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2002 Oregon Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2002)

handle is hein.sag/sagor0033 and id is 1 raw text is: HARDY MYERS                                                                       PETER D. SHEPHERD
Attorney General                            A                                        Deputy Attorney General
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL COUNSEL DIVISION
April 5, 2002
Steven W. Barham
Executive Director
Oregon Racing Commission
Portland State Office Building, Suite 310
800 NE Oregon Street #1
Portland, OR 97232
Clifton D. Lewis
Director of Business Services
Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center
2330 17th Street NE
Salem, OR 97303-1788
Re:   Opinion Request OP-2002-2
Dear Mr. Barham and Mr. Lewis:
You ask who controls or owns several portable horse stalls that the Oregon State Fair and
Exposition Center (Fair) purchased with a special track fund established by ORS
462.057(1)(c)(F). We conclude that the Fair controls the stalls, which are owned by the State of
Oregon.
Discussion
The Oregon Racing Commission (ORC) regulates animal racing in Oregon. ORC may
grant the Fair up to 65 days per fiscal year to conduct racing at the state fairgrounds. ORS
462.125(5). When the Fair conducts races, it must make the payments required of horse and
mule racing licensees under ORS 462.057(1). Id. Specifically, ORS 462.057(1)(c)(F) requires
the Fair to deposit from the gross mutual wagering into
a special track fund to be used primarily for improving the race track facilities
benefiting the horse and mule owners, trainers or breeders in the barn area - .2
percent. All such funds shall be retained by the licensee in a separate account
from all other funds and no disbursements or transfers shall be made therefrom
without prior approval of the commission. All physical improvements paid from
such funds shall satisfy reasonable fire, health, quality and construction standards
established or approved by the commission. Unless the commission provides

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