{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-431.319","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 431.319","heading":"Payment into horsemen's purse account; disposition; distribution; payment of net commission on live and simulcast racing to the pari-mutuel horse racing disbursement account.","body":"Sec. 19.\n\n(1) Subject to subsection (2), a race meeting licensee shall pay an amount equal to not less than 25% and not more than 40% of the net commission generated at the licensee's race meeting to a site-specific horsemen's purse account. Money paid into a horsemen's purse account under this act must be deposited in a depository designated by the participating certified horsemen's organizations and distributed by their designated agent as follows:\n\n(a) For purses for live horse races at a licensed race meeting in this state.\n\n(b) Each year, all certified horsemen's organizations that participate in a live race meeting may receive an amount approved by order of the racing commissioner to use for general expenses. Beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 of each year, the certified horsemen's organization is entitled to not less than 5% of the site-specific horsemen's purse account as ordered by the racing commissioner.\n\n(2) A race meeting licensee shall pay the net commission generated from wagering on live and simulcast racing through the race meeting licensee's third-party facilitator to the pari-mutuel horse racing disbursement account. On the first day of each month after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, money paid into the pari-mutuel horse racing disbursement account must be distributed as follows:\n\n(a) Fifty percent to be divided equally to each certified horsemen's organization.\n\n(b) Fifty percent to be divided equally to each track licensee.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 431","Act Act-279-of-1995"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-431-319","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"c5366f1ecf94c385f702b24c7937e10df443c8e9ce4b8985abf3cea93fbce437","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-431.318","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-431.319a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}