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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="11-524" title_number="11" title_name="Horse Racing" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Thoroughbred Racing">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall issue a special thoroughbred racing license to the State Fair Society to hold a race meeting.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The race meeting shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>last not more than 10 days in a calendar year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be held with or for the benefit of the State Fair or a county fair or agricultural exhibition; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>comply with this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The State Fair Society shall pay to the county treasurer of the county where the fair or exhibition is held, for the use of the county, a fee of $50 for each racing day of the race meeting.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commission may authorize the State Fair Society to transfer a race meeting from the State Fair Society’s own track to the track of a mile thoroughbred racing licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on receipt of the appropriate license fees; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>with the express consent of the owner or lessee of the track to which the transfer is made.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the State Fair Society ends special thoroughbred racing at the Timonium Race Course, the racing days that were awarded to it may be awarded to a mile thoroughbred licensee on the same terms as the additional racing days under § 11-511 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If racing is discontinued at the Timonium Race Course:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>compensation may not be paid to the State Fair Society to offset revenue loss from the discontinuance of racing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>payment of the grant to Baltimore County under § 11-403 of this title shall end.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
