Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.821.1 - Definitions
Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Department" means the Michigan
department of agriculture.
(b)
"Director" means the director of the department or his or her
designee.
(c) "Domicile" means the
fixed, permanent, and principal home to which a person intends to
return.
(d) AEarned purse@ means
the portion of a purse distribution that is awarded for the order of finish up
to 3 placings, the term includes any state purse supplement, but does not
include any other award funds.
(e)
AGross purse@ means the total money offered for a purse.
(f) "H.B.P.A." means the horsemen's
benevolent and protective association, Michigan division.
(g) @Host track@ means the licensed racing
association designated by the director to conduct thoroughbred sire stake
races.
(h) "Jockey club" means the
jockey club, incorporated.
(i)
"Lessee" means a person who is domiciled in Michigan, who leases a stallion,
and whose name has been recorded with the jockey club register as the
registered lessee of a horse. A copy of the lease shall be filed with the
department.
(j) "Michigan stallion"
means a registered stallion which was leased or owned exclusively by a resident
of this state and which did not serve a mare at a location outside of this
state during the calendar year in which the service occurred. A stallion shall
be registered with the director, on forms provided by the department, by
January 1 of each year in which the stallion will be standing at service in
this state. A newly acquired stallion purchased after January 1 of the breeding
year shall be eligible for mares bred after the stallion is registered with the
director if the stallion has not served any mares outside of this state during
the calendar year.
(k)
AMichigan-sired horse@ means a horse sired by a registered stallion and duly
nominated under R 285.821.4.
(l)
"M.T.O.B.A.@ means the Michigan thoroughbred owners and breeders
association.
(m) "Stallion owner"
or Aowner of a Michigan stallion@ means an individual, partnership,
association, or corporation that owns a stallion at the time of
registration.
(n) AOwner of a
Michigan-sired horse@ means a person who is licensed under section 16 of Act
No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1995, being '431.316 of the Michigan Compiled
Laws, and who owns a registered Michigan-sired horse.
(o) "Person" means an individual,
partnership, association, or corporation that owns a stallion at the time of
service.
(p) "Sire stake" means a
race condition for 2-year-old, 3-year-old, and 4-year-old and up Michigan-sired
thoroughbred horses.
(q)
"Thoroughbred racing association" means an association that is licensed by the
Michigan racing commissioner to conduct thoroughbred horse races in Michigan at
a host track approved by the director.
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