§ 243. Free or reduced fee passes, cards or badges. A corporation
licensed or franchised to conduct pari-mutuel betting on races run on
its racetrack may issue free passes, cards or badges to any qualified
person. A qualified person shall include, but need not be limited to,
officers and employees of the corporation conducting the race meeting,
members, officers and employees of the commission, members and employees
of the jockey club, members and employees of the national steeplechase
and hunt association, members of turf organizations of other states and
foreign countries, public officers engaged in the performance of their
duties, persons actually employed and accredited by the press to attend
such meetings, owners, stable managers, trainers, jockeys, jockey
managers, grooms, concessionaires, spouses, domestic partners and
children of owners, trainers and jockeys, other persons whose actual
duties require their presence at such racetrack, and any other person or
guest deemed appropriate by such corporation. In addition, free or
reduced fee passes, cards or badges may be issued to the general public
or segments of the general public in connection with any promotional
campaign or marketing program sponsored by such corporation to increase
attendance at live race meets. The issuance of free passes, cards or
badges shall be under the rules and regulations of the commission.