Tex. Occ. Code § 2023.101 · Subchapter C. EMPLOYMENT OF AND SUPERVISION BY RACE MEETING OFFICIALS
EMPLOYMENT OF STEWARDS AND JUDGES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A horse race meeting must be supervised by three stewards, and a greyhound race meeting must be supervised by three judges.
(b) The commission shall employ each steward and judge for the supervision of a horse race or greyhound race meeting.
(c) The commission shall designate one steward or judge, as appropriate, as the presiding steward or judge for each race meeting.
(d) Following the completion of a race meeting, a racetrack association may submit to the commission for the commission's review written comments regarding the job performance of the stewards and judges. A racetrack association's comments submitted under this section are not binding, in any way, on the commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2023.htm
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