Oregon Statutes 462.067 – License and other fees for race meets not subject to ORS 462.057 and 462.062
All licensees of race meets except those subject to ORS § 462.057 and 462.062 shall make payments as follows:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 462.067
- Commission: means the Oregon Racing Commission. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
- Gross mutuel wagering: means all mutuel wagering that is made in person:
(a) At the race course of a race meet licensee;
(b) At an off-race course mutuel wagering location approved by the commission; or
(c) Through account wagering authorized under ORS § 462. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
- Licensee: means a person, partnership, corporation, political subdivision, municipal corporation or any other body holding a license under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
- Mutuel: means a system whereby:
(a) Wagers with respect to the outcome of a race are placed with a wagering pool in which the participants are not wagering against the operator; and
(b) The operator distributes to one or more winning participants the total amount in the wagering pool, less amounts deducted by the operator as approved by the commission. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
- Race: includes races conducted without wagering, provided one or more races in the meet are conducted with wagering. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
- Race course: means all the premises used in connection with the conduct of a race meet, including but not limited to, the race track, grandstands, paddock, stables, kennels and all other buildings and grounds adjacent to or appurtenant to the physical limits of the race track. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
- Race meet: means any exhibition of animal racing where the mutuel system is used in conjunction with any race. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
(1) License fee ‘ $100 per racing day, payable to the Oregon Racing Commission.
(2) Percentage of gross mutuel wagering payable to the commission ‘ 1.6 percent.
(3) Percentage of gross mutuel wagering on greyhound races payable to the Oregon Greyhound Breeders Association, Incorporated ‘ 0.5 percent for purse supplements for owners of Oregon bred greyhounds, to be apportioned among the owners, in accordance with the rules of the commission and subject to approval by the commission, in the same ratio that each owner’s purses for Oregon bred greyhounds for the race meet bears to the total purses for Oregon bred greyhounds for the race meet. Subject to the prior written approval of the commission, the Oregon Greyhound Breeders Association, Incorporated, may use a portion of the funds received pursuant to this section and ORS § 462.057 (1)(d)(B) to offset expenses for receipt, accounting, handling and payment of those funds.
(4) To a special fund to be used primarily for the development and operation of a training track and related facilities upon which to train greyhounds ‘ 0.1 percent. All such funds shall be retained by the licensee in a separate account from all other funds and no disbursements or transfers shall be made therefrom without prior approval of the commission. All physical improvements paid from such funds shall satisfy reasonable fire, health, quality and construction standards established or approved by the commission. Unless the commission provides otherwise, such improvements shall be made on the race course of the race meet licensee. [1969 c.356 § 8; 1975 c.550 § 4; 1977 c.855 § 8; 1979 c.698 § 3; 1981 c.544 § 6; 1987 c.413 § 21; 1993 c.682 § 3; 1996 c.15 § 1]