# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 11. Horse Racing

### Subtitle 3. Licensing and Responsibilities of Licensees

#### Section 11-317

(a) Before a license or racing days may be transferred to a buyer or a lessee of a track:

  (1) the Legislative Policy Committee shall have been notified at least 15 days before the transfer;

  (2) the Legislative Policy Committee, if it has chosen to do so, shall have provided comment to the Commission about the transfer; and

  (3) the transfer shall have been approved by the Commission.

(b) At least 30 days before the owner of a track enters into a contract to sell the track, the owner shall provide confidential notice of the contract to the governing body of the jurisdiction where the track is located.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)