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RSA 284:12-a · 2024, 17:1, effective January 1, 2027, amends the chapter heading to delete "and Dog". 284:12-a License Required; Investigation Fees

Title
XXIV: GAMES, AMUSEMENTS, AND ATHLETIC EXHIBITIONS
Chapter
284 · HORSE AND DOG RACING
Status
current
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2024, 17:1, effective January 1, 2027, amends the chapter heading to delete "and Dog". 284:12-a License Required; Investigation Fees. – [Paragraph I effective until January 1, 2027; see also paragraph I set out below.]

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I.

No person, association, corporation, or any other type of entity shall hold any live running or harness race or meet, shall offer wagers on historic horse races, or shall conduct any simulcast running or harness horse or dog race or meet, at which pari-mutuel pools are sold without a license from the lottery commission. [Paragraph I effective January 1, 2027; see also paragraph I set out above.]

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No person, association, corporation, or any other type of entity shall hold any live running or harness race or meet, shall offer wagers on historic horse races, or shall conduct any simulcast running or harness horse race or meet, at which pari-mutuel pools are sold without a license from the lottery commission.

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II.

Investigation fees shall be collected by the lottery commission and shall be continually appropriated to the lottery commission and used by the lottery commission to offset the costs of conducting background checks and monitoring of license applicants and licensees as required under this section, RSA 284:16, RSA 284:16-a, RSA 284:19, RSA 284:20, RSA 284:22, and RSA 284:22-a. Funds received hereunder and not expended for such investigations shall lapse to the special fund established in RSA 284:21-j 2 years after receipt of such funds. Source. 1971, 541:3. 1985, 58:3. 2006, 287:1. 2009, 144:99. 2010, 272:4. 2013, 264:6. 2015, 276:127, eff. July 1, 2015. 2021, 66:4, eff. June 8, 2021. 2024, 17:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2027.

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Source. 1971, 541:3. 1985, 58:3. 2006, 287:1. 2009, 144:99. 2010, 272:4. 2013, 264:6. 2015, 276:127, eff. July 1, 2015. 2021, 66:4, eff. June 8, 2021. 2024, 17:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2027.

Source history

  • 1971, 541:3
  • 1985, 58:3
  • 2006, 287:1
  • 2009, 144:99
  • 2010, 272:4
  • 2013, 264:6
  • 2015, 276:127, eff. July 1, 2015
  • 2021, 66:4, eff. June 8, 2021
  • 2024, 17:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2027

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