Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
230.230,
230.240
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
230.240(1) authorizes the
executive director of the commission to employ staff deemed by the executive
director to be essential at or in connection with any horse race meeting and in
the best interest of racing. This administrative regulation establishes the
positions and duties of certain commission staff members.
Section 1. Stewards and Judges. The
commission shall employ:
(1) A chief state
steward and presiding judge, responsible for overall supervision of commission
matters pertaining to horse racing; and
(2) A state steward and state judge,
responsible for commission matters at horse racing meetings to which he or she
is assigned and for other duties as may be directed.
Section 2. Commission Licensing
Administrator.
(1) The commission shall
employ a person who shall be responsible for:
(a) Processing license applications of
persons required to be licensed by
810 KAR
3:020; and
(b) Collecting licensing fees.
(2) The licensing administrator or
his or her assistants shall:
(a) Be present
on association grounds prior to the opening of a race meeting to accept license
applications;
(b) Maintain an
office on association grounds to accept license applications during the race
meeting;
(c) File daily reports to
the commission to include:
1. A list of
license applications; and
2. An
accounting of fees received:
(d) Forward fees to the commission;
and
(e) Be responsible for
photographing license applicants for whom same is required.
Section 3. Commission
Director of Pari-mutuel Wagering.
(1) The
commission shall employ or designate a supervisor who shall be responsible for:
(a) Verifying daily handle for live wagering,
simulcast wagering, advance deposit wagering, and historical horse racing
wagering;
(b) Reviewing advance
deposit wagering and totalizator license applications;
(c) Overseeing wagering
investigations;
(d) Testing
totalizator services before each race meeting, and ensuring that totalizator
standards are met;
(e) Reviewing
requests for new pari-mutuel wagers;
(f) Submitting reports to the Department of
Revenue summarizing wagering activities;
(g) Reviewing tax statements and totalizator
reports for accuracy;
(h)
Implementing pari-mutuel wagering policies and procedures; and
(i) Performing other duties related to
pari-mutuel wagering as the commission or the executive director may
assign.
(2) The
commission director of pari-mutuel wagering or his or her representative shall
have access to association books, records, and pari-mutuel equipment.
Section 4. Commission
Veterinarian. The commission shall employ a veterinarian licensed in Kentucky
and experienced in equine medicine and practice.
(1) The commission veterinarian shall:
(a) Advise the commission on matters related
to equine health and the practice of veterinary medicine;
(b) Supervise and control the detention
area;
(c) Direct and supervise the
collection of samples for the testing of horses for prohibited
medication;
(d) Inspect and record
findings concerning racing soundness for horses entered;
(e) Maintain and post on the commission
website the veterinarian's list of horses that are ineligible to race because
of sickness or unsoundness;
(f)
Report observed cruel or inhumane treatment of horses to the
stewards;
(g) Be attendant on the
stewards and the racing secretary at scratch time each day;
(h) Examine horses as racing officials may
request;
(i) Make prompt reports to
racing officials;
(j) Be present in
the paddock for saddling;
(k)
Inspect the horses for:
1. Physical
fitness;
2. General conditions;
and
3. Any unsoundness;
(l) Accompany each field to the
starting gate;
(m) Observe horses
after the finish of each field.
(2) The commission veterinarian shall have
the authority to determine that:
(a) A horse
has suffered an injury:
1. While in the
paddock;
2. During the post parade;
or
3. At the starting gate;
and
(b) A horse is unfit
to race. Upon such a determination, the commission veterinarian shall recommend
to the stewards that the horse be excused and placed on the veterinarian's
list.
(3) Upon the
request of the stewards or judges, a horse requested to be scratched for
physical reasons after scratch time shall be inspected by a commission
veterinarian, who shall report the condition of the horse to the stewards or
judges.
(4) Except as provided in
810
KAR 8:010, Section 6, the commission veterinarian
shall not:
(a) Treat, prescribe, or sell any
drug supplies for any horse registered to race at a race track where the
veterinarian is employed, except in case of emergency;
(b) Buy or sell, for himself or another, a
horse under his or her supervision;
(c) Be employed by or receive any
compensation whether directly or indirectly from any licensed owner or
trainer;
(d) Wager on a race under
his or her supervision;
(e) Sell
Equine insurance; or
(f) Be
licensed to participate in racing in any other capacity.
Section 5. Commission Director of
Enforcement. The commission shall employ an investigator experienced in police
work who shall:
(1) Maintain a current file
on persons against whom rulings have been issued in racing jurisdictions and
reported through the Association of Racing Commissioners International and the
breed registry organization applicable to the horse. The file shall as
necessary contain reports:
(a) Received from
law enforcement agencies as to investigations, arrest records, and related
information; and
(b) As to
ejections or exclusions from association grounds in Kentucky and other racing
jurisdictions;
(2)
Investigate and ascertain the truth of statements made on license
applications;
(3) Investigate
possible infractions of racing rules at the request of the commission or
stewards;
(4) Participate and
cooperate with members of the track security, and state and local police on
other investigations and conduct pertaining to racing in the
Commonwealth;
(5) Investigate and
perform background checks on any person on association grounds or any license
applicant whose conduct or reputation reflects on the honesty and integrity of
thoroughbred racing or interferes with the orderly conduct of thoroughbred
racing; and
(6) Perform such other
duties related to security and enforcement as the commission or the executive
director may direct.
Section
6. Director of Incentives and Development. The commission shall
employ a director of incentives and development who shall:
(1) Oversee the operation of statutory
breeders' incentive and development funds; and
(2) Perform such other duties as the
commission or the executive director may direct.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
230.240(1)