Bill Text: FL S7074 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled
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Bill Title: Gaming Compact Between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations [S7074 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S7074-Prefiled.html
Bill Title: Gaming Compact Between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations [S7074 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S7074-Prefiled.html
Florida Senate - 2016 (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7074 FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Regulated Industries 580-01885A-16 20167074pb 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Gaming Compact between the 3 Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida; 4 amending s. 285.710, F.S.; superseding the Gaming 5 Compact; ratifying and approving a specified compact 6 executed by the Governor and the Tribe; directing the 7 Governor to cooperate with the Tribe in seeking 8 approval of the compact from the United States 9 Secretary of the Interior; expanding the games 10 authorized to be conducted and the counties in which 11 such games may be offered; amending s. 285.712, F.S.; 12 correcting a citation; providing an effective date. 13 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15 16 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsections 17 (3) and (13) of section 285.710, Florida Statutes, are amended 18 to read: 19 285.710 Compact authorization.— 20 (1) As used in this section, the term: 21 (a) “Compact” means the Gaming Compact between the Seminole 22 Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida, executed on April 7,232010. 24 (3)(a) ATheGaming Compact between the Seminole Tribe of 25 Florida and the State of Florida, executed by the Governor and 26 the Tribe on April 7, 2010, wasisratified and approved by 27 chapter 2010-29, Laws of Florida.The Governor shall cooperate28with the Tribe in seeking approval of the compact from the29United States Secretary of the Interior.30 (b) The Gaming Compact between the Seminole Tribe of 31 Florida and the State of Florida, which was executed by the 32 Governor and the Tribe on December 7, 2015, is ratified and 33 approved and supersedes the Gaming Compact ratified and approved 34 under paragraph (a). The Governor shall cooperate with the Tribe 35 in seeking approval of the compact ratified and approved by this 36 paragraph from the United States Secretary of the Interior. 37 (13) For the purpose of satisfying the requirement in 25 38 U.S.C. s. 2710(d)(1)(B) that the gaming activities authorized 39 under an Indian gaming compact must be permitted in the state 40 for any purpose by any person, organization, or entity, the 41 following class III games or other games specified in this 42 section are hereby authorized to be conducted by the Tribe 43 pursuant to the compact: 44 (a) Slot machines, as defined in s. 551.102(8). 45 (b) Banking or banked card games, including baccarat, 46 chemin de fer, and blackjack or 21at the tribal facilities in47Broward County, Collier County, and Hillsborough County. 48 (c) Dice games, such as craps and sic-bo. 49 (d) Wheel games, such as roulette and big six. 50 (e)(c)Raffles and drawings. 51 Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 285.712, Florida 52 Statutes, is amended to read: 53 285.712 Tribal-state gaming compacts.— 54 (4) Upon receipt of an act ratifying a tribal-state 55 compact, the Secretary of State shall forward a copy of the 56 executed compact and the ratifying act to the United States 57 Secretary of the Interior for his or her review and approval, in 58 accordance with 25 U.S.C. s. 2710(d)(8)s. 2710(8)(d). 59 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.