DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 3, 2013, the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, has received the petition for declaratory statement from Petitioners Calder Race Course, Inc., and Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, Inc., in DBPR Case No. 2013020471 (DS 2013-035). The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Sections 550.002, .01215, .0251, .3351, and .6305, F.S., as they apply to the petitioners.
Petitioners seek a determination as to whether a “race meet” must consist of live racing, whether thoroughbred permitholders may amend their racing dates at any time after February 28 of each year, and whether, if a permitholder operates a “race meet” of three racing dates of three days a week from December 15 through May 3 of the following year and then on June 30, therefore allowing it to serve as a host track from July 1 to June 30 of the following year for importing signals of out-of-state thoroughbred races. Petitioners also seek a determination as to whether Section 3002 of the Interstate Horseracing Act requires a “full program” of live races on a specified day in order for a Florida licensed thoroughbred pari-mutuel permitholder to receive broadcasts of out-of-state races. Any person whose substantial interests may be affected by a declaratory statement on the subject matter of the Petition may file a motion to intervene within 21 days of the publication of this notice.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202, phone: (850)921-0342.
