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House committee backs allowing attorney fees in horse-racing appeals
Summary
The House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee recommended favorably for substitute S.B. 276, a bill that would allow the Department of Agriculture and Food to recover attorney fees when it prevails in appeals of positive drug tests in horse racing.
The House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Standing Committee on Monday recommended favorably for substitute S.B. 276, a bill that would let the Department of Agriculture and Food seek attorney fees if it prevails in court challenges to positive drug tests involving racehorses.
Supporters said the change is aimed at discouraging trainers who use appeals and split-sample testing to continue racing animals they know were given illegal substances. Senator McHale, the bill sponsor, told the committee that drug-positive cases have occurred in Utah and nationally and that appeals have been…
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