{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2026.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 2026.051","heading":"COMMISSION RULES REGARDING EXCLUSION OR EJECTION.","body":"The commission shall adopt rules providing for the exclusion or ejection from an enclosure where horse or greyhound races are conducted, or from specified portions of an enclosure, of a person:\n(1) who has engaged in bookmaking, touting, or illegal wagering;\n(2) whose income is from illegal activities or enterprises;\n(3) who has been convicted of a violation of this subtitle;\n(4) who has been convicted of theft;\n(5) who has been convicted under the penal law of another jurisdiction for committing an act that would have constituted a violation of any rule described in this section;\n(6) who has committed a corrupt or fraudulent act in connection with horse or greyhound racing or pari-mutuel wagering or who has committed any act tending or intended to corrupt horse or greyhound racing or pari-mutuel wagering;\n(7) who is under suspension or has been excluded or ejected from a racetrack by the commission or a steward in this state or by a corresponding authority in another state because of corrupt or fraudulent practices or other acts detrimental to racing;\n(8) who has submitted a forged pari-mutuel ticket or has altered or forged a pari-mutuel ticket for cashing or who has cashed or caused to be cashed an altered, raised, or forged pari-mutuel ticket;\n(9) who has been convicted of committing a lewd or lascivious act or other crime involving moral turpitude;\n(10) who is guilty of boisterous or disorderly conduct while inside an enclosure;\n(11) who is an agent or habitual associate of a person excludable under this section; or\n(12) who has been convicted of a felony.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 13. SPORTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT","SUBTITLE A-1. TEXAS RACING ACT","CHAPTER 2026. RACETRACK OPERATION AND PREMISES","SUBCHAPTER B. EXCLUSION OR EJECTION FROM RACETRACK"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2026.htm#2026.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"7179f403837b3f17cec0c3caec1ec2ccece302a5450da25713a0b8b17f5a6bc7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2026.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2026.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}