A. No person shall knowingly enter or cause to be entered for competition any horse under any other name than its true name, or out of its proper class, for any purse, prize, premium, stake, or sweepstakes offered to the winner of a contest of speed at any race meeting held by an organization licensee.
B. The name of any horse, for the purpose of entry for competition in any contest of speed, shall be the name under which the horse has been registered and has publicly performed.
C. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or be imprisoned for a period of not more than ten (10) years or both said fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 11, § 32, emerg. eff. March 22, 1983. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 113, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 46, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 113 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.