Terms Used In Michigan Laws 431.319a

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Purse pool: means an amount of money allocated or apportioned to pay prizes for horse races and from which payments may be made to certified horsemen's organizations as provided in this act. See Michigan Laws 431.302
  • racing commissioner: means the executive director of the Michigan gaming control board appointed under section 4 of the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 431.302
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  If a track license is surrendered, revoked, or escrowed, or a licensed track is closed, the racing commissioner shall order the horsemen’s purse pool money from the track be transferred to a depository designated by a race meeting licensee on written direction of the affected certified horsemen’s organization regardless of whether there was racing at the race meeting licensee’s location during the previous year. The money must be transferred to the horsemen’s simulcast purse account at any licensed racetrack in this state where the affected certified horsemen’s organization subsequently obtains a written contract for live horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering. If the affected certified horsemen’s organization does not enter into a written contract for live horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering at a track in this state within 36 months after the date when the horsemen’s simulcast purse account money can be transferred under this section, the money must be equally divided between the horsemen’s simulcast purse accounts at the licensed tracks in this state conducting pari-mutuel wagering on the results of horse races. The racing commissioner may rescind or modify any existing escrow orders to carry out this section.