| Sec. 3769.07. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, | 7 |
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no permit shall be issued under sections 3769.01 to
3769.14 of the | 8 |
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Revised Code, authorizing the conduct of a
live racing program for | 9 |
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thoroughbred horses and quarter horses at
any
place, track, or | 10 |
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enclosure except between the hours of twelve
noon and seven p.m., | 11 |
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for running horse-racing meetings, except
that on special events | 12 |
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days running horse-racing meetings may
begin at nine a.m. by | 13 |
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application to the state racing commission
and except that the | 14 |
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seven p.m. time may be extended to eight p.m.
on a Sunday or | 15 |
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holiday by application to the commission, and
no permit shall be | 16 |
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issued under those sections authorizing the conduct of a
live | 17 |
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racing program for harness horses at any place, track, or | 18 |
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enclosure
except between the hours of twelve noon and twelve | 19 |
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midnight for light
harness horse-racing meetings. The seven p.m. | 20 |
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and eight p.m. closing times
described in this section shall upon | 21 |
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application to the commission be extended
to nine p.m. for any | 22 |
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running horse-racing meeting conducted between the
fifteenth day | 23 |
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of May and the fifteenth day of September at a track that is | 24 |
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located more than twenty-five miles from a track located in this | 25 |
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state where a
light harness horse-racing meeting, other than a | 26 |
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light harness horse-racing
meeting at a county fair or independent | 27 |
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fair, is being conducted and that is
located less than twenty-five | 28 |
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miles from a track located outside this state.
A permit issued | 29 |
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for horse racing
at a county fair shall authorize live horse | 30 |
racing to begin at nine
a.m. No | 31 |
| No permit shall be granted for the holding or conducting of
a | 32 |
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horse-racing meeting after the tenth day of December in any | 33 |
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calendar year, except for racing at winterized tracks.
"Winterized | 34 |
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track" means a track with enclosed club house or
grandstand, | 35 |
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all-weather racing track, heated facilities for
jockeys or | 36 |
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drivers, backstretch facilities that are properly
prepared for | 37 |
winter racing, and adequate snow removal equipment
available. No | 38 |
| No permit shall be issued for more than an aggregate
of | 39 |
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fifty-six racing days in any one calendar year, except that an | 40 |
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additional five days of racing may be approved by the commission | 41 |
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upon application by a permit holder and except that an additional | 42 |
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thirty days of racing may be granted for racing at any time after | 43 |
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the fifteenth day of October and prior to the fifteenth day of | 44 |
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March to a permit holder who has a winterized facility, but no | 45 |
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more than thirty such additional days may be issued at any one | 46 |
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track or enclosure. No more than an aggregate of fifty-six
racing | 47 |
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days shall be issued in any one calendar year for any one
race | 48 |
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track, place, or enclosure, except for the additional five
days of | 49 |
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racing for each permit holder which may be approved by
the | 50 |
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commission pursuant to this section, except as provided in | 51 |
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sections 3769.071 and 3769.13 of the Revised Code, except for | 52 |
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racing days granted as a result of a winterized facility, and | 53 |
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except that the commission may issue a second permit for a
maximum | 54 |
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of fifty-six racing days for any one track, place, or
enclosure, | 55 |
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if the commission determines that the issuance of such
second | 56 |
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permit is not against the public interest. No such second
permit | 57 |
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shall be issued: | 58 |
| (A) For the operation of racing in any county with a | 59 |
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population of less than seven hundred thousand or for the | 60 |
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operation of racing in any county which has more than one race | 61 |
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track at which a racing meet has been authorized, except as | 62 |
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provided in this division and in sections 3769.071 and 3769.13 of | 63 |
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the Revised Code, in the same year by the commission. A second | 64 |
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permit issued pursuant to this division may be issued at either
or | 65 |
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both race tracks in a county that has only two race tracks if
a | 66 |
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racing meet has been authorized at both race tracks in the same | 67 |
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year by the commission and one race track has been authorized to | 68 |
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conduct thoroughbred racing meets and the other race track has | 69 |
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been authorized to conduct harness racing meets. When such
second | 70 |
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permit is issued pursuant to this division for racing at
the one | 71 |
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race track, racing shall not be conducted at that race
track on | 72 |
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the same day that racing is conducted at the other race
track in | 73 |
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the county except by mutual agreement of the two race
tracks. | 74 |
| No permit shall be issued so as to permit live racing | 83 |
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programs on
the same hour at more than one track in one county or | 84 |
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on tracks
in operation in 1975 within fifty miles of each other, | 85 |
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nor shall
any other form of pari-mutuel wagering other than horse | 86 |
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racing be
permitted within seventy-five miles of a track where | 87 |
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horse racing
is being conducted, except that this provision shall | 88 |
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not apply to
a horse-racing meeting held at the state fair or at a | 89 |
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fair
conducted by a county agricultural society or at a fair | 90 |
conducted
by an independent agricultural society; nor shall
more | 91 |
than one
permit in any one year be granted to the same
person, | 92 |
association, trust, or corporation for the holding or
conducting | 93 |
of a horse-racing meeting, at more than one race track,
place, or | 94 |
enclosure in this state. Distribution of days shall not
apply to | 95 |
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fairs or horse shows not required to secure a permit
under such | 96 |
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section. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, a | 97 |
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person, association, trust, or corporation may own or
operate two | 98 |
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separate facilities in this state that are conducting | 99 |
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horse-racing meetings. | 100 |