(a) No association shall hold or conduct any horse or dog race meeting at which horse or dog racing is permitted for any purse unless such association possesses a license therefor from the West Virginia Racing Commission and complies with the provisions of this article and all reasonable rules and regulations of such Racing Commission.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the provisions of this article shall not be construed to prevent in any way the use without a license of any grounds, enclosure or racetrack owned and controlled by any association for any local, county or state fair, horse show or agriculture or livestock exposition, even though horse or dog racing be there conducted, if the pari-mutuel system of wagering upon the results of such horse or dog racing is neither permitted nor conducted with the knowledge or acquiescence of the association conducting such horse or dog racing.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing
§19-23-6. Powers and Authority of Racing Commission
§19-23-7a. Applicants for Licenses and Permits to Provide Fingerprints
§19-23-8c. Local Option Election Procedure; Form of Ballot or Ballot Labels; Effect of Such Election
§19-23-10. Daily License Tax; Pari-Mutuel Pools Tax; How Taxes Paid; Alternate Tax; Credits
§19-23-12. License to Be in Lieu of All Other License, etc., Taxes; Exception
§19-23-12a. Pari-Mutuel Wagering on Interstate and Intrastate Horse and Dog Racing
§19-23-12b. Televised Racing Days; Merging of Pari-Mutuel Wagering Pools
§19-23-12c. Interstate Simulcasts by Licensed Racetracks
§19-23-12e. Licensing of Advance Deposit Account Wagering
§19-23-13a. West Virginia Bonus Race Fund
§19-23-13c. Expenditure of Racetrack Video Lottery Distribution
§19-23-14. Disposition of Permit Fees, Registration Fees and Civil Penalties
§19-23-15. Investigation by Racing Commission; Suspension or Revocation of License or Permit
§19-23-18. Horse and Dog Racetrack Construction Permits; Application Therefor
§19-23-20. Petition for Local Option Election
§19-23-21. Local Option Election Procedure; Form of Ballots or Ballot Labels
§19-23-23. Further Elections Restricted
§19-23-25. Application to Enjoin Violations
§19-23-26. Offenses and Penalties
§19-23-28. Effect of Article on Existing Rules and Regulations, Licenses and Permits