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Thursday, January 14, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Race tracks on hold
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Jimmy Grenz, executive director of the Kansas Racing Commission, told a legislative committee today that applications for race tracks would be accepted at the end of the month.
But Grenz said he did not know when horse or dog racing would be a place for him.
The Racing Commission decided to take no formal action until after its members are confirmed by the Senate, which could happen next week. The commission held its first meeting in August, and Grenz said that it had been meeting weekly ever since.
"I know there has at least been
conversation that things have not moved as fast as they could," Grenz told the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee. "I would almost take issue with that. We're very, very pleased with where we are."
Grenz, a 21-year veteran of the Garden City Police Department, the chief of police, appointed executive director by Gov. Mike Hayden last fall.
He told the committee the Racing Commission would give applicants 45 days to file applications to build race tracks. After that, the applicants must undergo extensive background checks.
"We honestly don't have good figures on how long that'll take." Grenz
said. He added that it could take as long as two months to complete the background investigations.
the cost of the background checks, which will be done by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, could be as high as $1 million, Grenz told the committee.
He said the KBI charged the Kansas Lottery for the background checks it conducted, and KBI officials also plan to charge the Racing Commission for the security investigations.
Grenz suggested charging the applicants for the cost of the background checks, an idea that Committee Chairman Edward Reilly, R-Leavenworth, said merited consideration.
TOPEKA — Sen. Ross Doyen, R-Concordia, yesterday introduced a bill intended to determine the number of accidental deaths involving alcohol or drugs.
The bill would require that blood tests be performed on the victims of fatal accidents to determine the presence of either alcohol or drugs. The tests would be performed on people killed in any accident involving cars, airplanes or boats.
The results of the analysis required by this section may be used by state and local officials only for statistical purposes that do not reve-
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at the identity of the deceased person,
the proposed legislation says.
AIDS blood tests would be mandatory for people convicted of incest or aggravated incest under one of several bills introduced in the House.
The bill would require one AIDS test after a person's conviction and another six months later if the first test was negative. Positive test results would be reported to both the state Department of Health and Environment and the victims, but the results would otherwise be kept confidential.
Drug tests called for by bill
vided counseling for incest victims whose attackers test positive for the disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome. However, Rep. Frank Buehler, R-Claflin, one of three sponsors of the measure, said he did not know how much the measure would cost.
Also the bill would start state-pro-
"Education is fine, but we need to go a step further," Buehler said.
In addition, a proposal to exempt all property owned by non-profit organizations performing "humanitarian services" from taxation was one of several bills introduced in the Legislature on Tuesday.
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