SECTION 325:15-3-2. Application for license and days to conduct a horse race meeting

(a)   Pursuant to 3A O.S., § 205.2, every person who intends to conduct a horse race meeting shall file with the Commission an organization license application on a form furnished by the Commission. Said application shall be filed no later than June 1 of the calendar year preceding the calendar year for which the requested race meeting is to be conducted. Provided, when an existing racing facility licensed by the Commission is sold or transferred to a new owner within sixty days of the June 1 application deadline, or after the June 1 application deadline, the new owner must file its application within ninety (90) days after ownership is transferred to it. Additionally, if ownership of a racetrack licensed by the Commission is transferred during a year in which the new owner wishes to operate for a portion of the remaining year, the new owner may file an application to do so no later than forty-five (45) days after ownership is transferred to it. Further, for good cause shown, the Commission may, in the exercise of its discretion, grant any applicant an extension of time in which to file its application. Any prospective applicant for license and days to conduct a horse race meeting failing to timely file a complete application for license may be rejected, and the application for license refused summarily by the Commission.

(b)   Pari-mutuel organization licensees granted a license to conduct pari-mutuel racing may, with prior Commission approval, conduct official nonpari-mutuel races on otherwise dark days or mornings of allotted pari-mutuel days for the purpose of qualifying horses for races to be run under pari-mutuel conditions.

[Source: Amended at 21 Ok Reg 351, eff 12-1-03 through 7-14-04 (emergency); Amended at 21 Ok Reg 3174, eff 9-11-04]

Note

EDITOR’S NOTE: This emergency action expired without being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency amendatory action, the last prior permanent text is reinstated. Therefore, on 7-15-04 (after the expiration of the emergency action), the text of section 325:15-3-2 reverted back to the permanent text that was effective prior to enactment of the emergency action on 12-1-03, as last published in the 2001 Edition of the OAC, and remained as such until amended by permanent action on 9-11-04.