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Senate committee advances bill to make losing horse-racing appeals pay legal costs
Summary
Senate Bill 276 would allow the Utah Horse Racing Commission to recover attorney fees from trainers or owners who appeal a positive drug test and lose; the committee passed the bill unanimously after testimony about cross‑state racing and commission expenses.
The Utah Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Standing Committee advanced Senate Bill 276, which would permit the Horse Racing Commission to recover attorney fees from trainers or owners who appeal positive drug tests and lose at the conclusion of the appeals process, the committee heard at a meeting.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator McKell, said the change is aimed at stopping participants who continue to race while appeals are pending and imposing the commission’s legal costs on unsuccessful appellants. “If you appeal and you go through the process of split sample and you lose, you get to pay attorney fees,”…
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