Ariz. Admin. Code § 19-2-205

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R19-2-205 - Regulatory Wagering Assessment of Pari-Mutuel Pools

A. The Department shall establish and collect a regulatory wagering assessment payable from the amounts deducted from pari-mutuel pools by the permittee, in addition to the amounts the permittee is authorized to deduct in A.R.S. § 5-111(C) from amounts wagered on all live and simulcast races from in-state and out-of-state wagering authorized by the Department to the permittee. A permittee shall not reduce the amounts payable to the Department under this subsection for hardship tax credit under A.R.S. § 5-111(I) or for capital improvement credits under A.R.S. §§ 5-111.02 and 5-111.03.

B. The regulatory wagering assessment for each racing meeting on all in-state and/or out-of-state, on-track, off-track, live, import and/or export wagers and/or wager types (the "RWA") shall be 0.75 percent from May 1 to September 30 of each year and, the RWA shall be 0.85 percent beginning October 1 of each year through April 30 of the next year.

C. Each permittee shall transmit its assessment daily, unless otherwise approved by the Department, to the Racing Regulation Fund beginning July 1, 2011. A report detailing the assessment shall be transmitted to the Director at the time the assessment is transmitted.

D. The Department may audit the permittee's pari-mutuel accounts periodically under the authority of A.R.S. § 5-104.01. The permittee shall cooperate fully with the Department during these audits.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R19-2-205

New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 1484, effective July 20, 2011 (Supp. 11-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 18 A.A.R. 1316, effective July 1, 2012 (Supp. 12-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 68, effective January 1, 2013 (Supp. 12-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 1767, effective July 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 717, effective 3/1/2014. Amended by exempt rulemaking at 21 A.A.R. 640, effective 4/20/2015. Amended by exempt rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 837, effective 3/20/2017.