Bill Amendment: FL S7072 | 2016 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Gaming
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations [S7072 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S7072-Senate_Committee_Amendment_888770_to_Amendment_897172_.html
Bill Title: Gaming
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations [S7072 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S7072-Senate_Committee_Amendment_888770_to_Amendment_897172_.html
Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SPB 7072
Ì888770DÎ888770
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: WD .
02/17/2016 .
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The Committee on Regulated Industries (Stargel) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (897172) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete lines 501 - 726
5 and insert:
6 Section 26. Section 551.101, Florida Statutes, is amended
7 to read:
8 551.101 Slot machine gaming authorized.—Possession of slot
9 machines and conduct of slot machine gaming are authorized only
10 at licensed facilities eligible under this chapter. Any licensed
11 pari-mutuel facility located in Miami-Dade County or Broward
12 County existing at the time of adoption of s. 23, Art. X of the
13 State Constitution which that has conducted live racing or games
14 during calendar years 2002 and 2003 may possess slot machines
15 and conduct slot machine gaming at the location where the pari
16 mutuel permitholder is authorized to conduct pari-mutuel
17 wagering activities pursuant to such permitholder’s valid pari
18 mutuel permit provided that a majority of voters in a countywide
19 referendum have approved slot machines at such facility in the
20 respective county. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
21 it is not a crime for a person to participate in slot machine
22 gaming at a pari-mutuel facility licensed to possess slot
23 machines and conduct slot machine gaming or to participate in
24 slot machine gaming described in this chapter.
25 Section 27. Subsections (4) and (11) of section 551.102,
26 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
27 551.102 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
28 (4) “Eligible facility” means a any licensed pari-mutuel
29 facility that meets the requirements of s. 551.104 located in
30 Miami-Dade County or Broward County existing at the time of
31 adoption of s. 23, Art. X of the State Constitution that has
32 conducted live racing or games during calendar years 2002 and
33 2003 and has been approved by a majority of voters in a
34 countywide referendum to have slot machines at such facility in
35 the respective county; any licensed pari-mutuel facility located
36 within a county as defined in s. 125.011, provided such facility
37 has conducted live racing for 2 consecutive calendar years
38 immediately preceding its application for a slot machine
39 license, pays the required license fee, and meets the other
40 requirements of this chapter; or any licensed pari-mutuel
41 facility in any other county in which a majority of voters have
42 approved slot machines at such facilities in a countywide
43 referendum held pursuant to a statutory or constitutional
44 authorization after the effective date of this section in the
45 respective county, provided such facility has conducted a full
46 schedule of live racing for 2 consecutive calendar years
47 immediately preceding its application for a slot machine
48 license, pays the required license licensed fee, and meets the
49 other requirements of this chapter and chapters 550 and 849.
50 (11) “Slot machine licensee” means a pari-mutuel
51 permitholder that who holds a license issued by the division
52 pursuant to this chapter which that authorizes such person to
53 possess a slot machine within facilities as provided in this
54 chapter specified in s. 23, Art. X of the State Constitution and
55 allows slot machine gaming.
56 Section 28. Subsection (2) and paragraph (c) of subsection
57 (4) of section 551.104, Florida Statutes, are amended, paragraph
58 (e) is added to subsection (10) of that section, and subsection
59 (3) of that section is republished, to read:
60 551.104 License to conduct slot machine gaming.—
61 (2) If it is determined that the application would not
62 trigger a reduction in revenue-sharing payments under the Gaming
63 Compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of
64 Florida, an application may be approved by the division, but
65 only for:
66 (a) A licensed pari-mutuel facility where live racing or
67 games were conducted during calendar years 2002 and 2003 which
68 is located in Miami-Dade County or Broward County and is
69 authorized for slot machine licensure pursuant to s. 23, Art. X
70 of the State Constitution; or
71 (b) A licensed pari-mutuel facility where a full schedule
72 of live horseracing has been conducted for 2 consecutive
73 calendar years immediately preceding its application for a slot
74 machine license and which is located within a county as defined
75 in s. 125.011 after the voters of the county where the
76 applicant’s facility is located have authorized by referendum
77 slot machines within pari-mutuel facilities in that county as
78 specified in s. 23, Art. X of the State Constitution.
79 (3) A slot machine license may be issued only to a licensed
80 pari-mutuel permitholder, and slot machine gaming may be
81 conducted only at the eligible facility at which the
82 permitholder is authorized under its valid pari-mutuel wagering
83 permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering activities.
84 (4) As a condition of licensure and to maintain continued
85 authority for the conduct of slot machine gaming, the slot
86 machine licensee shall:
87 (c) Conduct no fewer than a full schedule of live racing or
88 games as defined in s. 550.002(11), excluding any. A
89 permitholder’s responsibility to conduct such number of live
90 races or games shall be reduced by the number of races or games
91 that could not be conducted as a due to the direct result of
92 fire, war, hurricane, or other disaster or event beyond the
93 control of the permitholder. This paragraph does not apply to a
94 harness racing permitholder, jai alai permitholder, quarter
95 horse racing permitholder, greyhound racing permitholder that
96 conducted a full schedule of live racing for a period of at
97 least 10 consecutive state fiscal years after the 2002-2003
98 state fiscal year, or thoroughbred racing permitholder that
99 holds a slot machine license if it has entered into an agreement
100 with another thoroughbred racing permitholder to conduct its
101 race meet at the other thoroughbred racing permitholder’s
102 facility.
103 (10)
104 (e) Each slot machine licensee that does not offer live
105 racing shall withhold 2 percent of the licensee’s net revenue
106 after taxes from slot machines to be deposited into a purse pool
107 to be paid as purses to licensed pari-mutuel facilities offering
108 live racing or games.
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110 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
111 And the title is amended as follows:
112 Delete lines 1329 - 1347
113 and insert:
114 revising provisions that authorize slot machine gaming
115 at certain facilities; amending s. 551.102, F.S.;
116 revising definitions of the terms “eligible facility”
117 and “slot machine licensee” for purposes of provisions
118 relating to slot machines; amending s. 551.104, F.S.;
119 providing that an application to conduct slot machine
120 gaming may be approved only if the application would
121 not trigger a reduction in revenue-sharing payments
122 under the Gaming Compact between the Seminole Tribe of
123 Florida and the State of Florida; specifying the
124 facilities that may be authorized by the division to
125 conduct slot machine gaming; exempting certain
126 permitholders from a requirement that they conduct a
127 full schedule of live racing as a condition of
128 maintaining authority to conduct slot machine gaming;
129 requiring licensees to withhold a specified percentage
130 of net revenue after taxes from specified sources
131 under certain circumstances; creating s. 551.1042,
132 F.S.; prohibiting
