Authority: IC 4-31-3-9

Affected: IC 4-31-7-9

Sec. 1. (a) The commission shall employ an executive director and an assistant executive director who shall employ other employees necessary to implement, administer, and enforce the Act.

(b) The executive director and assistant executive director shall maintain the records of the commission and shall perform other duties as required by the commission. Except as otherwise provided by this title, if a rule of the commission places a duty on the executive director, the executive director may delegate that duty to another employee of the commission. The commission, the executive director, and the assistant executive director may not employ or continue to employ a person:

1. (1) who owns a financial interest in an association in this jurisdiction;
2. (2) who accepts remuneration from an association in this jurisdiction, unless otherwise approved by the commission or the executive director;
3. (3) who is an owner, lessor, or lessee of a horse that is entered in a race in this jurisdiction; or
4. (4) who accepts or is entitled to a part of the purse or purse supplement to be paid on a horse in a race held in this jurisdiction.

(c) No person identified in IC 4-31-7-9(a) shall wager directly or indirectly on live racing or on any simulcast races received at an Indiana track or satellite facility at any time.

(d) No person identified in IC 4-31-7-9(b) shall wager directly or indirectly on any gambling game located on association grounds at any time.

(e) The commission shall appoint the judges at each racing meeting.

(Indiana Horse Racing Commission; 71 IAC 2-5-1; emergency rule filed Feb 10, 1994, 9:20 a.m.: 17 IR 1124; emergency rule filed Jun 15, 1995, 5:00 p.m.: 18 IR 2825, eff Jul 1, 1995; emergency rule filed Mar 25, 1996, 10:15 a.m.: 19 IR 2069; emergency rule filed Feb 13, 1998, 10:00 a.m.: 21 IR 2424; readopted filed Oct 30, 2001, 11:50 a.m.: 25 IR 899; readopted filed Mar 23, 2007, 11:31 a.m.: 20070404-IR-071070030RFA; emergency rule filed May 12, 2008, 1:29 p.m.: 20080521-IR-071080353ERA; emergency rule filed Mar 3, 2011, 11:50 a.m.: 20110309-IR- 071110100ERA; emergency rule filed Jan 25, 2012, 12:20 p.m.: 20120201-IR-071120056ERA; readopted filed Nov 26, 2013, 11:25 a.m.: 20131225-IR-071130345RFA; emergency rule filed Dec 23, 2013, 1:43 p.m.: 20140108-IR-071130567ERA; readopted filed Aug 28, 2019, 1:23 p.m.: 20190925-IR-071190319RFA; emergency rule filed Dec 5, 2019, 1:56 p.m.: 20191211- IR-071190646ERA; readopted filed Jul 6, 2023, 1:50 p.m.: 20230802-IR-071230371RFA; readopted filed Aug 3, 2023, 12:49 p.m.: 20230830-IR-071230428RFA; readopted filed Sep 18, 2024, 12:40 p.m.: 20241016-IR-071230796RFA)