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to or greater than the premiums paid for pulling contests at the | fair and race meet, and not less than 25% of the premiums paid for | harness horse races conducted during the annual fair. |
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| | The conducting of pari-mutuel betting by an entity licensed by | the State Harness Racing Commission in accordance with Title 8, | chapter 11 is not cause for withholding that entity's stipend. |
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| | 1.__Annual reports.__No later than December 31st of the year | for which a stipend is requested, a licensee claiming a stipend | shall file with the commissioner a statement setting forth: |
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| A.__The financial condition and transactions of the | licensee; |
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| B.__The amounts paid in premiums in each of the classes or | displays used to determine apportionment under section 85, | subsection 5; and |
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| C.__Additional information requested by the commissioner | relative to the character of displays and the conduct of | exhibitions. |
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| The licensee shall submit the required information on blanks | furnished by the commissioner. Upon receipt and after examination | of these statements, and if the commissioner finds the submission | to be accurate, complete and in accordance with sections 85 and | 86, the commissioner shall issue the certificate required under | section 88. |
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| §91. Agricultural Fair Support Fund |
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| | 1. Fund created. The Treasurer of State shall establish an | account to be known as "the Agricultural Fair Support Fund" and | shall credit to it all money received under Title 8, section | 1036, subsection 2, paragraph D. |
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| | 2. Disbursement. No later than January 31st of each year, all | funds held as of the end of the previous calendar year in the | Agricultural Fair Support Fund must be distributed by the | Treasurer of State as follows: |
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| A. Thirty-four percent of these funds must be distributed to | all commercial tracks as defined in Title 8, section 275-A | and to all fair licensees that during the previous year were | licensed to and did accept pari-mutuel wagers on harness | horse races. These funds must be distributed in the manner | prescribed in Title 8, section 298; and |
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