Ariz. Admin. Code § 19-2-201

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 25, June 21, 2024

Section R19-2-201 - Racing Regulation Fund

The Racing Regulation Fund, established by A.R.S. § 5-113.01, and administered by the Department of Racing, shall collect funding for regulation of racing from the pari-mutuel racing industry from the sources listed below. The Department shall review assessments from each source at least twice a year for the purposes of meeting its budget.

1. Annual license fees established by the Department and set forth in R19-2-202, except for those fees deposited to the Greyhound Adoption Fund pursuant to A.R.S. § 5-113(H).

2. A regulatory assessment based on the number of dark days on which wagering is conducted in excess of live racing days for each racetrack permittee issued a racing permit. The assessment shall be in an amount established by the Department and set forth in R19-2-204.

3. A regulatory assessment from all racetracks that have been issued a commercial racing permit to be paid from the amount deducted by the permittee from pari-mutuel pools. The assessment amount may be deducted from pari-mutuel pools in addition to the amounts the permittee is authorized to deduct in A.R.S. § 5-111(C). The assessment shall be based on amounts wagered on live and simulcast races from in-state and out-of-state wagering handled by the permittee in an amount established by the Department, and as set forth in R19-2-205. A permittee shall not reduce the amounts payable to the Department under this subsection for hardship tax credits under A.R.S. § 5-111(I) or for capital improvement credits under A.R.S. §§ 5-111.02 and 5-111.03.

4. License fees collected pursuant to A.R.S. § 5-230(A).

5. The overpayment of a regulatory assessment by a permittee shall be credited to and may be deducted from any regulatory assessment payment due from the permittee in the current fiscal or the following fiscal year.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R19-2-201

New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 1484, effective July 20, 2011 (Supp. 11-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 18 A.A.R. 3260, effective November 16, 2012 (Supp. 12-4).