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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 2785

(By Delegate Manuel)


(Originating in the House Committee on the Judiciary)


[April 1, 1993]


A BILL to amend and reenact sections ten, twelve-b and thirteen-b, article twenty-three, chapter nineteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, all relating to supplemental purses for West Virginia whelped dogs; providing that licensee pay one tenth of one percent of certain commissions to the general fund of certain counties; qualifications for merged simulcast pools; providing a method for reducing the required minimum number of live racing dates in order to conduct merged simulcast pool racing; and amending provisions for membership in the West Virginia Thoroughbred Development Fund.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections ten, twelve-b and thirteen-b, article twenty-three, chapter nineteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
§19-23-10. Daily license tax; pari-mutuel pools tax; how taxes paid; alternate tax; credits.

(a) Any racing association conducting thoroughbred racing at any horse racetrack in this state shall pay each day upon which horse races are run a daily license tax of two hundred fifty dollars. Any racing association conducting harness racing at any horse racetrack in this state shall pay each day upon which horse races are run a daily license tax of one hundred fifty dollars. Any racing association conducting dog races shall pay each day upon which dog races are run a daily license tax of one hundred fifty dollars. In the event thoroughbred racing, harness racing, dog racing, or any combination of the foregoing are conducted on the same day at the same racetrack by the same racing association, only one daily license tax in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars shall be paid for that day. Any such daily license tax shall not apply to any local, county or state fair, horse show or agricultural or livestock exposition at which horse racing is conducted for not more than six days.
(b) Any racing association licensed by the racing commission to conduct thoroughbred racing and permitting and conducting pari-mutuel wagering under the provisions of this article shall, in addition to the aforementioned daily license tax, pay to the racing commission, from the commission deducted each day by such licensee from the pari-mutuel pools on thoroughbred racing a tax calculated on the total daily contribution of all such pari- mutuel pools conducted or made at any and every thoroughbred race meeting of the licensee licensed under the provisions of this article, which tax, on the pari-mutuel pools conducted or made each day during the months of January, February, March, October, November and December shall from the effective date of thissection and for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred eighty- five, be calculated at two and six-tenths percent; for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred eighty-six, be calculated at two and three-tenths percent; for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, be calculated at two percent of such pool; for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred eighty-eight, be calculated at one and one-half percent; for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine, be calculated at one percent of such pool; for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety, seven-tenths of one percent, and for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-one and each fiscal year thereafter be calculated at four-tenths of one percent of such pool; and, on the pari-mutuel pools conducted or made each day during all other months, shall from the effective date of this section and for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred eighty-five, be calculated at three and six-tenths percent; for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred eighty-six, be calculated at three and three-tenths percent; for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, be calculated at three percent of such pool; for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred eighty-eight, be calculated at two and one- half percent; for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred eighty- nine, be calculated at two percent of such pool; for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety, be calculated at one and seven- tenths percent of such pool; and for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-one and each fiscal year thereafter, be calculated at one and four-tenths percent of such pool:
Provided, That out of the amount realized from the three-tenths of one percent decrease in such tax effective for fiscal year onethousand nine hundred ninety-one and thereafter, which decrease correspondingly increases the amount of commission retained by the licensee, the licensee shall annually expend or dedicate (i) one-half of such realized amount for capital improvements in its barn area at the track, subject to the racing commission's prior approval of the plans for such improvements, and (ii) the remaining one-half of such realized amount for capital improvements as the licensee may determine appropriate at the track. The term capital improvement shall be as defined by the Internal Revenue Code: Provided, however, That any such racing association operating a horse racetrack in this state having an average daily pari-mutuel pool on horse racing of two hundred eighty thousand dollars or less per day for the race meetings of the preceding calendar year shall, in lieu of payment of the pari-mutuel pool tax, calculated as hereinbefore in this subsection provided, be permitted to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at such horse racetrack on the basis of a daily pari-mutuel pool tax fixed as follows: On the daily pari-mutuel pool not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars the daily pari-mutuel pool tax shall be one thousand dollars plus the otherwise applicable percentage rate imposed by this subsection of the daily pari-mutuel pool, if any, in excess of three hundred thousand dollars: Provided further, That upon the effective date of the reduction of such daily pari-mutuel pool tax to one thousand dollars from the former two thousand dollars, the association or licensee shall daily deposit five hundred dollars into the special fund for regular purses established by subdivision one, subsection (b), section nine of this article: And provided further, That if an association or licensee qualifying for the foregoing alternate tax conducts more than one racing performance, each consisting of up to ten races in a calendar day, such association or licensee shall pay both the daily license tax imposed in subsection (a) and the foregoing alternate tax for each such performance: And provided further, That a licensee qualifying for the foregoing alternate tax is excluded from participation in the fund established by section thirteen-b of this article: Provided, however, That this exclusion shall not apply to any thoroughbred race track at which the licensee has participated in the West Virginia Thoroughbred Development Fund for more than four consecutive years prior to the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two.
(c) Any racing association licensed by the racing commission to conduct harness racing and permitting and conducting pari- mutuel wagering under the provisions of this article shall, in addition to the aforementioned daily license tax, pay to the racing commission, from the commission deducted each day by the licensee from the pari-mutuel pools on harness racing, as a tax, three percent of the first one hundred thousand dollars wagered, or any part thereof; four percent of the next one hundred fifty thousand dollars; and five and three-fourths percent of all over that amount wagered each day in all such pari-mutuel pools conducted or made at any and every harness race meeting of the licensee licensed under the provisions of this article.
(d) Any racing association licensed by the racing commission to conduct dog racing and permitting and conducting pari-mutuelwagering under the provisions of this article shall, in addition to the aforementioned daily license tax, pay to the racing commission, from the commission deducted each day by such licensee from the pari-mutuel pools on dog racing, as a tax, four percent of the first fifty thousand dollars or any part thereof of such pari-mutuel pools, five percent of the next fifty thousand dollars of such pari-mutuel pools, six percent of the next one hundred thousand dollars of such pari-mutuel pools, seven percent of the next one hundred fifty thousand dollars of such pari-mutuel pools, and eight percent of all over three hundred fifty thousand dollars wagered each day:
Provided, That the licensee shall deduct daily from the pari-mutuel tax an amount equal to one-tenth of one percent of the daily pari-mutuel pools in dog racing in fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety; fifteen hundreds of one percent in fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-one; two-tenths of one percent in fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-two; one quarter of one percent in fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety- three; and three-tenths of one percent in fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-four and every fiscal year thereafter. The amounts so deducted shall be paid to the racing commission to be deposited by the racing commission in a banking institution of its choice in a special account to be known as "West Virginia Racing Commission-Special Account-West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund." Such moneys shall be expended by the racing commission exclusively for purses for stake races involving West Virginia whelped dogs, under rules and regulations promulgated by the racing commission. The purpose ofthe fund is to promote better breeding and racing of greyhounds in the state through awards and purses for accredited West Virginia whelped greyhounds. Such moneys shall be expended by the racing commission for purses for stake races, supplemental purse awards, administration, promotion and educational programs involving West Virginia whelped dogs, under rules and regulations promulgated by the racing commission. The racing commission shall pay out of the Greyhound Breeding Development Fund to each of the licensed dog racing tracks the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending the thirty-first day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four. The licensee shall deposit each sum into the special fund for regular purses established under the provisions of section nine of this article. Such funds shall be expended solely for the purpose of supplementing regular purses under rules and regulations promulgated by the racing commission.
Supplemental purse awards will be distributed as follows: Supplemental purses shall be paid directly to the owner of an accredited greyhound or, if said greyhound is leased, the owner may choose to designate a percentage of the purse earned directly to the lessor as agreed to via a written purse distribution form on file with the racing commission.
The owner of accredited West Virginia whelped greyhounds that earn a purse at any West Virginia meet will receive a bonus award calculated at the end of each month as a percentage of the fund dedicated to the owners as purse supplements, which shall be a minimum of fifty percent of the total monies deposited into the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund monthly.
The total amount available for the owners' awards shall be distributed according to the ratio of purses earned by an accredited greyhound to the total amount earned in races by all accredited West Virginia whelped greyhounds for that month as a percentage of the funds dedicated to the owners' purse supplements.
The owner of an accredited West Virginia whelped greyhound shall file a purse distribution form with the racing commission for a percentage of their dog's earnings to be paid directly to the lessor of said greyhound. Distribution shall be made on the fifteenth day of each month for the preceding month's achievements.
In no event shall purses earned at a meet held at a track which did not make contributions to the West Virginia Greyhound Breeder's Development Fund out of the daily pool on the day the meet was held qualify or count toward eligibility for supplemental purse awards.
Any balance in the purse supplement funds after all distributions have been made for the year shall revert to the general account of the fund for distribution in the following year.
In an effort to further promote the breeding of quality West Virginia whelped greyhounds, a bonus purse supplement shall be established in the amount of fifty thousand dollars per annum, to be paid in equal quarterly installments of twelve thousand five hundred dollars per quarter using the same method to calculated and distribute these funds as the regular supplemental purse awards. This bonus purse supplement would be for three yearsonly, commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three and ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six. This money would come from the current existing balance in the Greyhound Development Fund.
Each pari-mutuel greyhound track shall provide stakes races for accredited West Virginia whelped greyhounds:
Provided, That each pari-mutuel track shall have one juvenile and one open stake race annually. The racing commission shall oversee and approve racing schedules and purse amounts.
Ten percent of the deposits into the Greyhound Breeding Development Fund beginning the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three and continuing each year thereafter, shall be withheld by the racing commission and placed in a special revenue account hereby created in the state treasury called the "administration, promotion and educational account". The racing commission is authorized to expend the moneys deposited in the administration, promotion and educational account at such times and in such amounts as the commission determines to be necessary for purposes of administering and promoting the greyhound development program:
Provided, That beginning with fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-five and in each fiscal year thereafter in which the commission anticipates spending any money from such account, the commission shall submit to the executive department during the budget preparation period prior to the Legislature convening before that fiscal year for inclusion in the executive budget document and budget bill, the recommended expenditures, as well as requests of appropriations for the purpose of administration, promotion andeducation. The commission shall make an annual report to the Legislature on the status of the administration, promotion and education account, including the previous year's expenditures and projected expenditures for the next year.
The racing commission, for the fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-four only, may expend up to thirty-five thousand dollars from the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund to accomplish the purposes of this section without strictly following the requirements of the above proviso.
(e) All daily license and pari-mutuel pools tax payments required under the provisions of this section shall be made to the racing commission or its agent after the last race of each day of each horse or dog race meeting, and the pari-mutuel pools tax payments shall be made from all contributions to all pari- mutuel pools to each and every race of the day.
(f) Every association or licensee subject to the provisions of this article, including the changed provisions of sections nine and ten hereof, shall annually submit to the racing commission and the Legislature financial statements, including a balance sheet, income statement, statement of change in financial position and an audit of any electronic data system used for pari-mutuel tickets and betting, prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, as certified by an experienced public accountant or a certified public accountant.
§19-23-12b. Televised racing days; merging of pari-mutuel wagering pools.

(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Televised racing day" means a calendar day, assigned bythe commission, at a licensed racetrack on which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on horse or dog races run at racetracks outside of the state which are broadcast by television at a licensed racetrack and which day or days have had the prior written approval of the representative of the majority of the owners and trainers who hold permits required by section two of this article; and
(2) "Host racing association" means any person who, pursuant to a license or other permission granted by the host state, conducts the horse or dog race subject to the interstate wager.
(b) A licensee conducting not less than two hundred twenty live racing dates for each horse or dog race meeting may, with the prior approval of the state racing commission, contract with any legal wagering entity in any other state to receive telecasts and accept wagers on races conducted by the legal wagering entity:
Provided, That at those thoroughbred racetracks participating in the West Virginia Thoroughbred Development Fund authorized by section thirteen-b of this article, the licensee, in applying for racing dates, shall apply for not less than two hundred twenty live racing dates for each horse race meeting. If, thereafter, for reasons beyond the licensees control, the licensee concludes that this number of racing days cannot be attained, the licensee may file a request with the racing commission to modify the authorized live racing days by reducing the number thereof. Upon receipt of such request the racing commission shall within seventy-two hours of the receipt of the request notify the licensee and the representative of a majority of the owners and trainers at the requesting tract that suchrequest has been received and that if no objection to the request is received within ten days of the notification the request will be approved. If an objection is received by the commission within said time limits, the commission shall establish a binding arbitration board. The board shall consist of one member appointed by the licensee, one member appointed by the representative of a majority of the owners and trainers at the racetrack and a third member to be selected by the aforesaid two members. In the event the two members cannot agree on the third member, each party shall submit two names to the racing commission and from those names the racing commission shall appoint the third member of the board. The board shall hear from all parties concerned and thereupon shall make recommendations to the racing commission the required number of live racing days. The recommendations of the board shall be final. The telecasts may be received and wagers accepted at any location authorized by the provisions of section twelve-a of this article. The contract must receive the approval of the representative of the majority of the owners and trainers who hold permits required by section two of this article at the receiving racetrack.
(c) The commission may allow the licensee to commingle its wagering pools with the wagering pools of the host racing association. If the pools are commingled, the wagering at the licensee's racetrack must be on tabulating equipment capable of issuing pari-mutuel tickets and be electronically linked with the equipment at the sending racetrack. Subject to the approval of the commission, the types of betting, licensee commissions and distribution of winnings on pari-mutuel pools of the sendinglicensee racetrack are those in effect at the licensee racetrack. Breakage for pari-mutuel pools on a televised racing day must be calculated in accordance with the law or rules governing the sending racetrack and must be distributed in a manner agreed to between the licensee and the sending racetrack.
(d) The commission may assign televised racing days at any time. When a televised racing day is assigned, the commission shall assign either a steward or an auditor to preside over the televised races at the licensee racetrack.
(e) (1) From the licensee commissions authorized by subsection (c) of this section, the licensee shall pay one tenth of one percent of each commission into the general fund of the municipality, or if not located in a municipality, then the county, in which the racetrack is located at which the wagering occurred and there is imposed and the licensee shall pay, for each televised racing day on which the total pari-mutuel pool exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, the greater of either: (i) The total of the daily license tax and the pari-mutuel pools tax required by section ten of this article; or (ii) a daily license tax of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars. For each televised racing day on which the total pari-mutuel pool is one hundred thousand dollars or less, the licensee shall pay a daily license tax of five hundred dollars plus an additional license tax of one hundred dollars for each ten thousand dollars, or part thereof, that the pari-mutuel pool exceeds fifty thousand dollars, but does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. Payments of the tax imposed by this section are subject to the requirements of subsection (e), section ten of this article.
(2) From the license commissions authorized by subsection (c) of this section, after payments are made in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the licensee shall pay, for each televised racing day, one-fourth (1/4) of one percent (1%) of the total pari-mutuel pools for and on behalf of the pari-mutuel clerks. Such payment shall be made for and on behalf of the pari-mutuel clerks by making a deposit into a special fund to be established by the racing commission to be used for payment into the pari-mutuel clerks' pension plan.
(f) After deducting the tax required by subsection (e) of this section, the amount required to be paid under the terms of the contract with the legal wagering entity of another state and the cost of transmission, the horse racing association shall make a deposit equal to fifty percent of the remainder into the purse fund established under the provisions of subdivision (b) (1), section nine of this article.
(g) The provisions of the "Federal Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978", also known as Public Law 95-515, Section 3001-3007 of Title 15, U.S. Code, as amended, controls in determining the intent of this section.
(h) The handle from televised simulcast racing shall not be included in the calculation of "average daily handle" as it is calculated in section ten of this article to determine the alternative daily pari-mutuel pool tax.
PART IX. DISPOSITION OF PERMIT FEES,

REGISTRATION FEES AND FINES.

§19-23-13b. West Virginia thoroughbred development fund; distribution; restricted races; nonrestricted purse
supplements.
The racing commission shall deposit moneys required to be withheld by an association or licensee in subsection (b), section nine of this article in a banking institution of its choice in a special account to be known as "West Virginia Racing Commission Special Account -- West Virginia Thoroughbred Development Fund". Notice of the amount, date and place of the deposit shall be given by the racing commission, in writing, to the state treasurer. The purpose of the fund is to promote better breeding and racing of thoroughbred horses in the state through awards and purses for accredited breeders/raisers, sire owners and thoroughbred race horse owners. A further objective of the fund is to aid in the rejuvenation and development of the present horse tracks now operating in West Virginia for capital improvements, operations or increased purses between the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-four, and the thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety- two:
Provided, That five percent of the deposits required to be withheld by an association or licensee in subsection (b), section nine of this article shall be placed in a special revenue account hereby created in the state treasury called the "administration and promotion account". The racing commission is authorized to expend the moneys deposited in the administration and promotion account at such times and in such amounts as the commission determines to be necessary for purposes of administering and promoting the thoroughbred development program: Provided, however, That during any fiscal year in which the commission anticipates spending any money from the account, the commissionshall submit to the executive department during the budget preparation period prior to the Legislature convening before that fiscal year for inclusion in the executive budget document and budget bill the recommended expenditures, as well as requests of appropriations for the purpose of administration and promotion of the program. The commission shall make an annual report to the Legislature on the status of the administration and promotion account, including the previous year's expenditures and projected expenditures for the next year.
The funds shall be established immediately and operate on an annual basis.
(a) Funds will be expended for awards and purses in the following manner:
(i) Fifteen percent of the fund shall be available for distribution for events taking place between the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-four, and the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred eighty-five;
(ii) Fifty percent of the fund shall be available for distribution for events taking place between the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-six, and the thirty- first day of December, one thousand nine hundred eighty-six;
(iii) Seventy-five percent of the fund shall be available for distribution for events taking place between the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, and the thirty- first day of December, one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven;
(iv) One hundred percent of the fund shall be available thereafter; and
(v) After the first day of July, one thousand nine hundredninety-one, and after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one, and annually thereafter, the first one hundred thousand dollars of the fund shall be available for distribution for a maximum of four stakes races. One of these races shall be the West Virginia futurity and the second shall be the Frank Gall memorial stakes. The remaining races may be chosen by the committee set forth in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Awards and purses will be distributed as follows:
(i) The breeders/raisers of accredited thoroughbred horses that earn a purse at any West Virginia meet will receive a bonus award calculated at the end of the year as a percentage of the fund dedicated to the breeders/raisers, which shall be sixty percent of the fund available for distribution in any one year. The total amount available for the breeders'/raisers' awards shall be distributed according to the ratio of purses earned by an accredited race horse to the total amount earned in the races by all accredited race horses for that year as a percentage of the fund dedicated to the breeders/raisers. However, no breeder/raiser may receive from the fund dedicated to breeders'/raisers' awards an amount in excess of the earnings of the accredited horse at West Virginia meets. In addition, should a horse's breeder and raiser qualify for the same award on the same horse, they will each be awarded one half of the proceeds. Of the funds available for distribution in any one year to breeders/raisers, neither the breeders as a group nor the raisers as a group shall, until the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, qualify for more than sixty and one-tenth percent of such funds. The bonus referred to in this subdivision shall only be paid on the first one hundred thousand dollars of any purse, and not on any amounts in excess thereof.
(ii) The owner of a West Virginia sire of an accredited thoroughbred horse that earns a purse in any race at a West Virginia meet will receive a bonus award calculated at the end of the year as a percentage of the fund dedicated to sire owners, which shall be fifteen percent of the fund available for distribution in any one year. The total amount available for the sire owners' awards shall be distributed according to the ratio purses earned by the progeny of accredited West Virginia stallions in the races for a particular stallion to the total purses earned by the progeny of all accredited West Virginia stallions in the races. However, no sire owner may receive from the fund dedicated to sire owners an amount in excess of thirty- five percent of the accredited earnings for each sire. The bonus referred to in this subsection shall only be paid on the first one hundred thousand dollars of any purse, and not on any amounts in excess thereof.
(iii) The owner of an accredited thoroughbred horse that earns a purse in any race at a West Virginia meet will receive a restricted purse supplement award calculated at the end of the year, which shall be twenty-five percent of the fund available for distribution in any one year, based on the ratio of the earnings in such races of a particular race horse to the total amount earned by all accredited race horses in the races during that year as a percentage of the fund dedicated to purse supplements. However, the owners may not receive from the funddedicated to purse supplements an amount in excess of thirty-five percent of the total accredited earnings for each accredited race horse. The bonus referred to in this subsection shall only be paid on the first one hundred thousand dollars of any purse, and not on any amounts in excess thereof.
(iv) In no event shall purses earned at a meet held at a track which did not make a contribution to the thoroughbred development fund out of the daily pool on the day the meet was held qualify or count toward eligibility for an award under this section.
(v) Any balance in the breeders/raisers, sire owners and purse supplement funds after yearly distributions shall: (1) Be utilized to fund the races established in subsection (d) of this section; and (2) revert back into the general account of the fund for distribution in the next year.
Distribution shall be made on the fifteenth of each February for the preceding year's achievements.
(c) The remainder, if any, of the fund that is not available for distribution in the above program in any one year is reserved for regular purses, marketing expenses and for capital improvements in the amounts and under the conditions provided in this subsection. Fifty percent of the remainder shall be reserved for payments into the regular purse fund established in subsection (b), section nine of this article. Up to five hundred thousand dollars per year shall be available for: (1) Capital improvements at the eligible licensed horse racing tracks in the state; and (2) marketing and advertising programs above and beyond two hundred fifty thousand dollars for the eligiblelicensed horse racing tracks in the state:
Provided, That moneys shall be expended for capital improvements or marketing and advertising purposes as described above only in accordance with a plan filed with and receiving the prior approval of the racing commission, and on a basis of fifty percent participation by the licensee and fifty percent participation by moneys from the fund, in the total cost of approved projects: Provided, however, That funds approved for one track may not be used at another track unless the first track ceases to operate or is viewed by the commission as unworthy of additional investment due to financial or ethical reasons.
(d) Each pari-mutuel thoroughbred horse track shall provide at least the following restricted races in accordance with the following time schedules:
(i) From the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-four, to the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred eighty-four -- one restricted race per eight racing days;
(ii) From the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred eighty-five -- one restricted race per seven racing days;
(iii) From the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-six, to the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred eighty-six -- one restricted race per six racing days;
(iv) From the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, to the thirty-first day of December, onethousand nine hundred eighty-seven -- one restricted race per five racing days;
(v) From the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-eight, to the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred eighty-eight -- one restricted race per four racing days;
(vi) From the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine, to the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine -- one restricted race per three racing days; and thereafter.
The restricted races established in this subsection shall be administered by a three-member committee consisting of: (A) The racing secretary; (B) a member appointed by the authorized representative of a majority of the owners and trainers at the thoroughbred track; and (C) a member appointed by a majority of the thoroughbred breeders. The purses shall be twenty percent larger than the purses for similar type races at each track. Restricted races shall be funded by each racing association from:
(1) Moneys placed in the general purse fund up to a maximum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars per year.
(2) Moneys as provided in subdivision (v), subsection (b) of this section shall be placed in a special fund called the "West Virginia accredited race fund". The racing schedules, purse amounts and types of races are subject to the approval of the West Virginia racing commission.
(e) No association or licensee qualifying for the alternate tax provision of subsection (b), section ten of this article is eligible for participation in any of the provisions of thissection:
Provided, however, That the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a thoroughbred race track at which the licenses has participated in the West Virginia Thoroughbred Development Fund for a period of more than four consecutive calendar years prior to the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two.
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