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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85867</law_id><section_number>59.1-383</section_number><catch_line>Duration, form of operator&amp;#8217;s license; bond</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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><p>A license issued under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Issuance of operator's license" href="/59.1-382/">59.1-382</a> shall be for a period of twenty years from the date of issuance, but shall be reviewed annually. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may, as it deems appropriate, change at the beginning of any year the dates on which the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> is authorized to conduct a <span class="dictionary">race meeting</span> or <span class="dictionary">pari-mutuel wagering</span>. An applicant for renewal of a license may omit any information which in the <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> is already available to it. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall establish criteria and procedures for license renewal.
		Any license issued under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Issuance of operator's license" href="/59.1-382/">59.1-382</a> shall designate on its face the type or types of <span class="dictionary">horse racing</span> or <span class="dictionary">pari-mutuel wagering</span> for which it is issued, the location of the track or <span class="dictionary">satellite facility</span> where such meeting or wagering is to be conducted, the period during which such license is in effect and such other information as the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> deems proper.
		The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall require a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with <span class="dictionary">surety</span> acceptable to it, and in an amount determined by it to be sufficient to cover any indebtedness incurred by such <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> during the days allotted for racing.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 855; 1991, c. 591; 1992, c. 820.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
