Sec. 22-410. Awards to breeders of winning race horses. Establishment of Connecticut Breeders' Fund.
Sec. 22-410. Awards to breeders of winning race horses. Establishment of
Connecticut Breeders' Fund. The Department of Agriculture and the Division of Special Revenue, within the limitations of funds available, may offer cash awards to the
breeders of Connecticut-bred horses which officially finish in first place in horse races
conducted in this state where pari-mutuel betting is permitted and to those which finish
first, second or third in horse races where pari-mutuel betting is permitted and the total
purse is twenty thousand dollars or more, and to owners at the time of service of the
stallions which sired such horses. Such awards shall be paid from the Connecticut Breeders' Fund to be administered by the department and the division. Said fund shall consist
of revenues derived from pari-mutuel betting in such races in the state, both on and off-track, consisting of twenty-five per cent of the tax derived from the breakage of the
state's share of the tax derived from such races, pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection
(d) of section 12-575, with a limit set for the fund not to exceed fifty thousand dollars
in any fiscal year.
(P.A. 74-335, S. 1; P.A. 79-404, S. 36, 45; P.A. 80-482, S. 342, 343, 345, 348; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f);
P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 79-404 replaced commission on special revenue with division of special revenue within the department
of business regulation; P.A. 80-482 placed division within department of revenue services and deleted reference to abolished
department of business regulation; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Department of Agriculture with Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.