Section 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.

History: 1983 AACS; 1989 AACS; 1998-2000 AACS.