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Schwarzenegger Vetoes 2 'Narrowly Drawn' Comp Bills

Friday, January 23, 2004 | 1

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday dealt a huge blow to the state's horse racing industry by vetoing AB 900 by Assemblyman Jerome Horton (D-Inglewood), which would have allocated from an increase as much as $10 million per year in the takeout from the pari-mutuel pools to help defray the cost of workers' compensation insurance.Sticking to his earlier message that he is seeking major work comp reform, Schwarzenegger in his veto message wrote that he wanted a "comprehensive" revamping of workers' compensation - not "narrowly drawn solutions."In another signal to the state legisl...

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