Section 19491.

(a) Subject to Sections 19491.5 and 19491.6, and except as provided in Section 19491.7, every association which conducts a racing meeting shall pay as an additional license fee one-half of the breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 on the first twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000) or less, excluding wagering at a satellite wagering facility, of the total amount handled in the parimutuel pools relating to its meeting and all of the breakage deducted on amounts so handled in excess of twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000), excluding wagering at a satellite wagering facility.

(b) Every association which conducts a racing meeting shall distribute the remaining one-half of the breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 on the first twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000) or less, excluding wagering at a satellite wagering facility, of the total amount handled in the parimutuel pools relating to the meeting as additional purses and for additional commissions in the same proportion, as between purses and commissions, as provided in Sections 19611, 19612, 19612.6, and 19614.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), one-half of all the breakage deducted pursuant to Section 19597 at fair racing meetings shall be retained and distributed as additional commissions.

Payment of the fee shall be made weekly on account during each meeting, and the amount attributable to breakage shall be reported as a separate item.

(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1082, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2001.)