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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65648</law_id><section_number>59.1-392.1</section_number><catch_line>Advance deposit account wagering revenues; distribution</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="5">Taxation and Audit</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Percentage retained; tax" href="/59.1-392/">59.1-392</a>, the allocation of revenue from <span class="dictionary">advance deposit account wagering</span> shall include (i) a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> fee of 1.5 percent paid to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; (ii) an additional fee equal to one percent of all wagers made within the Commonwealth placed through an <span class="dictionary">advance deposit account wagering</span> <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>, which shall be paid to the <span class="dictionary">Virginia Breeders Fund</span>, and (iii) an additional fee equal to nine percent of all wagers made within the Commonwealth placed through an <span class="dictionary">advance deposit account wagering</span> <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>, out of which shall be paid: <a id="paragraph-238596" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-392.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Four percent to a nonprofit industry stakeholder organization recognized by, and with oversight from, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to include the recognized majority horsemen&#x2019;s group, a breeder&#x2019;s organization, and a licensed track operator for the purpose of promoting, sustaining, and advancing <span class="dictionary">horse racing</span> within the Commonwealth; and <a id="paragraph-238597" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-392.1/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Five percent to representatives of the recognized majority horsemen&#x2019;s group by breed to be used for purse funds at races conducted in the Commonwealth, unless otherwise authorized by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>.
				Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the <span class="dictionary">advance deposit account wagering</span> licensee is a <span class="dictionary">significant infrastructure limited licensee</span>, the additional fee equal to nine percent of the wagers placed through such <span class="dictionary">advance deposit account wagering</span> licensee since November 1, 2014, shall instead be retained by such licensee for operational expenses, including defraying the costs of live racing. <a id="paragraph-238598" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-392.1/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>-recognized nonprofit industry stakeholder organization shall make distributions from fees received from advance deposit wagering to organizations within the Commonwealth providing care for retired race horses, the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, the Virginia Horse Center Foundation, the Virginia Horse Industry Board, and the Virginia Thoroughbred Association in the percentages of wagering <span class="dictionary">handles</span> set forth in subsections K and N of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Percentage retained; tax" href="/59.1-392/">59.1-392</a>, and shall make a distribution of thirty-five one-hundredths of one percent of all wagers made within the Commonwealth placed through such <span class="dictionary">advance deposit account wagering</span> licensee to the locality where live racing licensed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> occurred prior to January 1, 2012, and beginning January 1, 2020, to the locality or localities where such live racing occurs to be shared in a ratio of the number of such annual live races in a locality to the total number of such annual lives races in the Commonwealth. Distributions under this section from the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>-recognized nonprofit stakeholder organization to the foregoing entities and locality or localities, when added to the distributions to such entities and locality or localities under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Percentage retained; tax" href="/59.1-392/">59.1-392</a>, shall be capped at the sum necessary to equal distributions made in the 2013 calendar year to each entity under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Percentage retained; tax" href="/59.1-392/">59.1-392</a>, and shall be capped at the sum necessary to equal $400,000 for a locality or localities. <a id="paragraph-238599" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-392.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any additional distribution of fees received from advance deposit account <span class="dictionary">licensees</span> by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>-recognized nonprofit industry stakeholder organization shall be approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-238600" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-392.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2015, cc. 731, 751.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
