KRS 230.310: License for participants in horse racing, sports wagering, or charitable

gaming.

(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 horse ow ner, 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 association g rounds 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 may 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. A person required to be

licensed by this section shall not participate in any activity required to be

licensed on association grounds during a race meeting without a valid 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 dat a

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, experience, 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 perso n 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 affect 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 participate 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 exchang e 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 responsi bility,

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, integrity, and high quality thereof.

(3) (a) As used in this subsection:

1. "Affiliate" means an entity that is owned or controlled in whole or in

part by the licensee; and

2. "Beneficial interest" means participation in the proceeds of charitable

gaming either as a licensee, operator, or charitable recipient of the

proceeds of the charity or foundation that receives proceeds.

(b) An association or track that holds a license to conduct racing under this

chapter, or its affiliate, shall not hold a license to conduct charitable gaming

under KRS Chapter 238 or have a beneficial interest in the proceeds of

charitable gaming.

(c) This subsection shall not prevent an association or track that holds a license to

conduct racing under this chapter, or its affiliate, from:

1. Leasing space to a charitable organization or nonprofit organization at a

commercially reasonable rate; or

2. Conducting raffles or other special limited charity fundr aising events as

authorized by the corporation.

(d) Every person who desires to be licensed to participate in charitable gaming

shall first meet the standards of this chapter and the standards established in

KRS Chapter 238.

(e) The corporation may issue a license if it finds that the financial responsibility,

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 charitable gaming in the Commonwea lth, and the maintenance of

honesty, integrity, and high quality thereof.

(4) A license may be issued for the calendar year for which an applicant applies or, if

authorized by administrative regulation of the corporation, a license may be issued

that expir es on the last day of the birth month of the licensee. A license 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 adm inistrative 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 promulgate administrative regulations to facilitate and promote

uniform, reciprocal licensing with other states.