Current through 2024 Session Acts Chapter 111 and 2024 Special Session Acts Chapter 4
Section 74-8829 - Horse breeding development fund(a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Kansas horse breeding development fund to which moneys shall be credited as provided by this act. Expenditures from such fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the chairperson of the commission or a person designated by the chairperson.(b) Moneys credited to the Kansas horse breeding development fund, including any moneys in the fund on March 24, 1994, and any moneys credited to the fund on or after that date, shall be apportioned into categories corresponding with the various breeds of horses which are participating in live races with parimutuel wagering conducted by organization licensees in direct proportion to the number of horses in each category participating in such live races and shall be used in each category to provide: (1) Purse supplements to owners of Kansas-bred horses;(2) stakes and awards to be paid to the owners of the winning Kansas-bred horses in certain races as determined by the commission;(3) a stallion award to each owner of a Kansas-registered stallion which is the sire of a Kansas-bred horse if such horse wins or wins, places or shows in any race conducted at a Kansas race meeting, but no such award shall be paid to the owner of a Kansas stallion that served outside Kansas at any time during the calendar year in which the winning Kansas-bred horse was conceived;(4) a breeder's award to each owner of a Kansas-registered mare which is the dam of a Kansas-bred horse if such horse wins or wins, places or shows in any race conducted at a Kansas race meeting; and(5) moneys for equine research through institutions of higher education under the state board of regents.L. 1987, ch. 112, § 28; L. 1991, ch. 247, § 7; L. 1994, ch. 228, § 3; L. 1994, ch. 332, § 3; May 19.