When certain licensed race meetings conflict, the section fixes the commissions that may be deducted and kept from pari-mutuel pools, sets minimum daily license fees, lets the licensee keep the “breaks to a dime,” and requires certain excess proceeds to be delivered and partly paid out as purses.
§166.3. Commissions deductible from pari-mutuel pools when two or more conflicting licensed race meetings occur within the state A. Notwithstanding Section 166 of this Part, when two or more licensed race meetings are held within the state and the racing dates granted to a licensee by the commission conflicts, in whole or in part, with racing days granted to another licensee by the commission, the amount of commissions to be deducted and retained from pari-mutuel pool or pools by any person, association, or corporation as licensee of a race meeting conducted in a municipality or parish is hereby fixed as follows: (1) On daily pools of up to $100,000.00, seventeen percent of the total. (2) On daily pools of from $100,000.00 to $201,000.00, $17,000.00 plus fourteen percent of that amount exceeding $100,000.00. (3) On daily pools of from $201,000.00 to $401,000.00, $31,140.00 plus thirteen percent of that amount exceeding $201,000.00. (4) On daily pools $401,000.00 and over, $57,140 plus twelve percent of that amount exceeding $401,000.00. Provided that the minimum license fee is one thousand dollars per day, except for race meetings exclusively for quarter horses for which the minimum license fee shall be $500.00 per day, and shall in no way be affected by the foregoing. In addition to the fixed percentage of commissions as above outlined, the licensee is entitled to retain the "breaks to a dime", being the odd cents of all the distributions to be made on all mutuel contributions exceeding a sum equal to the next lowest multiple of ten. These amounts deducted are in addition to the license fees (percentages of the amount of money handled) as provided in R.S. 4:161 and R.S. 4:161.2 and are to be retained by the licensee, subject to the provisions of this Part. B. The amount by which the commissions deducted and retained by the licensee under the provisions of this Section as amended and reenacted in 1980 exceeds the amount of commissions deducted and retained by the licensee under the provisions of this Section prior to being amended and reenacted in 1980 shall be delivered to the track licensee conducting the race meeting at which the deduction was made and not less than fifty percent thereof shall be distributed by such track licensee as purses at the race meeting next following the delivery of said proceeds. Added by Acts 1978, No. 143, §5, eff. June 29, 1978. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 323, §4