Code of Alabama
Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities.
Section 11-65-30.1 - Commission Greyhound Racing Days.

(a) During each calendar year, a greyhound racing operator shall be required to designate three racing days ("commission racing days") on which such operator will conduct a performance or program of greyhound racing and will pay to the commission the "gross profit" (as hereafter defined in this section) derived by the operator on such days from greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon, including the sale of food, drink, programs and other items to the public in attendance and charges made for parking. In the event that a greyhound racing operator conducts greyhound racing for only part of a calendar year, one racing day shall be required for each period of four months or portion thereof in which such operator conducts greyhound racing during such calendar year. A greyhound racing operator shall be required to designate and conduct four commission racing days in any calendar year, beginning with the calendar year next succeeding the first full calendar year of greyhound racing conducted by an operator under license from the commission, with respect to which the greyhound racing handle in the next preceding year was less than $150,000,000.00. The commission racing days designated by the greyhound racing operator shall be subject to approval by the commission, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The commission racing days shall be spaced at intervals during the calendar year so that all will not occur in the same calendar season. The greyhound racing operator will give written notice to the commission of the commission racing days proposed for a calendar year not later than 30 days after the beginning of such calendar year. The commission may approve the proposed commission racing days or make a counter proposal to the greyhound racing operator for different days and, in connection therewith, shall state its reasons for desiring different days. If the commission's counter proposal is not acceptable to the greyhound racing operator, the commission and the operator shall negotiate in good faith to determine mutually acceptable commission racing days for the current calendar year, but if agreement cannot be reached as the year continues, the operator shall be released from the obligation to hold one commission racing day for every four months that elapse from the beginning of such year (or one commission racing day for every three months in calendar years entitled to four commission racing days). The commission shall be prohibited from taking any regulatory action with respect to the greyhound racing operator for the purpose of coercing agreement on commission racing days demanded by the commission.
(b) As used with reference to a commission racing day, the term "gross profit" shall mean the amount computed by taking all revenues derived by the greyhound racing operator from greyhound racing conducted on such day (including the authorized "takeout" deductions from pari-mutuel pools, the proceeds from the sale of food, drink, programs, and other goods to the public in attendance, and parking charges) and deducting therefrom the sum of the following:

(c) All revenues derived by a commission from a commission racing day, including both the gross profits and the commission greyhound wagering fee referable to such day, shall, in the discretion of the commission, be included in the net commission revenues and disbursed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-65-36 or, alternatively, sequestered in a separate fund, against which no charge shall be allowed for any part of the commission's operating expenses, and disbursed to one or more public or governmental entities or nonsectarian charitable organizations (i.e., organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) that were identified as beneficiaries of such revenues prior to the date of such commission racing day. The commission shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations for evaluating and selecting public entities or charitable organizations to be beneficiaries of commission racing days.

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