ORS 462.057 and 462.062 shall make payments as follows: (1) License fee – $100 per racing day, payable to the Oregon Racing Commission. (2) Percentage of gross mutuel wagering payable to the commission – 1.6 percent. (3) Percentage of gross mutuel wagering on greyhound races payable […]
(1) A licensee that conducts mutuel wagering pursuant to ORS 462.155 at the licensee’s race course on horse races previously held shall make annual payments as follows: (a) $200,000, as modified by subsection (2) of this section, to the Oregon Racing Commission. (b) $20,000, as modified by subsection (2) of this section, to a purse […]
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may adopt rules establishing license fees for persons described in ORS 462.020 (2), not to exceed $30 per year. Prior to adopting a rule that establishes a fee for a license, the commission shall review the fees charged for similar licenses in other states. The commission also may charge a […]
(1) As used in this section, “cash voucher” means a receipt showing the amount paid into a wagering system prior to placing a wager. (2) Every licensee who conducts a race meet for horses shall carry on the books for each race meet an account to be known as the Cash Vouchers Account showing the […]
(1) Every licensee who conducts a race meet shall carry on the books for each race meet an account to be known as the Unclaimed Winnings Account showing the total amount due on outstanding winning mutuel wagering tickets and refund tickets not presented for payment. All funds in the Unclaimed Winnings Account shall be retained […]
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may refuse to issue to or renew the license of any applicant if it has reasonable ground to believe that the applicant: (a) Has been suspended or ruled off a recognized course in another jurisdiction by the racing board or commission thereof. (b) Is not of good repute and moral […]
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may exclude from any and all race courses any person whom the commission deems detrimental to the best interest of racing or any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or order issued by the commission or any person who has been found guilty of […]
(1) The Oregon Racing Commission may revoke, suspend or refuse to renew the license of any licensee upon any of the grounds upon which the commission could refuse to issue a license, as provided in ORS 462.075, or of any licensee who has been convicted by the commission of a violation of this chapter or […]
(1) The State of Oregon hereby preempts the imposition of taxes on or measured by income on, and the regulation of, race meets. (2) Except for taxes levied under ORS 267.010 to 267.394, the license fee and tax provided in this chapter for a race meet licensed thereunder shall be in lieu of: (a) All […]
(1) For the protection of the public, and all members thereof, the exhibitors and visitors, every race meet licensee shall carry public liability insurance written on an approved form by a company licensed to do business in Oregon and in an amount approved by the Oregon Racing Commission. (2) Every person licensed to conduct a […]
