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Committee advances bills increasing civil penalties for unlicensed racing and wagering
Summary
The House Committee on Commerce moved Senate Bills 854 and 855 to the House floor May 1; the measures raise civil penalties related to unlicensed racing and wagering and direct recovered penalties into the state general fund.
The House Committee on Commerce moved two Oregon Racing Commission bills — Senate Bill 854 and Senate Bill 855 — to the House floor with due‑pass recommendations during work sessions on May 1.
Senate Bill 854 would authorize the Oregon Racing Commission to impose civil penalties for holding a race meet without a license or accepting or facilitating wagers without a license; the measure specifies procedural protections under the Oregon Administrative Procedures Act, lists factors the commission must consider when imposing penalties and directs recovered penalties to the general fund to the credit of the Oregon Racing Commission account. Committee staff described a maximum penalty of…
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