§ 2026.051 — COMMISSION RULES REGARDING EXCLUSION OR EJECTION.

Texas § 2026.051

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code OC: Occupations Code

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Sec. 2026.051. COMMISSION RULES REGARDING EXCLUSION OR EJECTION. 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:
(1) who has engaged in bookmaking, touting, or illegal wagering;
(2) whose income is from illegal activities or enterprises;
(3) who has been convicted of a violation of this subtitle;
(4) who has been convicted of theft;
(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;
(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;
(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;
(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;
(9) who has been convicted of committing a lewd or lascivious act or other crime involving moral turpitude;
(10) who is guilty of boisterous or disorderly conduct while inside an enclosure;
(11) who is an agent or habitual associate of a person excludable under this section; or
(12) who has been convicted of a felony.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969 ), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.