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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="11-819" title_number="11" title_name="Horse Racing" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Pari-Mutuel Betting">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The factors that the Commission shall consider in deciding whether to grant a permit shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the needs and convenience of the public;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>whether the satellite simulcast facility:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>would be expected to interfere unreasonably with attendance at tracks; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>meets the requirements of § 11–825(a) of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the desires of the political subdivision where the proposed satellite simulcast facility is to be located;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the interests of the racing industry; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>other matters that the Commission finds appropriate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before granting a permit, the Commission shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>hold a public hearing within 10 miles of the proposed satellite simulcast facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>advertise the date, time, and location of the public hearing in a local publication at least 30 days before the public hearing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide written notice of the date, time, and location of the public hearing to each of the Senators, Delegates, and county–elected officials that represent the jurisdiction within which the proposed satellite simulcast betting facility is to be located;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>post notice of the public hearing on the Commission’s Web site at least 30 days before the public hearing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>require the applicant, at least 30 days before the public hearing, to post a sign in a conspicuous location at the facility for which the application for the permit was submitted stating that an application is pending for use of the facility for satellite simulcast betting and specifying the date, time, and location of the public hearing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>request from the applicant a list of community associations that were notified of the public hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
