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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="11-615" title_number="11" title_name="Horse Racing" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Harness Racing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>From a licensee’s share of the takeout on each mutuel pool, the licensee whose average handle is over $600,000 shall allocate equally to the Sires Stakes Program and the Foaled Stakes Program of the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund the following amounts:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on the first $125,000 of the average handle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="0">
          <text>50% of each regular mutuel pool;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="0">
          <text>50% of each multiple mutuel pool on 2 horses; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>1% of each multiple mutuel pool on 3 or more horses.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on the rest of the average handle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>1% of each regular mutuel pool;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>1% of each multiple mutuel pool on 2 horses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>5% of each multiple mutuel pool on 3 or more horses.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>From the licensee’s share of the takeout, the licensee shall allocate 0.50% on the part of an average handle over $150,000 to pay for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>purses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>personnel–related expenses, physical improvements, track maintenance, and indebtedness related to the track, including indebtedness for clubhouse and grandstand construction; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>maintenance of proper living conditions in the backstretch.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>From the licensee’s share of the takeout, the licensee shall allocate 0.25% of each mutuel pool to improve the facilities and services of the track and to increase marketing activity, so as to promote:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>increased attendance and pari–mutuel betting; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>enhanced well–being of the standardbred racing industry.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The General Assembly, by statute, may direct that the Commission not award in the following calendar year part or all of the racing days authorized under § 11–610 of this part to the licensee if the General Assembly finds that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the proposed use of the allocation under this subsection is inconsistent with the purposes specified in this section; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the licensee has not spent the allocation in a way that is consistent with the proposal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>From the licensee’s share of the takeout on each multiple mutuel pool on 2 horses, the licensee shall allocate at least 1% of the mutuel pool as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>one–half to purses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>one–half to personnel–related expenses, physical improvements, track maintenance, and indebtedness related to the track, including indebtedness for clubhouse and grandstand construction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>From the licensee’s share of the takeout on each multiple mutuel pool on 3 or more horses, a licensee shall allocate at least 6.5% of each mutuel pool as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>one–half to purses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>one–half to personnel–related expenses, physical improvements, track maintenance, and indebtedness related to the track, including indebtedness for clubhouse and grandstand construction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
