Bill Text: FL S1318 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lottery Games

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology [S1318 Detail]

Download: Florida-2020-S1318-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 1318
       
       
        
       By Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       8-01511A-20                                           20201318__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to lottery games; amending s. 24.105,
    3         F.S.; prohibiting an electronic computer terminal or
    4         electronic device from being used by a player to play
    5         any lottery game; prohibiting the Department of the
    6         Lottery from authorizing the operation of a specified
    7         lottery game; amending s. 24.107, F.S.; requiring the
    8         department to include a specified warning in all
    9         advertisements and promotions of certain lottery
   10         games; providing requirements for such warning;
   11         amending s. 24.111, F.S.; requiring all contracts
   12         between the department and a vendor to include a
   13         provision that requires the vendor to place or print a
   14         specified warning on certain lottery tickets;
   15         providing requirements for such warning; amending s.
   16         24.121, F.S.; requiring certain funds in the Operating
   17         Trust Fund to be used for a specified annual payment
   18         for services relating to the prevention of compulsive
   19         and addictive gambling; requiring the department to
   20         contract for such services; providing contract
   21         requirements; providing that certain failures by a
   22         private provider relating to such contracts constitute
   23         a breach of contract or grounds for nonrenewal;
   24         providing an effective date.
   25          
   26  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   27  
   28         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of section
   29  24.105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   30         24.105 Powers and duties of department.—The department
   31  shall:
   32         (9) Adopt rules governing the establishment and operation
   33  of the state lottery, including:
   34         (a) The type of lottery games to be conducted, except that:
   35         1. The No name of an elected official may not shall appear
   36  on the ticket or play slip of any lottery game or on any prize
   37  or on any instrument used for the payment of prizes, unless such
   38  prize is in the form of a state warrant.
   39         2. No Coins or currency may not shall be dispensed from any
   40  electronic computer terminal or electronic device used in any
   41  lottery game.
   42         3. Other than as specifically provided in s. 24.112, an
   43  electronic computer no terminal or electronic device may not be
   44  used by the player to play for any lottery game which may be
   45  operated solely by the player without the assistance of the
   46  retailer.
   47         4. The department may not authorize the operation of a
   48  lottery game in which the winner is chosen on the basis of the
   49  activities or outcomes of one or more sporting events.
   50         Section 2. Subsection (3) is added to section 24.107,
   51  Florida Statutes, to read:
   52         24.107 Advertising and promotion of lottery games.—
   53         (3) Beginning January 1, 2021, all advertisements and
   54  promotions of lottery games under this chapter, excluding
   55  multistate lottery games, must include a warning that meets all
   56  of the following requirements:
   57         (a) If on television, on the Internet, or in any other
   58  electronic medium, appear in black font on a white background
   59  and occupy at least 5 percent of the total surface area of the
   60  advertisement or promotion.
   61         (b) If in print, including in a newspaper, in a magazine,
   62  or on a billboard, appear in prominent text and occupy at least
   63  5 percent of the total surface area of the advertisement or
   64  promotion.
   65         (c) If on radio, be audibly announced at the conclusion of
   66  the advertisement or promotion.
   67         (d) Contain the following message: “PLAY RESPONSIBLY.”
   68         Section 3. Subsection (8) is added to section 24.111,
   69  Florida Statutes, to read:
   70         24.111 Vendors; disclosure and contract requirements.—
   71         (8) Beginning January 1, 2021, all contracts subject to
   72  this section must contain a provision that requires the vendor
   73  to place or print a warning on all lottery tickets sold under
   74  this chapter, excluding multistate lottery tickets. The warning
   75  must meet all of the following requirements:
   76         (a) Appear in prominent text on the front side of the
   77  lottery ticket and occupy at least 5 percent of the total
   78  surface area of the lottery ticket.
   79         (b) Contain the following message: “PLAY RESPONSIBLY.”
   80         (c) Appear on all lottery tickets printed on or after
   81  January 1, 2022.
   82         Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 24.121, Florida
   83  Statutes, is amended to read:
   84         24.121 Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for
   85  public education.—
   86         (3) The funds remaining in the Operating Trust Fund after
   87  transfers to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund shall be
   88  used for:
   89         (a) The payment of administrative expenses of the
   90  department. These expenses shall include all costs incurred in
   91  the operation and administration of the lottery and all costs
   92  resulting from any contracts entered into for the purchase or
   93  lease of goods or services required by the lottery, including,
   94  but not limited to:
   95         1.(a) The compensation paid to retailers.;
   96         2.(b) The costs of supplies, materials, tickets,
   97  independent audit services, independent studies, data
   98  transmission, advertising, promotion, incentives, public
   99  relations, communications, security, bonding for retailers,
  100  printing, distribution of tickets, and reimbursing other
  101  governmental entities for services provided to the lottery.; and
  102         3.(c) The costs of any other goods and services necessary
  103  to implement for effectuating the purposes of this act.
  104         (b) The annual payment of $500,000 for services related to
  105  the prevention of compulsive and addictive gambling. The
  106  department shall, subject to competitive bidding, contract for
  107  such services, which must include an advertising program to
  108  encourage responsible gambling practices and to publicize a
  109  telephone help line. The terms of any contract for such services
  110  must include accountability standards that must be met by a
  111  private provider. The failure of a private provider to meet any
  112  material terms of the contract, including the accountability
  113  standards, shall constitute a breach of contract or grounds for
  114  nonrenewal.
  115         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.