West Virginia Code § 19-23-7

Application for license; forms; time for filing; disclosure required;
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verification; bond; application for permit.
(a) Any racing association desiring to hold or conduct a horse or dog race meeting, where
the pari-mutuel system of wagering is permitted and conducted, during any calendar year,
shall file with the Racing Commission an application for a license to hold or conduct such
horse or dog race meeting. A separate application shall be filed for each sepearate license
sought for each horse or dog race meeting which such applicant proposes to hold or
conduct. The Racing Commission shall prescribe blank forms to be userd in making such
application. Such application shall be filed on or before a day to be fixed by the Racing
Commission and shall disclose, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) If the applicant be an individual, the full name and addretss of the applicant;
(2) If the applicant be a partnership, firm or association, the full name and address of each
partner or member thereof, the name of the partnership, firm or association and its post-
office address; l
(3) If the applicant be a corporation, its name, the state of its incorporation, its post-office
address, the full name and address of eachi officer and director thereof, and if a foreign
corporation, whether it is qualified tgo do business in this state;
(4) The dates, totaling not less than two hundred, such applicant intends to hold or conduct
such horse or dog race meeting (which may be on any day including Sundays);
(5) The location of the horse or dog racetrack, place or enclosure where such applicant
proposes to hold or conduct such horse or dog race meeting;
(6) Whether tVhe applicant, any partner, member, officer or director has previously applied
for a license under the provisions of this article or for a similar license in this or any other
state, and if so, whether such license was issued or refused, and, if issued, whether it was
ever suspended or revoked; and
(7) Such other information as the Racing Commission may reasonably require which may
include information relating to any criminal record of the applicant, if an individual, or of
each partner or member, if a partnership, firm or association, or of each officer and director,
if a corporation.
(b) Such application shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the applicant for such
license, if an individual, or if the applicant is a partnership, firm, association or corporation,
by a partner, member or officer thereof, as the case may be. When required by the Racing
Commission, an applicant for a license shall also furnish evidence satisfactory to the Racing
Commission of such applicant's ability to pay all taxes due the state, purses, salaries of
officials and other expenses incident to the horse or dog race meeting for which a license is
sought. In the event the applicant is not able to furnish such satisfactory evidence of such
applicant's ability to pay such expenses and fees, the Racing Commission may require bond
or other adequate security before the requested license is issued.
(c) Any person desiring to obtain a permit, as required by the provisions of section two of
this article, shall make application therefor on a form prescribed by the Racing Commission.
The application for any such permit shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed therefor by
the Racing Commission. Each applicant for a permit shall set forth in the apeplication such
information as the Racing Commission shall reasonably require.

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