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2001 New Mexico Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2001)

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Attorney General of New Mexico
PATRICIA A. MADRID                                                    STUART M. BLUESTONE
Attomey General                                                     Deputy Attorney General
September 24, 2001
OPINION                                        Opinion No. 01-01
OF
PATRICIA M. MADRID
Attorney General
BY:    Alvin R. Garcia
Assistant Attorney General
TO:   The Honorable Representative Marsha C. Atkin
New Mexico House of Representatives
3116 21st Avenue
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
The Honorable Senator Timothy Jennings
New Mexico Senate
P.O. Box 1797
Roswell, NM 88202-1797
OTTPSTTON:
Does Public Law 102-559, the federal Professional and Aimteur Sports Protection Act
('TASPA), 28 USCA §3701 et seq., prohibit the State of New Mexico from authorizing
the establishment of pari-mutuel gambling on Keirin style velodrome bicycle racing
pursuant to the Bicycle Racing Act, 1978 NMSA, §60-2D-1 et seq.?
CONCLUSION:
Yes. For the reasons expressed below, we conclude that PASPA operates to prohibit the
State of New Mexico from authorizing the commencement of pari-mutuel gambling on
Keirin style velodrome bicycle racing pursuant to the Bicycle Racing Act, 1978 NMSA,
§60-2D-1 et seq.

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