§214.1. Minimum live racing dates; offtrack and other authorized wagering

A. An association shall not be licensed to conduct offtrack or other authorized wagering in the state unless it conducts live horse racing for not less than one hundred thirty racing days within each fifty-two week period at the facility designated in its license. Of the required one hundred thirty racing days, not less than eighty-four days shall be thoroughbred horse racing days conducted during twenty-one consecutive weeks and not less than forty-six days shall be quarter horse racing days conducted during twelve consecutive weeks. The foregoing minimum racing requirements are mandatory unless the association is prevented from live racing as a result of a natural disaster, an act of God, force majeure, a catastrophe, or such other occurrence over which the association has no control. When a pari-mutuel wagering facility and a related offtrack betting facility are sold, the purchaser shall conduct the minimum number of live racing days, including the minimum quarter horse racing days, required by this Section as a condition of operating the offtrack betting facility.

B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, at any facility subject to the provisions of R.S. 27:372.1(A), such facility shall maintain a minimum of eighty thoroughbred horse racing days conducted during twenty consecutive weeks and not less than ten days of quarter horse racing conducted during three consecutive weeks. The racing days provided for in this Subsection shall be conducted within a fifty-two week period. The foregoing minimum racing requirements are mandatory unless the association is prevented from live racing as a result of a natural disaster, an act of God, force majeure, a catastrophe, or such other occurrence over which the association has no control. When a pari-mutuel wagering facility and a related offtrack betting facility are sold, the purchaser shall conduct the minimum number of live racing days, including the minimum quarter horse racing days, required by this Section as a condition of operating the offtrack betting facility.

Acts 1989, No. 631, §1, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 557, §1, eff. July 19, 1990; HCR No. 26, 2005 1st Ex. Sess., eff. Nov. 20, 2005; Acts 2009, No. 242, §1; Acts 2018, No. 575, §2, eff. May 23, 2018.