Section 19641.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any redistributable money in a parimutuel pool subject to payment to a claimant pursuant to Section 19598, but not successfully claimed within that period, shall be paid to the board, as follows:

(1) An estimated payment equal to 20 percent of the preceding year's unclaimed redistributable money paid pursuant to this subdivision shall be paid to the board on July 1, October 1, January 1, and April 1, or the next business day thereafter.

(2) On May 30, or the next business day thereafter, of the year following the close of any horseracing meeting, the association shall pay to the board all of the redistributable funds that are owed it pursuant to this subdivision, less any estimated payments made pursuant to paragraph (1).

The money received by the board under this subdivision resulting from thoroughbred, harness, or quarter horse meetings, but excluding the meetings of the California Exposition and State Fair or of a county, district agricultural association, or citrus fruit fair, shall be used by the board to support research on matters pertaining to horseracing and racetrack security, but this money is subject to annual budgetary review by the Legislature. All of the redistributable money received by the board from other meetings shall be paid immediately into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.

(b) One-half of the redistributable money resulting from the thoroughbred, harness, or quarter horse meetings, but excluding the meetings of the California Exposition and State Fair or county, district agricultural association, or citrus fruit fair meetings, shall be distributed to a welfare fund established for the benefit of horsemen and backstretch personnel, as follows:

(1) An estimated payment equal to 20 percent of the preceding year's unclaimed redistributable money distributed pursuant to this subdivision shall be distributed to the welfare fund on July 1, October 1, January 1, and April 1, or the next business day thereafter.

(2) On May 30, or the next business day thereafter, of the year following the close of any horseracing meeting, the association shall pay to the welfare fund all of the redistributable funds that are owed it pursuant to this subdivision, less any estimated payments made pursuant to paragraph (1).

The welfare fund shall make an accounting to the board within one calendar year of the receipt of the payment.

(c) Except as provided in subdivision (a) or (b), any remaining redistributable money in a parimutuel pool subject to payment to a claimant pursuant to Section 19598, but not successfully claimed within the period specified in that section, shall be distributed one-half to the board, for the purposes specified and in the manner specified in subdivision (a), and one-half to the welfare fund established by the horsemen's organization described in subdivision (b) in the manner specified in subdivision (b).

(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 248, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)