TITLE XXIV
GAMES, AMUSEMENTS, AND ATHLETIC EXHIBITIONS

CHAPTER 284
HORSE AND DOG RACING

Licenses and Supervision

Section 284:16

    284:16 Issuance of Licenses. – If the lottery commission is satisfied that all the provisions hereof and the rules and regulations prescribed have been and will be complied with by the applicant and that the financial backing upon which said application is predicated is sound and is committed in support of said application, it may issue a license which shall expire on the thirty-first day of December. The license shall set forth the name of the licensee, the place where the races or race meets or simulcastings are to be held, and the time and number of days during which racing or simulcasting may be conducted by said licensee. Any license issued shall not be transferable nor assignable. Said lottery commission shall have power to revoke any license for good cause upon reasonable notice and hearing. The lottery commission may at any time for cause require the removal of any employee or official employed by any licensee hereunder. The license of any corporation shall automatically cease upon the change in ownership, legal or equitable, of 50 percent or more of the voting stock of the corporation and the corporation shall not hold a running or harness horse race or meet for public exhibition without a new license.

Source. 1935, 27:11. RL 171:11. 1947, 280:2. RSA 284:16. 1977, 28:3. 2009, 144:102. 2015, 276:127, eff. July 1, 2015.