{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-204.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-204.2","heading":"Occupation licenses for certain racetrack personnel -","body":"Application - Fees - Grounds for refusal to issue - Suspension or\n\nrevocation - Disposition of fees.\n\nA. The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission shall issue occupation\n\nlicenses to horse owners, trainers, jockeys, agents, apprentices,\n\ngrooms, exercise persons, veterinarians, valets, blacksmiths,\n\nconcessionaires, stewards, starters, timers, judges, supervisors of\n\nmutuels, guards, and such other personnel designated by the\n\nCommission whose work, in whole or in part, is conducted upon\n\nracetrack grounds which are owned by an organization licensee. The\n\nlicenses shall be obtained prior to the time such persons engage in\n\ntheir vocations upon such racetrack grounds at any time during the\n\ncalendar year for which the organization license has been issued.\n\nNo person required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of this\n\nsection may participate in any capacity in any race meeting without\n\na valid license authorizing such participation.\n\nB. Each application for an occupation license shall be on a\n\nform prescribed and furnished by the Commission and shall include a\n\nsearch waiver. The license shall be renewed either annually or\n\ntriennially beginning January 1. The application shall be\n\naccompanied by a fee in an amount of not more than One Hundred\n\nDollars ($100.00) if renewed annually or not more than Three Hundred\n\nDollars ($300.00) if renewed triennially. Each application shall\n\ncontain the following information concerning the applicant:\n\n1. Full name and address;\n\n2. Age;\n\n3. Whether the applicant was issued any prior occupation\n\nlicense from this state;\n\n4. Whether the applicant was issued any occupation license from\n\nanother state;\n\n5. Whether an occupation license from another state is or has\n\nbeen denied, suspended, or revoked;\n\n6. Whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony in this\n\nstate or any other state as established by a national criminal\n\nhistory record check as defined by Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes; and\n\n7. Such other information as required by the Commission.\n\nC. The Commission may refuse an occupation license to any\n\nperson:\n\n1. Who has been convicted of a felony; or\n\n2. Who has been convicted of violating any law regarding\n\ngambling or controlled dangerous substances of the United States,\n\nthis state, or any other state; or\n\n3. Who is unqualified to perform the duties required of the\n\napplicant; or\n\n4. Who fails to disclose or states falsely any information\n\nrequired in the application; or\n\n5. Who has been found guilty of a violation of any provision of\n\nthe Oklahoma Horse Racing Act or of the rules and regulations of the\n\nCommission; or\n\n6. Whose license has been suspended, revoked, or denied for\n\njust cause in any other state.\n\nD. The Commission may suspend or revoke any occupation license\n\nor fine an occupation licensee for:\n\n1. Violation of any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Horse\n\nRacing Act; or\n\n2. Violation of any provision of the rules or regulations of\n\nthe Commission; or\n\n3. Any cause which, if known to the Commission, would have\n\njustified the refusal of the Commission to issue the occupation\n\nlicense; or\n\n4. Any other just cause as determined by the Commission.\n\nE. Of the original application fee for an occupation license,\n\nthe amount of the fingerprinting fee shall be deposited in the OSBI\n\nRevolving Fund. The remainder shall be apportioned to the Oklahoma\n\nHorse Racing Commission Operational Expenses Revolving Fund.\n\nF. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Oklahoma Horse\n\nRacing Act, Section 200 et seq. of this title, licenses for\n\npersonnel specified in subsection A of this section whose work is\n\nlimited to racetrack grounds which are owned by an organization\n\nlicensee which only conducts non-pari-mutuel race meetings or\n\ntraining races shall be issued pursuant to rules adopted by the\n\nCommission in accordance with the American Quarter Horse Association\n\nrules.\ne\n\nRacing Act, Section 200 et seq. of this title, licenses for\n\npersonnel specified in subsection A of this section whose work is\n\nlimited to racetrack grounds which are owned by an organization\n\nlicensee which only conducts non-pari-mutuel race meetings or\n\ntraining races shall be issued pursuant to rules adopted by the\n\nCommission in accordance with the American Quarter Horse Association\n\nrules.\n\nG. The Commission may promulgate rules to facilitate and\n\npromote uniform, reciprocal occupation licensing with other\n\njurisdictions.\n\nH. Nothing in the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act or rules\n\npromulgated pursuant thereto shall prohibit or be construed as\n\nprohibiting issuance of any occupation license solely because the\n\napplicant is an organizational licensee or racetrack owner or holds\n\nan interest in a racetrack.","path":["OK Code","Title 3A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os3A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"2420b3c53ea9e1f00964aafc29df7b060f3d38fa28d079610b60399c3650bd53","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-204.1d","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-204.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}