§ 42-7-91 — Grounds for refusal, suspension, or withdrawal of license.

South Dakota § 42-7-91

• Jurisdiction: South Dakota
• Title 42: RECREATION AND SPORTS
• Ch. 42-6: HORSE AND DOG RACING

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The commission may refuse, suspend, or withdraw licenses under the certificate system and privileges granted by it or terminate license privileges for just cause. Those things constituting just cause are: (1) Any action or attempted action by a person contrary to the provisions of this chapter and law; (2) Corrupt practices, which include but are not limited to: (a) Prearranging or attempting to prearrange the order of finish of a race; (b) Failing to properly pay the winnings to a bettor or to properly return change to a bettor upon purchasing a ticket; (c) Falsifying or manipulating the odds on any entrant in a race; (3) Any violation of the rules of racing adopted by the commission; (4) Falsification or misstatement of fact in an application for any license issued pursuant to this chapter; (5) Material false statement to a racing official or to the commission; (6) Willful disobedience of a commission order or of a lawful order of a racing official other than a commissioner; (7) Continued failure or inability to meet financial obligations connected with the licensee's business, occupation or profession performed or engaged on the track grounds; (8) Failure or inability to maintain properly a race track; (9) The refusal to license, or the suspension, or the revocation of a racing license by another racing jurisdiction.

Legislative History

SL 1978, ch 302, § 15; SL 1990, ch 339, § 5; SL 1991, ch 349, § 27; SL 2005, ch 229, § 8.