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1996 SESSION
HB 1491 Racing Commission; steeplechase license.
Introduced by: Joe T. May | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Virginia Racing Commission; steeplechase license. Confers permissive authority on the Commission to grant a license, notwithstanding the results of a local voter referendum, to the owner or operator of a steeplechase facility for the purpose of conducting pari-mutuel wagering at steeplechase race meetings, provided that, prior to making application for such license, (i) the steeplechase facility has been sanctioned by the National Steeplechase Association (NSA) and (ii) the owner or operator has been granted tax-exempt status under § 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Currently, NSA has sanctioned only 12 such facilities throughout the Commonwealth. It is anticipated that this bill would affect only one such facility, i.e., Morven Park in Loudoun County, which is owned and operated by the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation, Inc., a tax-exempt charitable foundation.
FULL TEXT
- 01/22/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 963387340 pdf
- 02/01/96 House: Committee substitute printed 964431340-H1 pdf
- 03/11/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1491ER) pdf
- 04/12/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/22/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 963387340
- 01/22/96 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/24/96 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 6
- 02/01/96 House: Reported from General Laws with sub. (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/96 House: Committee substitute printed 964431340-H1
- 02/02/96 House: Read first time
- 02/05/96 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/96 House: Read second time
- 02/06/96 House: Committee substitute agreed to 964431340-H1
- 02/06/96 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/06/96 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 964431340-H1
- 02/07/96 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/08/96 House: Read third time and passed House (70-Y 27-N)
- 02/08/96 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (70-Y 27-N)
- 02/08/96 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/09/96 Senate: Read first time
- 02/09/96 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/21/96 Senate: Reported from General Laws with amd. (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/22/96 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/96 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/96 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/96 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/23/96 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/23/96 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/26/96 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/96 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/26/96 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 3-N)
- 02/26/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (36-Y 3-N)
- 02/27/96 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/28/96 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (75-Y 24-N)
- 02/28/96 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (75-Y 24-N)
- 03/11/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1491ER)
- 03/15/96 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/16/96 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/18/96 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/05/96 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 663 (effective 7/1/96)
- 04/12/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663)