California Business and Professions Code § 19617.3

(a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section: (1) “Breeder” means a person who is registered as the breeder of a California-bred paint horse with the official registering agency and is named on the applicable Certificate of Registration issued by the American Paint Horse Association. (2) “Eligible earnings” means the following: (A) In the case of breeder premiums, the annual amount earned by a California-bred paint horse for finishing first or second in qualifying races. (B) In the case of owners’ awards, the annual amount earned by a California-bred paint horse for finishing first or second in qualifying races. (C) In the case of stallion awards, the annual amount earned by California-conceived or California-bred foals of an eligible paint horse sire for finishing first or second in qualifying races. (D) In order for earnings from a qualifying race to be considered as eligible earnings, a California-bred paint horse shall be registered as such with the official registering agency before the entries were taken by the association for the qualifying race in which that horse earned purse money. (E) For purposes of this paragraph, the maximum purse considered earned in any qualifying race within this state is two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for a win, and eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) for a second place finish. (F) In determining the purse earned in any qualifying race that is a stakes race, the amount earned shall be based on the added money and other sources of the purse, such as nomination, entry, or starting fees, bonuses, and sponsor contributions, or any combination thereof. (G) On or before February 1, of any year, the stallion owner shall verify with the official registering agency the eligibility of a stallion to receive the stallion award to which the owner is entitled. (3) “Eligible paint horse sire” means a paint horse, thoroughbred, or quarter horse sire of a registered paint horse foal, where the sire was continuously present in this state from February 1 to July 15, inclusive, of the calendar year in which the qualifying race was conducted, as well as from February 1 to July 15, inclusive, of the following calendar year. If a sire dies in this state and stood his last seasons at stud in this state, he shall thereafter continue to be considered an eligible paint horse sire. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a paint horse stallion shall be considered an eligible paint horse sire only if its owner has verified the stallion’s eligibility with the official registering agency for stallion awards on or before February 1 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year for which the awards are being distributed. (4) “Official registering agency” means the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association. (5) “Owner” means the person who is registered with the paymaster of purses on the date the qualifying race was conducted as the owner of the California-bred paint horse earning purse money in that race. (6) “Qualifying race” means all paint horse only races in this state. (7) “Stallion owner” means the person who is the owner of the eligible paint horse sire as of December 31 of the calendar year in which that sire’s foals had eligible earnings or the person who owned the eligible paint horse sire on the date that the sire died. (b) Any association conducting a race meeting that includes paint horse racing shall deposit with the official registering agency 0.2 of 1 percent of the total amount handled ontrack, and 0.4 of 1 percent of the total amount handled offtrack, in daily conventional and exotic parimutuel pools and a sum equal to 25 percent of those funds specified for purses in Sections 19612.1, 19612.2, 19614.2, 19616, and 19616.1 and the sums specified in Sections 19567 and 19617.5, resulting from paint horse racing. The deposits shall be made at the following intervals: (1) For any meeting of 20 racing days or less, the requ

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