Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 382
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/30/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Sachs) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (581326) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 555 and 556
    5  insert:
    6         Section 10. Subsection (4) of section 551.102, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         551.102 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
    9         (4)(a) “Eligible facility” means any licensed pari-mutuel
   10  facility located in Miami-Dade County or Broward County existing
   11  at the time of adoption of s. 23, Art. X of the State
   12  Constitution which that has conducted live racing or games
   13  during calendar years 2002 and 2003 and has been approved by a
   14  majority of voters in a countywide referendum to have slot
   15  machines at such facility in the respective county; any licensed
   16  pari-mutuel facility located within a county as defined in s.
   17  125.011, if provided such facility has conducted live racing for
   18  2 consecutive calendar years immediately preceding its
   19  application for a slot machine license, pays the required
   20  license fee, and meets the other requirements of this chapter;
   21  or any licensed pari-mutuel facility in any other county in
   22  which a majority of voters have approved slot machines at such
   23  facilities in a countywide referendum held, or in which the
   24  county takes action to place the question on a countywide
   25  referendum on or before January 31, 2012, pursuant to a
   26  statutory or constitutional authorization after the effective
   27  date of this section in the respective county, provided such
   28  facility has conducted a full schedule of live racing for 2
   29  consecutive calendar years immediately preceding its application
   30  for a slot machine license, pays the required licensed fee, and
   31  meets the other requirements of this chapter.
   32         (b) For purposes of paragraph (a), the county takes action
   33  on or before January 31, 2012, if it:
   34         1. Adopts an ordinance or resolution setting a countywide
   35  referendum;
   36         2. Approves a countywide referendum and directs county
   37  staff to prepare a resolution or ordinance to implement the
   38  approval; or
   39         3. Places a resolution or ordinance on the agenda for the
   40  county’s next scheduled meeting of its governing body.
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   42  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or a decision from a
   43  court of competent jurisdiction, a slot machine license may be
   44  issued to an eligible facility outside Miami-Dade County or
   45  Broward County; however, such license may not authorize slot
   46  machine gaming or require payment of any license fees or
   47  regulatory fees before July 7, 2015.
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   49  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   50         And the title is amended as follows:
   51         Delete line 691
   52  and insert:
   53         act; amending s. 551.102, F.S.; revising the
   54         definition of the term “eligible facility” to include
   55         a pari-mutuel facility in a county that takes action
   56         to place the question of slot machine approval on a
   57         countywide referendum by a specified date; providing
   58         that a county takes action to place a question on a
   59         countywide referendum if certain conditions are met;
   60         authorizing the issuance of a slot machine license to
   61         an eligible facility outside Miami-Dade County or
   62         Broward County under certain circumstances; providing
   63         for restrictions on the license; amending s. 551.104,
   64         F.S.; revising a condition