§ 230.310

230.310 License for participants in horse racing or sports wagering. (Effective until July 1, 2025) (1) (a) Every person not required to be licensed under KRS 230.300 who desires to participate in horse racing in the Commonwealth as a hors e owner, trainer, jockey, apprentice jockey, agent, stable employee, racing official, association employee, or employee of a person or concern contracting with the association to provide a service or commodity and which requires their presence on associati on grounds during a race meeting, or veterinarian, farrier, horse dentist, or supplier of food, tack, medication, or horse feed, or in any other capacity as the corporation shall establish by administrative regulation, shall first apply to the corporation for a license to participate in the activity on association grounds during a race meeting. No person required to be licensed by this section may participate in any activity required to be licensed on association grounds during a race meeting without a vali d license therefor. (b) An applicant for a license shall submit to the corporation fingerprints as may be required and other information necessary and reasonable for processing a license

thout a vali d license therefor. (b) An applicant for a license shall submit to the corporation fingerprints as may be required and other information necessary and reasonable for processing a license application. The corporation is authorized to exchange fingerprint d ata with the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in order to conduct a criminal history background check of an applicant. (c) The corporation may issue a license if it finds that the financial responsibility, age, e xperience, reputation, competence, and general fitness of the applicant to perform the activity permitted by a license are consistent with the best interest of racing and the maintenance of the honesty, integrity, and high quality thereof. (2) (a) Every pe rson who desires to participate in sports wagering in the Commonwealth working in a licensed facility for sports wagering, directly supervising individuals who have the capability of affecting the outcome of sports wagering, or having the capability to aff ect the outcome of sports wagering through deployment of code to production for any critical component of a sports wagering system or the capability to deploy

agering, or having the capability to aff ect the outcome of sports wagering through deployment of code to production for any critical component of a sports wagering system or the capability to deploy code to production shall first apply to the corporation for a valid occupational license to parti cipate in that activity. (b) An applicant for an occupational license shall submit to the corporation fingerprints as may be required and other information necessary and reasonable for processing a license application. The corporation is authorized to exc hange fingerprint data with the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in order to conduct a criminal history background check of an applicant. (c) The corporation may issue a license if it finds that the financial res ponsibility, age, experience, reputation, competence, and general fitness of the applicant to perform the activity permitted by a license are consistent with the best interest of sports wagering in the Commonwealth, and the maintenance of the honesty, inte grity, and high quality thereof. (3) A license may be issued for the calendar year for which an applicant applies or, if authorized

ering in the Commonwealth, and the maintenance of the honesty, inte grity, and high quality thereof. (3) A license may be issued for the calendar year for which an applicant applies or, if authorized by administrative regulation, a license may be issued that expires on the last day of the birth month of the licensee. A lic ense may be renewed by the corporation. The license shall be valid at all horse race meetings in the Commonwealth during the period for which it is issued unless suspended or revoked under the administrative regulations promulgated by the corporation under this chapter. The occupational license to participate in sports wagering may be suspended or revoked pursuant to administrative regulations promulgated by the corporation under this chapter. With respect to horse owners and trainers, the corporation may p romulgate administrative regulations to facilitate and promote uniform, reciprocal licensing with other states. Effective: July 1, 2024 History: Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec. 10, effective July 1, 2024. -- Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 12, effective June 29, 2023. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 456, effective July 15, 2010.

Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec. 10, effective July 1, 2024. -- Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 12, effective June 29, 2023. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 456, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 7, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 262, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 191, sec. 12, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 21, effective March 30, 1992. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 403, sec. 5. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 156, sec. 6. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 11, effective June 16, 1960.