The Texas Racing Commission (Commission) adopts an amendment to §319.111, concerning Bleeders and Furosemide Program, Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH) events and the administration of furosemide. The amendment is adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the March 18, 2011, issue of the Texas Register (36 TexReg 1792) and will not be republished.

The pre-amendment rule provided that a horse that experienced its first EIPH event was ineligible to compete for 12 days, unless the horse competed on furosemide, in which case the horse was ineligible to compete for 30 days. The amended rule will make a horse that experiences its first EIPH event ineligible to compete for 12 days, regardless of whether the horse competed on furosemide. This change will standardize the regulation of EIPH events by bringing the Commission's rules into closer alignment with the national model rules.

No comments were received regarding adoption of the amendment.

The amendment is adopted under Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated Article 179e, §3.02, which authorizes the Commission to make rules relating exclusively to horse and greyhound racing.

This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on May 23, 2011.

TRD-201101854

Mark Fenner

General Counsel

Texas Racing Commission

Effective date: June 12, 2011

Proposal publication date: March 18, 2011

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