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§3A-205.6a.


§3A-205.6a.
   
   A. Any organization licensee shall file with the Oklahoma Horse Racing
   Commission its plan to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a facility or
   facilities located outside the organization licensee's racing
   enclosure. Such pari-mutuel wagering may be conducted at any time as
   authorized by the Commission. The conducting of pari-mutuel wagering
   at a facility outside the organization licensee's enclosure is subject
   to the following:
   
   1. Pari-mutuel wagering shall be permitted only in a county which
   approves or has approved the conducting of pari-mutuel horse racing in
   that county pursuant to the provisions of Section 209 of this title;
   
   2. Pari-mutuel wagering conducted by an organization licensee shall
   not be permitted within thirty (30) miles of another organization
   licensee's racing enclosure without the express permission granted by
   the other organization licensee;
   
   3. All pari-mutuel wagering facilities located outside any
   organization licensee's racing enclosure shall be operated in
   accordance with all applicable rules of the Oklahoma Horse Racing
   Commission Rules of Racing (Pari-Mutuel Edition);
   
   4. The organization licensee sending its racing signal to a facility
   or facilities outside its racing enclosure may combine the pari-mutuel
   pools of all facilities with those of the organization licensee for
   the purpose of determining odds and computing payoffs. The amount of
   money to be retained and distributed by the organization licensee and
   to be remitted to the Oklahoma Tax Commission from money wagered
   pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be the same as set
   forth in paragraph 1 of subsection B, in subsection D, and in
   subsection E of Section 205.6 of this title and in Section 208.2 of
   this title;
   
   5. One percent (1%) of the total monies wagered at a facility other
   than an organization licensee's racing enclosure shall be distributed
   from the amount retained pursuant to paragraph 4 of this subsection as
   follows:
   
   a. ten percent (10%) to the State Auditor and Inspector for the
   purpose of auditing such facilities, and
   
   b. forty-five percent (45%) to the county in which the facility is
   located, and
   
   c. forty-five percent (45%) to the city in which the facility is
   located, or
   
   d. if the facility is not located within the corporate limits of any
   city, ninety percent (90%) to the county in which the facility is
   located;
   
   6. The distribution for purses at facilities other than an
   organization licensee's racing enclosures shall be:
   
   a. six and one-half percent (6.5%) of total handle during the first
   thirty-six (36) months after the opening of a facility in a county,
   and
   
   b. seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of total handle thereafter.
   
   Upon completion of three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar days since
   the opening of a facility in a county, the thirty-six-month period
   commences retroactive to the opening of that facility. If the facility
   does not operate for three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar days, a
   new facility may be opened and operated, with the thirty-six-month
   period commencing consistent with this paragraph. If a facility
   terminates operation after the three-hundred-sixty-fifth calendar day,
   all days shall be allotted to subsequent facilities not to exceed one
   thousand ninety-five (1,095) calendar days per facility; and
   
   7. The organization licensee, after the distribution to the Oklahoma
   Tax Commission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4 of this
   subsection and distributions pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of this
   subsection, shall retain the balance of the monies wagered.
   
   B. Notification by an organization licensee to conduct pari-mutuel
   wagering at a facility or facilities outside of the organization
   licensee's racing enclosure shall be made annually to the Oklahoma
   Horse Racing Commission. An organization licensee may make an original
   notification to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a facility or
   facilities outside of the organization licensee's racing enclosure at
   any time.
   
   C. All persons employed in the actual conduct of pari-mutuel wagering
   at a facility outside an organization licensee's racing enclosure
   shall be licensed by the Commission, consistent with Section 204.2 of
   this title.
   
   D. Breakage and unclaimed ticket proceeds shall be distributed in the
   manner applicable to the races of the racing program of the
   organization licensee sending the racing program.
   

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