Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-6-2 - Commission officials, racing judges

(a) Each licensee and each individual attending greyhounds during a race meet shall conduct activities under the general authority and supervision of the racing judges. The racing judges may interpret any of these racing regulations, and the racing judges may order any appropriate action not expressly authorized by these racing regulations in order to ensure a fair race and to protect the best interests of racing.

(b) Each race day, any licensee who wishes to consult with the racing judges may do so at the offices of the racetrack facility.

(1) Two of the three racing judges shall be in attendance at least one-half hour before weighing in time.

(2) The third racing judge shall be in attendance at the racetrack facility at least one-half hour before post-time for the first official race.

(3) If all three of the racing judges are present in the judges' stand during a performance, one and only one racing judge may leave the judges' stand to supervise any racing-related matter as official duties may dictate.

(c) If a vacancy occurs among the racing judges, the chief judge may appoint a substitute in an emergency. If the chief judge is absent, the senior associate judge may make the appointment.

(1) The racing judges shall immediately report each substitute to the commission office.

(2) If a vacancy has occurred among the racing judges, and a substitute has not been appointed, the remaining two judges may conduct the business of the racing judges until the vacancy is filled in accordance with these racing regulations.

(d) The racing judges' jurisdiction over any matter shall commence 72 hours before any entry is taken for the first day of racing at the meet and shall extend until 30 days after the last day of the meet. If a dispute arises during a race meet that is not settled within the racing judges' 30-day jurisdiction, the authority of the racing judges may be extended by the commission until the matter is resolved or until it is referred or appealed to the commission.

(e) Any occupation licensee may be penalized by the racing judges or the commission in accordance with the Kansas parimutuel racing act and the Kansas administrative procedure act. At the direction of the commission, all of the racing judges, or any of them, may conduct summary adjudicative hearings in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act.

(f) The racing judges shall immediately report each penalty to the commission.

(g) The racing judges may excuse any greyhound that the racing judges determine is disabled or unfit to run.

(h) The racing judges may suspend any greyhound from participating in races for any period of time determined by the racing judges if the greyhound does not meet the requirements of, or has been involved in any violations of these racing regulations or any provisions of the Kansas parimutuel racing act.

(i) Any matter within the jurisdiction of the racing judges may be referred by the racing judges to the commission with or without recommenda-tion.

(j) The racing judges shall maintain a detailed written account of each question, dispute, protest, complaint and objection. The racing judges shall prepare and submit a daily report to the executive director within 72 hours of the race date that is the subject of the report. The report shall detail each raceday's activities, including:

(1) each derogatory comment;

(2) each disciplinary hearing;

(3) each fine;

(4) each suspension;

(5) the conduct of each race;

(6) each interruption and delay; and

(7) the condition of the racetrack facility.

(k) A qualified person shall test or examine each greyhound that has entered a race or that has run in a race when ordered by the racing judges. The racing judges may examine any ownership papers, certificates, documents of eligibility, contracts or leases pertaining to any greyhound at the racetrack facility.

(l) If the racing judges determine that any race or races cannot be conducted in accordance with the regulations, the racing judges shall cancel each race or those races.

(m) The timing of each race shall be conducted by the racing judges as follows.

(1) The racing judges shall declare the official time of each race.

(2) The racing judges shall hand-time each race using a stopwatch that has been inspected and certified by a competent watchmaker.

(3) The racing judges shall time each race to 1/100 th of a second.

(4) The timing of the race shall commence with the opening of the lids of the starting box.

(5) The racing judges shall declare the time shown on the official timing device as the official time of the race if the racing judges are satisfied that the timing device is functioning properly. If the racing judges are not satisfied, the racing judges shall use the time shown on the hand-held stopwatch.

(n) The racing judges shall determine the official winner and other respective positions in the order of finish. The racing judges shall consider only the relative position of the respective racing muzzles of the greyhounds to determine each place at the finish.

(o) If a greyhound loses its racing muzzle or finishes with a hanging muzzle, the racing judges shall consider only the relative position of the nose of the greyhound that finishes without its racing muzzle in respect to the racing muzzles of the other greyhounds in the race.

(p) In each race, the racing judges shall promptly display the number of the first three greyhounds in order of their finish. The racing judges shall also display the number of the greyhound finishing fourth. If the racing judges disagree about the order of finish, the majority shall prevail.

(q) If the racing judges wish to consult a picture from the photo finish camera, the placements the racing judges have agreed upon may be posted without waiting for a picture and, after consulting the picture, the racing judges may post any changes in placement. However, the racing judges shall not declare the race official until the racing judges have determined which greyhounds finished first, second and third.

(r) Nothing in these racing regulations shall prevent the racing judges from correcting an error before the official sign is displayed or from recalling the official sign in the event it has been displayed through error.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-6-2

Authorized by K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 74-8804, as amended by L. 1995, Ch. 255, Sec. 8; implementing K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 74-8804, as amended by L. 1995, Ch. 255, Sec. 8, 1994 Supp. 74-8818 and 74-8816; effective, T-112-1-19-89, Jan. 19, 1989; effective April 10, 1989; amended March 25, 1991; amended Sept. 6, 1994; amended March 8, 1996.