Section R. 285.812.1 - DefinitionsRule 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) "Fair" means a county, district, community, or 4-H fair, and any other state fair that has been approved by the director to conduct harness horse races during the fair.(e) "Fairs, exhibitions and racing division" means the fairs, exhibition and racing division of the department.(f) "Licensed pari-mutuel track" means a facility that is owned by a person who is licensed by the office of racing commissioner to conduct standardbred races in Michigan.(g) "Michigan-sired standardbred horse" means a standardbred horse that satisfies any of the following provisions:(i) The first foal per year, with the exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother, which is from a Michigan owned standardbred mare at the time of breeding and which is sired by a Michigan-owned or leased stallion, duly registered with the fairs, exhibitions and racing division.(ii) The first foal per year, with the exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother, from a mare which is owned exclusively by a resident or residents of this state at the time of conception and which is conceived out of this state by means of transported semen from a standardbred stallion that is registered with the department.(iii) The first foal per year, with the exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother, from a mare which is owned exclusively or in part by a nonresident of this state at the time of conception and which is conceived out of this state by means of transported semen from a standardbred stallion registered with the department, if by November 1 of the year the foal is conceived, the transport fee is paid to the department's agent.(h) "Owner" means a person or persons who are domiciled in this state and who have been recorded with the United States trotting association register as being horse owners.(i) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation.(j) "Purse offered" means the purse requested by the fair association or licensed pari-mutuel track at the time of application to the department for approval of purse funds.(k) "Race program" means a series of not less than 8 standardbred horse races held at a county fair within a specified block of time.(l) "Registered stallion" means a stallion that was registered, on the forms provided by the director, with the department, by January 1 each year in which the stallion will be standing at service in this state from January 1 to July 31 of the calendar year in which it is registered. A newly acquired stallion, which has not been in this state for breeding purposes before January 1 of a given year and has not serviced any mares after December 31 of the preceding year, is registered with the department before servicing mares, if its foals are to be eligible for Michigan tax-supported races. Transportation of semen from a registered stallion to a location outside this state does not affect the eligibility of a Michigan-sired standardbred foal for purses provided for in this rule.(m) "Transport fee" means a fee paid for a foal from a mare which is owned exclusively or in part by a nonresident of this state at the time of conception and which is conceived outside of this state by means of transported semen from a standardbred stallion that is registered with the department.(n) "U.S.T.A." means the United States trotting association.Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.812.1
1979 AC; 1981 AACS; 1998 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2004 AACS