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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2011 [HB-72]
Altering or repealing required appropriations; altering the distribution of revenues; altering or repealing specified funding requirements; altering the authorized use of specified funds; altering for a specified fiscal year a specified percentage used to determine eligibility for and the amount of State grants to specified counties and Baltimore City based on per capita yield of county income taxes; altering the amount of a surcharge imposed for recording specified instruments for specified fiscal years; etc.
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Horse Racing - Bowie Race Course Training Center - Ownership Transfer [HB-557]
Authorizing the owner of the Bowie Race Course Training Center to convey the property associated with the training center to the State as preserved land under Program Open Space.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
State Racing Commission - Meetings - Notice of Agenda Items [HB-531]
Requiring the State Racing Commission to post the agenda for an open meeting of the Commission on the Commission's Web site at least 7 business days before the meeting; authorizing the Commission to include a specified disclaimer on the agenda; prohibiting the Commission from amending an agenda that has been posted under specified circumstances; and requiring the Commission to post an amended agenda on the Commission's Web site within 24 hours after the agenda has been amended.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Video Lottery Terminal Revenues - School Construction and Pensions [HB-429]
Repealing provisions of law relating to the Purse Dedication Account; requiring specified distribution of revenues from video lottery terminals to the Education Trust Fund instead of the Purse Dedication Account; requiring specified funds in the Education Trust Fund to be accounted for separately and to be used for specified purposes.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Horse Racing - Maryland-Bred Race Fund - Administration [HB-369]
Authorizing that a portion of the Maryland-Bred Race Fund be allocated to breeder bonuses for horses that are conceived, but not necessarily foaled, in the State; altering the amount of the Fund to be allocated by the Maryland Racing Commission for Maryland-Bred Fund Races; requiring the Commission to set the amount of certain breeder awards for races both in the State and outside the State; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Grand Prix Motor Racing - Designation [HB-212]
Designating Grand Prix motor racing as the State motor vehicle speed competition in celebration of the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Stadium Authority - Racetrack Feasibility Study [HB-1250]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority to prepare independent studies to evaluate specified sites and to develop a comprehensive financing plan for a new thoroughbred racetrack in the State; requiring the Authority to submit a specified report to the Governor and General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Races and Speed Contests - Enforcement and Penalties [HB-105]
Authorizing a police officer to arrest without a warrant a person for driving a vehicle in a specified race or speed contest that results in serious bodily injury to another person under specified circumstances; and establishing a penalty of a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both, for a specified violation that results in serious bodily injury to another person.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Horse Racing - Distribution of Video Lottery Revenues [HB-1039]
Altering distributions from the Purse Dedication Account for horse racing licensees; altering the conditions under which a specified licensee is required to take specified actions in connection with the Bowie Training Center; providing the State with the right of first refusal when a specified training center is no longer required to operate as a specified training center; providing the City of Bowie with the right of second refusal when a specified training center is no longer required to operate as a specified training center; etc.
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Louisiana 2010 Regular Session
Provides relative to the Horsemen's Benevolent Program Association [HB-779]
Provides relative to the Horsemen's Benevolent Program Association
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Gaming - Video Lottery Terminals [SB-882]
Clarifying the authority of the Video Lottery Facility Location Commission to award video lottery operation licenses under this subtitle; altering specified criteria used by the State Lottery Commission for a video lottery operation license; altering the distribution of specified proceeds from a specified account to a video lottery facility in Allegany County under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Budget Reduction Act [SB-840]
Altering or repealing specified State aid to local jurisdictions; altering or repealing specified grants to specified persons or institutions; altering the distribution of specified revenues; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the distribution of highway user revenues; stating the intent of the General Assembly regarding restraining spending in the State budget by implementation of specified actions; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Standardbred Recovery Act of 2010 [SB-1051]
Abolishing the State Racing Commission and establishing the Thoroughbred Racing Commission and the Standardbred Racing Commission; providing for the memberships, qualifications for members, terms, chairs, quorums, meetings, compensation, executive directors, staffs, specified employees, specified powers, and testing laboratories of the Thoroughbred Racing Commission and of the Standardbred Racing Commission; altering allocations of funds from specified accounts; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Racing Commission - Expansion of Membership [SB-1048]
Expanding the membership of the State Racing Commission to 13; altering the minimum number of members needed to meet specified qualifications; altering the maximum number of members allowed to exercise specified privileges; and requiring at least 3 members to be residents of Prince George's County.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Satellite Simulcast Betting - Instant Horse Racing Machines [SB-1002]
Broadening the scope of satellite simulcast betting on horse races to include instant racing; and specifying that instant racing involves a bettor viewing a self-serve totalizator machine that displays a previously run horse race in digitized form and specified information before and after the race.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Video Lottery Terminal Revenues - School Construction and Improvement [HB-885]
Repealing a provision under the video lottery terminals gaming law that establishes a Purse Dedication Account; altering the distribution of revenues from video lottery terminals to provide that a specified percentage of those revenues is to be used for school construction and improvement in accordance with specified provisions of law; authorizing the State to borrow money, through the sale of bonds, in anticipation of video lottery revenues; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Horse Racing - Foaled Stakes Programs Races - Registration Requirements [HB-598]
Altering a method by which a horse may be registered with the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund Advisory Committee to enable the horse to start in a race of the Foaled Stakes Program.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Horse Racing - Citizenship and Residency Requirement for Employees of Licensee [HB-596]
Repealing the requirement that at least 85% of a horse racing licensee's employees be United States citizens who have maintained a permanent place of residence in the State for at least 2 years immediately before being employed.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Races and Speed Contests - Enforcement and Penalties [HB-425]
Authorizing a police officer to arrest without a warrant a person for driving a vehicle or participating as a timekeeper or flagman in a specified race or speed contest under specified circumstances; establishing a penalty of a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than 60 days or both for a specified violation; and establishing a penalty of a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year for a specified violation that results in serious bodily injury to another person.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Video Lottery - Costs - Money for Terminals [HB-40]
Increasing by a specified amount the proceeds from the operation of video lottery terminals devoted to paying specified costs, including the leasing or purchasing, repairing, maintaining, testing, and examining of video lottery terminals; and reducing by a specified amount the proceeds from the operation of video lottery terminals devoted to the Purse Dedication Account under the authority of the State Racing Commission.