HB607: AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering and making an appropriation therefor.

Legislative Summary

Amend KRS 138.510 to change the tax rate beginning August 1, 2022 on all tracks conducting pari-mutuel wagering, tracks conducting telephone account wagering, tracks participating as receiving tracks in intertrack wagering, and all tracks participating as receiving tracks displaying simulcasts and conducting interstate wagering thereon to 1.5 percent of all money wagered and to specify deductions from the revenue generated; amend KRS 138.513 to impose a tax beginning August 1, 2022 on all advance deposit account wagering licensees of 1.5 percent of all amounts wagered through the licensee by Kentucky residents; amend KRS 139.200 to exempt admission at tracks licensed under KRS Chapter 230 from the admission tax; amend KRS 137.190, 138.224, 138.226, 138.270, 138.344, 138.655, 138.675, 138.990, and 230.240 to conform; amend KRS 230.260 to require the racing commission to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a self-exclusion list and exempt the list from open records requirements, require historical horse racing machines to clearly display wagering information and clearly designate a method by which a player can make a choice in their wager; amend KRS 230.360 to conform; amend KRS 230.3615 to require breaks to be calculated to the penny; amend 230.378 and 230.380 to conform; amend KRS 230.400 to remove restrictions on races that may receive purse supplements; amend KRS 230.550 to include equine industry programs at the University of Louisville, the University of Kentucky, and the Bluegrass Community and Technical College in the fund; amend KRS 230.750 to require breaks to be calculated to the penny; amend KRS 230.770 to remove restriction on the standardbred development fund limiting it to races that admit only Kentucky-bred horses; amend KRS 230.781 and 230.783 to conform; repeal KRS 138.480, 138.490, and 230.555.