The Senate Finance Committee met today to discuss SB 437.
Senate Bill 437 would discontinue the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund.
A representative of the racing commission explained that the elimination of the fund could cause many of the tracks to close down, as some dog breeders are already going out of business.
Senator Gaunch (R-Kanawha) brought to the committees attention that this might be becuase the dogs may just be losing races.
Senator Palumbo (D-Kanawha) said the potential losses of the income from the race track may not be worth the upfront cut of the fund.
After much discussion, the bill was laid over to be discussed at a later meeting of the Finance committee.
