Bill Amendment: FL S0742 | 2014 | Regular Session

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Bill Title: Racing Animals

Status: 2014-05-02 - Died in Messages [S0742 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S0742-Senate_Committee_Amendment_780164_to_Amendment_607554_.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 742
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Ì780164&Î780164                         
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/08/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (607554) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 25 and 26
    5  insert:
    6         Section 2. Section 550.6308, Florida Statutes, is amended
    7  to read:
    8         550.6308 Limited intertrack wagering license.—In
    9  recognition of the economic importance of the thoroughbred
   10  breeding industry to this state, its positive impact on tourism,
   11  and of the importance of a permanent thoroughbred sales facility
   12  as a key focal point for the activities of the industry, a
   13  limited license to conduct intertrack wagering is established to
   14  ensure the continued viability and public interest in
   15  thoroughbred breeding in Florida.
   16         (1)(a) Upon application to the division on or before
   17  January 31 of each year, a any person who that is licensed to
   18  conduct public sales of thoroughbred horses under pursuant to s.
   19  535.01 and who, that has conducted at least 15 days of
   20  thoroughbred horse sales for at least 8 days at a permanent
   21  sales facility in this state for at least 3 consecutive years,
   22  and that has conducted at least 1 day of nonwagering
   23  thoroughbred racing in this state, with a purse structure of at
   24  least $250,000 per year for 2 consecutive years before such
   25  application, shall be issued a license under this section,
   26  subject to the conditions set forth in this section, to conduct
   27  intertrack wagering at such a permanent sales facility. during
   28  the following periods:
   29         (a) Up to 21 days in connection with thoroughbred sales;
   30         (b) Only one license may be issued under this subsection
   31  Between November 1 and May 8;
   32         (c) Between May 9 and October 31 at such times and on such
   33  days as any thoroughbred, jai alai, or a greyhound permitholder
   34  in the same county is not conducting live performances; provided
   35  that any such permitholder may waive this requirement, in whole
   36  or in part, and allow the licensee under this section to conduct
   37  intertrack wagering during one or more of the permitholder’s
   38  live performances; and
   39         (d) During the weekend of the Kentucky Derby, the
   40  Preakness, the Belmont, and a Breeders’ Cup Meet that is
   41  conducted before November 1 and after May 8.
   42  
   43  No more than one such license may be issued, and no such license
   44  may be issued for a facility located within 50 miles of any
   45  thoroughbred permitholder’s track.
   46         (2) If more than one application is submitted for such
   47  license, the division shall issue determine which applicant
   48  shall be granted the license. In making its determination, the
   49  division shall grant the license to the applicant demonstrating
   50  superior capabilities, as measured by the length of time the
   51  applicant has been conducting thoroughbred horse sales within
   52  this state or elsewhere, the applicant’s total volume of
   53  thoroughbred horse sales, within this state or elsewhere, the
   54  length of time the applicant has maintained a permanent
   55  thoroughbred sales facility in this state, and the quality of
   56  the facility.
   57         (3) An The applicant must comply with the provisions of ss.
   58  550.125 and 550.1815.
   59         (4) Intertrack wagering under this section may be conducted
   60  only on thoroughbred horse racing, except that intertrack
   61  wagering may be conducted on any class of pari-mutuel race or
   62  game conducted by any class of permitholders licensed under this
   63  chapter if all thoroughbred, jai alai, and greyhound
   64  permitholders in the same county as the licensee under this
   65  section give their consent.
   66         (5) The applicant that receives a license licensee shall be
   67  considered a guest track under this chapter. The licensee shall
   68  pay 2.5 percent of the total contributions to the daily pari
   69  mutuel pool on wagers accepted at the licensee’s facility on
   70  greyhound races or jai alai games to the thoroughbred
   71  permitholder that is conducting live races for purses to be paid
   72  during its current racing meet. If more than one thoroughbred
   73  permitholder is conducting live races on a day during which the
   74  licensee is conducting intertrack wagering on greyhound races or
   75  jai alai games, the licensee shall allocate these funds between
   76  the operating thoroughbred permitholders on a pro rata basis
   77  based on the total live handle at the operating permitholders’
   78  facilities.
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   80  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   81  And the title is amended as follows:
   82         Delete line 37
   83  and insert:
   84         meet under both permits or one permit; amending s.
   85         550.6308, F.S.; revising requirements for licensure to
   86         conduct intertrack wagering under a limited
   87         circumstance; amending