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Horse and Dog Racing
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-1— License required for horse and dog racing and pari-mutuel wagering in connection therewith; exception
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-2— Permits required for horse and dog racetrack positions; residency requirements for employees of licensees
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-3— Definitions
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-4— West Virginia Racing Commission continued as a public corporation; composition; terms; vacancies; qualifications, expenses of members; principal office; meetings; election of officers; quorum; inspection of records; annual report
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-5— Executive director and other personnel; qualifications; terms; powers and duties; compensation and expenses
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-6— Powers and authority of Racing Commission
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-7— Application for license; forms; time for filing; disclosure required; verification; bond; application for permit
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-7a— Applicants for licenses and permits to provide fingerprints
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-8— Consideration of application for license or permit; issuance or denial; contents of license or permit; grounds for denial of application; determination of racing dates; license or permit not transferable or assignable; limitation on license; validity of permit
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-8a— Applications for Sunday racing; local option election procedures; protest procedures against approval
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-8b— Horse or dog racing after six o'clock postmeridian on Sundays; application therefor; tentative approval; publication of notice; petition for local option election; local option election procedure; effect of such election
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-8c— Local option election procedure; form of ballot or ballot labels; effect of such election
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-9— Pari-mutuel system of wagering authorized; licensee authorized to deduct commissions from pari-mutuel pools; retention of breakage; auditing; minors
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-10— Daily license tax; pari-mutuel pools tax; how taxes paid; alternate tax; credits
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-11— Revenues from horse racing and dog racing to be paid into a special account to fund commission expenses
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-12— License to be in lieu of all other license, etc., taxes; exception
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-12a— Pari-mutuel wagering on interstate and intrastate horse and dog racing
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-12b— Televised racing days; merging of pari-mutuel wagering pools
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-12c— Interstate simulcasts by licensed racetracks
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-12d— Simulcast races and pari-mutuel wagering at authorized gaming facility in historic resort hotel
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-12e— Licensing of advance deposit account wagering
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-13a— West Virginia bonus race fund
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-13b— West Virginia Thoroughbred Development Fund; distribution; restricted races; nonrestricted purse supplements; preference for West Virginia accredited thoroughbreds
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-13c— Expenditure of racetrack video lottery distribution
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-14— Disposition of permit fees, registration fees and civil penalties
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-15— Investigation by Racing Commission; suspension or revocation of license or permit
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-16— Entry of order suspending or revoking license or permit; service of order; contents; hearing; decision to be in writing
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-17— Judicial review; appeal to Supreme Court of Appeals; legal representation for Racing Commission
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-18— Horse and dog racetrack construction permits; application therefor
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-19— Tentative approval of application for construction permit; denial of application; publication of notice
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-20— Petition for local option election
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-21— Local option election procedure; form of ballots or ballot labels
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-22— Issuance or nonissuance of construction permit; duration of construction permit; transfer and assignment of construction permit
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-23— Further elections restricted
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-24— §§19-23-18 to 19-23-23 inapplicable to horse racetracks already constructed and established
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-25— Application to enjoin violations
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-26— Offenses and penalties
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-27— Repealer
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-28— Effect of article on existing rules and regulations, licenses and permits
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-29— Severability
- W. Va. Code § 19-23-30— Continuation of the Racing Commission