Specific Provisions in The Initiative
Details of the statute are:
- Prohibition: Any dog racing or racing meeting in Massachusetts where any form of betting or wagering on the speed or ability of dogs occurs.
- Regulation: The State Racing Commission is prohibited from accepting or approving any application or request for racing dates for dog racing.
- Penalty: Any person violating the law will be required to pay a civil penalty of not less than $20,000 to the Commission, to be used for the Commission’s administrative purposes, subject to appropriation by the state Legislature.
- Interpretation: All existing parts of the chapter of the state’s General Laws concerning dog and horse racing meetings will be interpreted as if they do not refer to dogs.
- Effective date: These changes took effect January 1, 2010.
- Severability: If any of its parts were declared invalid, the other parts would stay in effect.
Read more about this topic: Massachusetts Greyhound Protection Act
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