[ Text of section effective until July 31, 2022. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; and 2021, 27, Sec. 14.]
Section 14B. Except as hereinafter provided, the state secretary shall, in addition to subdivisions A and B of the subdivided question provided for in section fourteen, cause to be placed on the official ballot to be used in the cities and towns of Berkshire county at the biennial state election in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and every fourth year thereafter, the following subdivided question:--
---------------- C. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed : YES. : : ---------------- horse races at county fairs be permitted in this county? : NO. : : ----------------
If a majority of the votes cast in Berkshire county in answer to subdivision C are in the affirmative, said county shall be taken to have authorized the licensing of horse races at county fairs therein at which the pari-mutuel system of betting shall be permitted.
The state secretary shall not cause the foregoing question to be placed on the ballot at any biennial state election if the voters in said county in response to said question have voted in the affirmative four consecutive times or in the negative four consecutive times, unless there has been filed with said secretary not later than the sixtieth day before the election at which the question is to be submitted, petitions, the forms of which may be obtained from said secretary, signed by registered voters of said county the total of which are equal in number to at least ten per cent of the total number of registered voters in said county. Such petitions shall be subject to the provisions of chapter fifty-three relative to initiative petitions.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation
Chapter 128a - Horse and Dog Racing Meetings
Section 2 - Application for License; Filing; Supplementary Application
Section 3 - Issuance of License; Contents; Conditions; Bond; Recording
Section 5 - Pari-Mutuel or Certificate System of Wagering; Licensee's Duties
Section 5a - Recovery of Winnings Upon Wagers; Actions; Unclaimed Winnings
Section 5b - Assessment for Operation of Commission; Refund
Section 5c - Account Wagering System; Betting Accounts; Licensee's Duties; Penalties
Section 6 - Records and Books of Wagers; Access; Financial Statements; Statements of Wagers
Section 9 - Power of Commission to Make Rules and Regulations
Section 9b - Rules and Regulations of the Commission; Emergency Rules and Regulations
Section 10a - Exclusion of Certain Persons
Section 10b - Falsely Making, Altering, Forging, Uttering or Publishing Pari-Mutuel Betting Tickets
Section 11 - Refusal to Grant, Suspension or Revocation of License
Section 11c - Sale of Ten per Cent or More of Stock; Notice; Approval
Section 12 - Compliance With Chapter
Section 13 - Penalties for Wagering or Betting at Race Track Except as Permitted by Chapter
Section 13b - Use of Drugs to Affect Speed of Dogs or Horses
Section 13c - Influencing Owner, Trainer, Jockey or Agent to Affect Result of Race
Section 14 - Granting Licenses; Petitions; Ballots; Vote of County
Section 14b - Additional Question on Ballots in Berkshire County
Section 14c - Additional Question on Ballots in Hampshire County