Section 19500 - Payment to exercise racehorse(a) A jockey who agrees to exercise a racehorse shall be paid no less than the standard rate that is paid to exercise riders unless the jockey has been employed to ride that racehorse in a parimutuel race or the jockey is engaged in an official timed and recorded workout. If there is a dispute over the standard rate for exercising a horse, the steward shall determine the rate.(b) The board shall adopt regulations no later than July 1, 2007, consistent with existing practice of the stewards, that provide both of the following: (1) Establish the circumstances under which a jockey is entitled to receive a mount fee when he or she is removed from a mount prior to scratch time.(2) Establish the circumstances under which a jockey is entitled to receive both a mount fee and the riding fee when he or she is removed from a mount after scratch time.(c) The paymaster of a racing association or racing fair shall not disburse any sum from a jockey's compensation to any person other than the jockey except with the written permission of the jockey, upon order of the board, or pursuant to a court or administrative order.(d) For the purposes of this section the following definitions apply: (1) "Scratch time" means the time designated by the purse agreement when final changes in racing programs must be made.(2) "Riding fee" means the amount of money, whether calculated as a percentage of the purse or by any other means, that is due to a jockey in addition to the jockey mount fee as a result of the performance of a racehorse in a race.(3) "Mount fee" is the fee that is paid a jockey who accepts a mount on a racehorse.Ca. Bus. and Prof'l. Code § 19500
Added by Stats 2005 ch 329 (AB 1180),s 2, eff. 1/1/2006.