Section 165.171. Definitions

(a) The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Adjudication—A final order, decree, decision, determination or ruling by the Commission affecting the rights, privileges, immunities or obligations of a licensee.

Charge—An allegation in a citation of specific illegal or unethical conduct on the part of a licensee under the provisions of a statute or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission.

Citation—A notice of the time and place of a hearing and a formal listing of any specific charges against a licensee.

Commission—The State Horse Racing Commission.

Complaint—A written statement of facts under oath submitted by a person which accuses the licensee of a violation of statute or of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission.

Information—Data indicating a violation of statute or of rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission which are collected by or presented to the Commission.

Licensee—A person holding a license issued by the Commission.

Party—The term includes the Commonwealth, the Commission, an applicant who is refused a license, a licensee whose license is suspended or revoked or a person designated in a citation as a respondent.

Person—The term includes an individual or organized group or a character including partnerships, corporations or other forms of association.

(b) As used herein, the singular shall denote the plural and the plural, the singular. Words used in one gender or tense shall include all genders and tenses.

Notation

Notes of Decisions

It was a violation of due process for the Commission to disqualify a horse and order the purse refunded without providing the petitioner with notice and opportunity for a reconsideration hearing. Goldstein v. State Horse Racing Commission, 557 A.2d 1183 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1989).