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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 18-432

NOTICES

STATE HORSE RACING COMMISSION

Administrative Hearing Bond

[48 Pa.B. 1661]
[Saturday, March 17, 2018]

 The State Horse Racing Commission (Commission) provides notice that on February 27, 2018, at its regularly scheduled public meeting, it issued an Order adopting procedures for the submission of an administrative hearing bond (appeal bond) in the amount of $750 along with a timely written request for a hearing before the Commission. The appeals to the full Commission are typically from determinations by the Commission's Board of Judges and Stewards after an initial hearing. This Order was adopted under the authority of 3 Pa.C.S. § 9311(h) (relating to State Horse Racing Commission), under Administrative Docket No. 2018-2.

 The general purpose of the Order is: (1) to bring consistency and uniformity between standardbred regulations which presently require the submission of a $250 bond and thoroughbred regulations which do not contain a bond requirement; (2) to, at least in part, ensure that appellants engage in a thoughtful and accurate assessment of the merits of their matter prior to seeking an appeal hearing before the Commission; and (3) to attempt to reduce instances of snap appeals which are thereafter withdrawn, but in which the Commission has incurred administrative costs associated with scheduling those hearings.

 In summary, the Order requires licensees to submit a $750 bond in conjunction with a written and timely request for an administrative hearing before the Commission. This Order will become effective on May 1, 2018.

 The Order and specific provisions have been posted and published on the Commission's web site at http://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Animals/RacingCommission/Pages/default.aspx. The Commission will also provide copies of the Order upon request directed to (717) 787-5539.

BRETT REVINGTON, 
Director
Bureau of Standardbred Horse Racing

THOMAS F. CHUCKAS, Jr., 
Director
Bureau of Thoroughbred Horse Racing

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 18-432. Filed for public inspection March 16, 2018, 9:00 a.m.]


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