Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing

Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing

§19-23-1. License Required for Horse and Dog Racing and Pari-Mutuel Wagering in Connection Therewith; Exception
§19-23-2. Permits Required for Horse and Dog Racetrack Positions; Residency Requirements for Employees of Licensees
§19-23-3. Definitions
§19-23-4. West Virginia Racing Commission Continued as a Public Corporation; Composition; Terms; Vacancies; Qualifications, Expenses of Members; Principal Office; Meetings; Election of Officers; Quorum; Inspection of Records; Annual Report
§19-23-5. Executive Director and Other Personnel; Qualifications; Terms; Powers and Duties; Compensation and Expenses
§19-23-6. Powers and Authority of Racing Commission
§19-23-7. Application for License; Forms; Time for Filing; Disclosure Required; Verification; Bond; Application for Permit
§19-23-7a. Applicants for Licenses and Permits to Provide Fingerprints
§19-23-8. Consideration of Application for License or Permit; Issuance or Denial; Contents of License or Permit; Grounds for Denial of Application; Determination of Racing Dates; License or Permit Not Transferable or Assignable; Limitation on License; Validity of Permit
§19-23-8a. Applications for Sunday Racing; Local Option Election Procedures; Protest Procedures Against Approval
§19-23-8b. Horse or Dog Racing After Six O'clock Postmeridian on Sundays; Application Therefor; Tentative Approval; Publication of Notice; Petition for Local Option Election; Local Option Election Procedure; Effect of Such Election
§19-23-8c. Local Option Election Procedure; Form of Ballot or Ballot Labels; Effect of Such Election
§19-23-9. Pari-Mutuel System of Wagering Authorized; Licensee Authorized to Deduct Commissions From Pari-Mutuel Pools; Retention of Breakage; Auditing; Minors
§19-23-10. Daily License Tax; Pari-Mutuel Pools Tax; How Taxes Paid; Alternate Tax; Credits
§19-23-11. Revenues From Horse Racing and Dog Racing to Be Paid Into a Special Account to Fund Commission Expenses
§19-23-12. License to Be in Lieu of All Other License, etc., Taxes; Exception
§19-23-12a. Pari-Mutuel Wagering on Interstate and Intrastate Horse and Dog Racing
§19-23-12b. Televised Racing Days; Merging of Pari-Mutuel Wagering Pools
§19-23-12c. Interstate Simulcasts by Licensed Racetracks
§19-23-12d. Simulcast Races and Pari-Mutuel Wagering at Authorized Gaming Facility in Historic Resort Hotel
§19-23-13. Disposition of Funds for Payment of Outstanding and Unredeemed Pari-Mutuel Tickets; Publication of Notice; Irredeemable Tickets; Payment of Past Obligations
§19-23-13a. West Virginia Bonus Race Fund
§19-23-13b. West Virginia Thoroughbred Development Fund; Distribution; Restricted Races; Nonrestricted Purse Supplements; Preference for West Virginia Accredited Thoroughbreds
§19-23-13c. Expenditure of Racetrack Video Lottery Distribution
§19-23-14. Disposition of Permit Fees, Registration Fees and Civil Penalties
§19-23-15. Investigation by Racing Commission; Suspension or Revocation of License or Permit
§19-23-16. Entry of Order Suspending or Revoking License or Permit; Service of Order; Contents; Hearing; Decision to Be in Writing
§19-23-17. Judicial Review; Appeal to Supreme Court of Appeals; Legal Representation for Racing Commission
§19-23-18. Horse and Dog Racetrack Construction Permits; Application Therefor
§19-23-19. Tentative Approval of Application for Construction Permit; Denial of Application; Publication of Notice
§19-23-20. Petition for Local Option Election
§19-23-21. Local Option Election Procedure; Form of Ballots or Ballot Labels
§19-23-22. Issuance or Nonissuance of Construction Permit; Duration of Construction Permit; Transfer and Assignment of Construction Permit
§19-23-23. Further Elections Restricted
§19-23-24. &Sect;§19-23-18 to 19-23-23 Inapplicable to Horse Racetracks Already Constructed and Established
§19-23-25. Application to Enjoin Violations
§19-23-26. Offenses and Penalties
§19-23-27. Repealer
§19-23-28. Effect of Article on Existing Rules and Regulations, Licenses and Permits
§19-23-29. Severability
§19-23-30. Continuation of the Racing Commission

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