§ 41-3-1. License required for racing. No person, association, or corporation shall hold or conduct any meeting within the state where horse racing shall be permitted for any stake, purse, or reward, except such person, association, or corporation as shall be licensed by the division of gaming and athletics licensing as provided in this chapter, […]
§ 41-3-10. Accounting methods. The division of gaming and athletics licensing shall have the power to require that the books and financial or other statements of any person, corporation, or association licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall be kept in any manner that to the division may seem best, and the division shall […]
§ 41-3-11. Employees of licensees. The division of gaming and athletics licensing may at any time for cause require the removal of any employee or official employed by any licensee hereunder. History of Section.P.L. 1934, ch. 2086, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 12, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1946, ch. 1746, § 3; G.L. 1956, […]
§ 41-3-12. Compelling production of records. The division of gaming and athletics licensing shall have power to compel the production of any and all books, memoranda, or documents showing the receipts and disbursements of any person, corporation, or association licensed under the provisions of this chapter to conduct race meetings. History of Section.P.L. 1934, ch. […]
§ 41-3-13. Witnesses before division. The division of gaming and athletics licensing shall have power to summon witnesses before it and to administer oaths or affirmations to the witnesses whenever, in the judgment of the division, it may be necessary for the effectual discharge of its duties; and any person failing to appear before the […]
§ 41-3-14. Suspension or revocation of license. Any license granted under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the rules and regulations set forth by the division of gaming and athletics licensing, and shall be subject to suspension or revocation for any cause that the division shall deem sufficient, after giving the licensee […]
§ 41-3-15. Penalty for unauthorized racing. Any person aiding or abetting in the conduct of any meeting within this state at which racing of horses shall be permitted for any stake, purse, or reward, except in accordance with a license duly issued and unsuspended or un-revoked by the division of gaming and athletics licensing, shall […]
§ 41-3-16. Municipal taxation of tracks. No fee, tax, or other emolument shall be exacted by any city or town for the use of track or events conducted thereon under the provisions of this chapter, and the right to establish any fees, taxes, or other emoluments shall rest with the division of gaming and athletics […]
§ 41-3-17. Ejection of undesirable persons — Rights of licensee. Any licensee under this chapter shall have the right to refuse admission to and to eject from the enclosure of any pari-mutuel facility where a pari-mutuel meeting licensed under the provisions of this chapter, is being held, any person or persons whose presence within the […]
§ 41-3-18. Penalty for refusing to leave. Any person or persons within the enclosure deemed undesirable by the licensee, its agents, or servants or who has been ordered to leave or who has been previously ejected, shall, upon refusal to leave, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine […]
§ 41-3-19. Severability. The invalidity of any sections or parts of any section or sections of this chapter or chapter 4 of this title shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapters. History of Section.P.L. 1934, ch. 2086, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 12, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 41-3-17; G.L. 1956, […]
§ 41-3-2. Town or city election on establishment of track. Before a horse racing track shall be established in any town or city, the approval of the question as is required by chapter 9 of this title shall be necessary, and if consent be thus given, all further regulations shall rest with the division of […]
§ 41-3-20. Majority of directors of licensee to be residents. The majority of the membership of the board of directors of any corporation licensed to hold or conduct any meeting within the state where horse racing shall be permitted for any stake, purse, or reward, shall be residents of the state. History of Section.P.L. 1960, […]
§ 41-3-21. Chemical test. There shall be administered to the first three (3) finishers and to the last finisher of every horse race, the appropriate chemical test authorized by the division of gaming and athletics licensing. History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 329, § 1.
§ 41-3-3. Classes of licenses. The division of gaming and athletics licensing shall be empowered to license race meets under the following classes: (1) Class A. Horse running races, so-called. (2) Class B. Competitive harness horse races that are run in connection with the grand circuit, so-called. (3) Class C. Competitive harness horse races that […]
§ 41-3-4. Application for license — Action by division. (a) Any person, association, or corporation desiring to conduct horse racing within this state shall apply to the division of gaming and athletics licensing for a license on forms provided by the division. The application shall specify the days on which horse racing is to be […]
§ 41-3-5. Award of dates for Class A racing. The application for a Class A license shall be filed on or before the fifteenth day of February in any year and the division of gaming and athletics licensing having considered the applications, shall on or before the first day of April in any year, assign […]
§ 41-3-6. Renewal of Class A licenses. Class A licenses, when granted, shall be renewable at the option of the licensee for a period of ten (10) years, provided the licensee complies with the provisions of this chapter and chapter 4 of this title. History of Section.P.L. 1934, ch. 2086, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. […]
§ 41-3-7. Rebate of license fees. If by any reason or cause beyond the control of and through no fault or neglect of any licensee and while the licensee is not in default, it should become impossible or impracticable to conduct horse racing upon any day or days licensed by the division of gaming and […]
§ 41-3-8. Licensing of owners, trainers, jockeys, and other personnel. The division, at its discretion, shall license owners, trainers, jockeys, starters, exercise boys, hotwalkers, grooms, and all other stable personnel as well as pari-mutuel employees, concessioners and vendors, security personnel, licensees, employees, pari-mutuel totalizator companies and their employees, and all employees of race track management. […]
