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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62312</law_id><section_number>59.1-376</section_number><catch_line>Limited licenses; transfer of meet; taxation; authority to issue; limitations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-365</reference><reference>59.1-369</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="29">Horse Racing and Pari-Mutuel Wagering</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Licenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Owner's and operator's license required" href="/59.1-375/">59.1-375</a> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Issuance of owner's license" href="/59.1-378/">59.1-378</a> but subject to such regulations and criteria as it may prescribe, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> is authorized to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> limited licenses, provided such licenses shall permit any holder to conduct a <span class="dictionary">race meeting</span> or meetings for a period not to exceed 14 days in any calendar year, or in the case of a <span class="dictionary">significant infrastructure limited licensee</span>, 75 days in any calendar year. <a id="paragraph-227309" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-376/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may at any time, in its discretion, authorize any organization or association licensed under this section to transfer its <span class="dictionary">race meeting</span> or meetings from its own track or place for holding races, to the track or place for holding races of any other organization or association licensed under this chapter upon the payment of any and all appropriate license fees. No such authority to transfer shall be granted without the express consent of the organization or association owning or leasing the track to which such transfer is made. <a id="paragraph-227310" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-376/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> For any such meeting the licensee shall retain and pay from the <span class="dictionary">pool</span> the tax as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Percentage retained; tax" href="/59.1-392/">59.1-392</a>. <a id="paragraph-227311" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-376/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> to whom a limited license has been issued nor any officer, director, partner, or spouse or <span class="dictionary">immediate family</span> <span class="dictionary">member</span> thereof shall make any contribution to any candidate for public office or public office holder at the local or state level. <a id="paragraph-227312" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-376/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> On and after July 1, 2026, in addition to all other taxes and fees imposed by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, there is hereby levied a <span class="dictionary">significant infrastructure facility</span> limited license tax upon any <span class="dictionary">significant infrastructure limited licensee</span>. Any such licensee shall pay to the locality in which a <span class="dictionary">significant infrastructure facility</span> for such licensee is located $110,000 for each live racing day at such facility. <a id="paragraph-227313" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-376/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 855; 1991, c. 591; 2015, cc. 731, 751; 2025, c. 725.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
