This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Public Law 2023, chapter 440 and amends the provision of law that allows a person to sell pari-mutuel pools and common pari-mutuel pools for simulcast races by expanding the locations that a person is authorized to sell from to include within facilities owned or controlled by federally recognized Indian tribes in the State or within facilities
41 owned or leased by the racing licensee and approved by the State Harness Racing
42 Commission and the municipality in which the facility is located. The bill also repeals the provisions related to the State Harness Racing Commission authorizing a person licensed to conduct harness horse racing with pari-mutuel betting to sell pari-mutuel pools and common pari-mutuel pools for simulcast races at a facility if it is located within the same county as the commercial track where the race or races are conducted, it is not located within the same municipality as an off-track betting facility and the municipal officers of the municipality in which the facility is located approve the sale of pari-mutuel pools or common pari-mutuel pools at the facility. The committee has not taken a position on the substance of this bill. By reporting this bill out, the committee is not suggesting and does not intend to suggest that it agrees or disagrees with any aspect of this bill. The committee is reporting the bill out for the sole purpose of having a bill printed that can be referred to the committee for an appropriate public hearing and subsequent processing in the normal course. The committee is taking this action to ensure clarity and transparency in the legislative review of the proposals contained in the bill.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 2260, SP 977: 8.275