Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 57A — Horseracing Integrity and Safety
§ 3059. Unfair or deceptive acts or practices
Statutory text
The sale of a covered horse, or of any other horse in anticipation of its future participation in a covered race, shall be considered an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce under section 45(a) of this title if the seller—
knows or has reason to know the horse has been administered—
a bisphosphonate prior to the horse’s fourth birthday; or
any other substance or method the Authority determines has a long-term degrading effect on the soundness of the covered horse; and
fails to disclose to the buyer the administration of the bisphosphonate or other substance or method described in paragraph (1)(B).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020
Pub. L. 116–260 div. FF title XII § 1210 · 134 Stat. 1182
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 3059
(Pub. L. 116–260, div. FF, title XII, § 1210, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3274.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 116–260, div. FF, title XII, § 1210, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3274.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1210. UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES. The sale of a covered horse, or of any other horse in anticipation of its future participation in a covered race, shall be considered an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce under section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)) if the seller— (1) knows or has reason to know the horse has been administered— (A) a bisphosphonate prior to the horse’s fourth birthday; or (B) any other substance or method the Authority determines has a long-term degrading effect on the soundness of the covered horse; and (2) fails to disclose to the buyer the administration of the bisphosphonate or other substance or method described in paragraph (1)(B).
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