(1) Subject to section 44-32-702 (1), for the privilege of conducting racing under a license issued under and of operating an in-state simulcast facility pursuant to this article 32, a licensee for the racing of greyhounds and an operator of an in-state simulcast facility that receives simulcast races of greyhounds shall pay to the department through the division four and one-half percent of the gross receipts derived from pari-mutuel wagering during any such race meet or placed on the simulcast races that are received through a live greyhound track.
(2) (a) (I) For the privilege of conducting racing under a license issued under and of operating an in-state simulcast facility pursuant to this article 32, a licensee for the racing of horses and an operator of an in-state simulcast facility that receives simulcast races of horses or greyhounds pursuant to section 44-32-602 (4)(a)(I) shall pay to the department through the division three-fourths of one percent of the gross receipts of the pari-mutuel wagering at any race meet or placed on the simulcast races; except that a licensee for the racing of horses at a class B track race meet shall pay to the department through the division three-fourths of one percent of the gross receipts of the pari-mutuel wagering at any such race meet.
(II) (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2)(a)(II)(B) of this section, in addition to the amount paid to the department through the division in subsection (2)(a)(I) of this section, a licensee for the racing of horses and an operator of an in-state simulcast facility that receives simulcast races of horses or greyhounds pursuant to section 44-32-602 (4)(a)(I) shall pay to Colorado state university for allocation to its school of veterinary medicine one-fourth of one percent of the gross receipts of all pari-mutuel wagering, except on win, place, or show, at the horse race meet or placed on the simulcast races, to be used for racing-related equine research. To receive research funding under this subsection (2)(a)(II), an institution or individual must describe and report to the commission on all projects upon completion.
(B) In the case of pari-mutuel wagers on greyhound simulcast signals received by a class B track, in lieu of the amounts otherwise payable to Colorado state university pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(II)(A) of this section, the licensee shall instead pay an equivalent amount into a trust account for distribution in accordance with rules of the commission under section 44-32702 (1)(e)(I).
In addition to any money to be paid pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section, alicensee for the racing of horses and an operator of an in-state simulcast facility that receives simulcast races of horses or greyhounds pursuant to section 44-32-602 (4)(a)(I) shall pay to a trust account one-half of one percent of the gross receipts of pari-mutuel wagering on win, place, and show and one and one-half percent of the gross receipts from all other pari-mutuel wagering at any such race meet or placed on the simulcast races for the horse breeders' and owners' awards and supplemental purse fund established in section 44-32-705.
(I) The operator of a simulcast facility that receives simulcast races of horses orgreyhounds pursuant to section 44-32-602 (4)(a)(I) shall retain five percent of the gross receipts of pari-mutuel wagering placed on the simulcast races at that facility, to be used to cover the particular expenses incurred in operating a simulcast facility.
(II) Of the five percent of gross receipts retained pursuant to subsection (2)(c)(I) of this section, the operator of a simulcast facility that is not located at a class B track and that receives simulcast races of horses shall remit to the operator of the class B track from which the simulcast races were received one-fifth, representing one percent of the gross receipts of pari-mutuel wagering placed on the simulcast races at the simulcast facility.
(3) For the purpose of encouraging the breeding, within the state, of race horses registered within their breeds, at least one race of each day's live horse race meet shall consist exclusively of Colorado-bred horses, if Colorado-bred horses are available. This requirement shall not apply to an in-state simulcast facility that is a horse track and that receives simulcast races of horses on any given race meet day but does not conduct a live horse race on such day.
Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1024), ch. 26, p. 312, § 2, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-60-701 as it existed prior to 2018.