(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed association or fair that is conducting a live meeting in any racing zone may accept wagers on any race conducted in this state, if all of the following requirements are met: (1) The association or fair that conducts the racing meeting and the organization that is responsible for negotiating purse agreements on behalf of the horsemen participating in that racing meeting consent to the acceptance of the wagers. However, if consent is withheld, any party may appeal the withholding of consent to the board, which may determine that consent is not required. (2) The association or fair conducts not less than eight races on days when the association or fair is licensed to conduct racing, except that fewer than eight live races per day may be conducted by the mutual agreement of the association or fair and the organization that is responsible for negotiating purse agreements on behalf of the horsemen participating in the racing meeting. (3) Wagering is offered only within the associationâs or fairâs racing inclosure or within the satellite wagering facility and only within seven days of the commencement of the racing program with the transmitted race. (4) All wagers are included in the appropriate parimutuel pool at the racetrack of the association or fair where the race is conducted, or, in the appropriate parimutuel pool of the racetrack of the association or fair that accepts the transmitted race. (5) The association or fair accepting wagers on an out-of-zone transmitted race distributes the audiovisual signal of the race to, and accepts wagers from, all eligible satellite wagering facilities. (b) Any association or fair accepting wagers under subdivision (a) shall deduct, from the total amount handled in each conventional and exotic parimutuel pool on the transmitted race, the same percentages deducted pursuant to Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 19610) for races at its own meeting. However, if the wagers are from a quarter horse race meeting, then the amounts deducted shall be the same as for a quarter horse race meeting. Amounts deducted under this section, including amounts deducted from wagers on out-of-zone races within the inclosure of the association or fair, shall be distributed as provided under Sections 19605.7, 19605.72, and 19605.73 with respect to wagers made within the northern zone, or Sections 19605.71, 19605.72, and 19605.73 with respect to wagers made within the central or southern zone, except that amounts distributed for purposes other than state license fees and fees payable to the Center for Equine Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, and the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory shall be proportionally reduced by the amount of any fees paid to the Triple Crown or Breederâs Cup day host association pursuant to subdivision (c). The method used to calculate the reduction in proportionate share shall be approved by the board. For wagers on out-of-state and out-of-country races made within the associationâs or fairâs inclosure, 1 percent shall be distributed to the association or fair as a satellite wagering facility commission. (c) Nothing in this section precludes an association or fair from charging a fee as a condition of transmitting the Triple Crown or Breederâs Cup day races, except that any fee shall be allocated among all associations, fairs, and satellite wagering facilities receiving the transmitted race in proportion to the amount wagered at each location, and the fee shall equal that charged by the entity conducting the race or races. Further, the only fee that can be charged as a condition of transmitting the signal of an out-of-zone race shall be a fee of 2.5 percent on Breederâs Cup day races. (d) All breakage and unclaimed tickets, including unclaimed refunds, shall be distributed equally between the association or fair that accepts wagers on the transmitted race, and the
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