KRS 137.190 — License, admission, and pari-mutuel taxes in lieu of other taxes -- Local government not to levy pari-mutuel tax

(1) The license tax imposed by KRS 137.170, the license taxes permitted by KRS
61.182, 91.202, and 92.282, and the state taxes a nd contributions imposed by KRS
138.510 to 138.550 and 230.380 on pari -mutuel systems of betting shall be in lieu
of all other license, excise, special, or franchise taxes to the state or any county, city,
or other political subdivision.
(2) Except for the license taxes permitted by KRS 61.182, 91.202, and 92.282, no
county, city, or other political subdivision may levy any license, income, excise,
special, or franchise tax on any such person or corporation engaged in the business
of conducting a race track at which races are conducted for stakes, purses or prizes,
or operating as a receiving track or simulcast facility, or on the operation or
maintenance of any pari -mutuel machine or similar device, or on the money or
amount of money handled by or through a ny pari-mutuel machine or similar device
or on the sale of any merchandise during the conducting of races thereon by any
such person or corporation.