Statute Text
License requirement; authority of commission to require fingerprints; rules.
(1) A person may not hold a race
meet without having first obtained and having in full force and effect a
license therefor issued by the Oregon Racing Commission.
(2) A trainer,
driver, jockey, apprentice jockey, horse owner, dog owner, exercise person,
agent, authorized agent, jockeys agent, stable foreman, groom, valet,
veterinarian, horseshoer, steward, stable guard, starter, timer, judge or other
person acting as a participant or official at any race meet, including all
employees of the pari-mutuel department, may not participate in race meets
without having first obtained and having in full force and effect a license
issued by the commission, pursuant to such rules as the commission shall make.
The commission by rule may require other employees of a race meet licensee who
are engaged in or performing duties at the race course to obtain a license
issued by the commission prior to engaging or performing such duties. The
commission by rule may also require persons, including corporations, who are
not employees of a race meet licensee, but who are authorized to do business at
the race course, to obtain a license issued by the commission prior to
conducting such business.
(3) A person may
not operate a public training track or public kennel for greyhounds
participating in a race meet without having first obtained and having in full
force and effect a license issued by the commission.
(4) The
commission may require each applicant for a license to be photographed and
shall require each applicant to be fingerprinted as part of the licensing
procedure for the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records
check under ORS 181A.195.
(5) Each person
holding a license under this chapter shall comply with all rules and orders of
the commission.
(6)
Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, the
commission, upon receipt of a written application for a license on forms
provided by the commission, may in its sound discretion issue a temporary
license valid for a period not to exceed 10 days pending final approval or
disapproval of the written application for a license. [Amended by 1955 c.454 §1;
1957 c.313 §2; 1969 c.356 §11; 1975 c.549 §2; 1983 s.s. c.7 §1; 1999 c.59 §131;
2003 c.166 §2; 2005 c.730 §25]
Note:
The amendments to 462.020 by
section 5, chapter 26, Oregon Laws 2025, become operative July 1, 2027. See
section 19, chapter 26, Oregon Laws 2025. The text that is operative on and
after July 1, 2027, is set forth for the users convenience.
462.020.
(1) A person may not hold a race
meet without having first obtained and having in full force and effect a
license therefor issued by the Oregon Racing Commission.
(2) A trainer,
driver, jockey, apprentice jockey, horse owner, exercise person, agent,
authorized agent, jockeys agent, stable foreman, groom, valet, veterinarian,
horseshoer, steward, stable guard, starter, timer, judge or other person acting
as a participant or official at any race meet, including all employees of the
pari-mutuel department, may not participate in race meets without having first
obtained and having in full force and effect a license issued by the
commission, pursuant to such rules as the commission shall make. The commission
by rule may require other employees of a race meet licensee who are engaged in
or performing duties at the race course to obtain a license issued by the
commission prior to engaging or performing such duties. The commission by rule
may also require persons, including corporations, who are not employees of a
race meet licensee, but who are authorized to do business at the race course,
to obtain a license issued by the commission prior to conducting such business.
(3) A person may
not operate a public training track without having first obtained and having in
full force and effect a license issued by the commission.
(4) The
commission may require each applicant for a license to be photographed and
shall require each applicant to be fingerprinted as part of the licensing
procedure for the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records
check under ORS 181A.195.
(5) Each person
holding a license under this chapter shall comply with all rules and orders of
the commission.
(6)
Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, the commission,
upon receipt of a written application for a license on forms provided by the
commission, may in its sound discretion issue a temporary license valid for a
period not to exceed 10 days pending final approval or disapproval of the
written application for a license.