Senate Bill 0836
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Florida Senate - 1998 SB 836
By Senator Gutman
34-842-98 See HB 3289
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the state lottery; amending
3 s. 24.105, F.S., relating to player activated
4 vending machines; requiring a certain number of
5 clerks to be on duty at certain lottery
6 retailer locations; amending s. 24.111, F.S.;
7 deleting the requirement that the Department of
8 the Lottery lease all instant vending machines
9 for a specified initial evaluation period;
10 providing an effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section
15 24.105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
16 24.105 Powers and duties of department.--The
17 department shall:
18 (10) Adopt rules governing the establishment and
19 operation of the state lottery, including:
20 (a) The type of lottery games to be conducted, except
21 that:
22 1. No name of an elected official shall appear on the
23 ticket or play slip of any lottery game or on any prize or on
24 any instrument used for the payment of prizes, unless such
25 prize is in the form of a state warrant.
26 2. No coins or currency shall be dispensed from any
27 electronic computer terminal or device used in any lottery
28 game.
29 3. Other than as provided in subparagraph 4., no
30 terminal or device may be used for any lottery game which may
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1 be operated solely by the player without the assistance of the
2 retailer.
3 4. The only player-activated machine which may be
4 utilized is a machine which dispenses instant lottery game
5 tickets following the insertion of a coin or currency by a
6 ticket purchaser. To be authorized a machine must: be under
7 the supervision and within the direct line of sight of the
8 lottery retailer to ensure that the machine is monitored and
9 only operated by persons at least 18 years of age; be capable
10 of being electronically deactivated by the retailer to
11 prohibit use by persons less than 18 years of age through the
12 use of a lockout device that maintains the machine's
13 deactivation for a period of no less than 5 minutes; and be
14 designed to prevent its use or conversion for use in any
15 manner other than the dispensing of instant lottery tickets.
16 Authorized machines may dispense change to players purchasing
17 tickets but may not be utilized for paying the holders of
18 winning tickets of any kind. At least one clerk two clerks
19 must be on duty at the lottery retailer while the machine is
20 in operation. However, at least two clerks must be on duty at
21 any lottery location which has violated s. 24.1055.
22 Section 2. Paragraph (h) of subsection (2) of section
23 24.111, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
24 24.111 Vendors; disclosure and contract
25 requirements.--
26 (2) The department shall investigate the financial
27 responsibility, security, and integrity of each vendor with
28 which it intends to negotiate a contract for major
29 procurement. Such investigation may include an investigation
30 of the financial responsibility, security, and integrity of
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1 be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (a). Any person who
2 submits a bid, proposal, or offer as part of a major
3 procurement must, at the time of submitting such bid,
4 proposal, or offer, provide the following:
5 (h) The department shall lease all instant ticket
6 vending machines for an initial evaluation period of 18
7 months.
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9 The department shall not contract with any vendor who fails to
10 make the disclosures required by this subsection, and any
11 contract with a vendor who has failed to make the required
12 disclosures shall be unenforceable. Any contract with any
13 vendor who does not comply with such requirements for
14 periodically updating such disclosures during the tenure of
15 such contract as may be specified in such contract may be
16 terminated by the department. This subsection shall be
17 construed broadly and liberally to achieve the ends of full
18 disclosure of all information necessary to allow for a full
19 and complete evaluation by the department of the competence,
20 integrity, background, and character of vendors for major
21 procurements.
22 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
23 law.
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26 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
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Revises requirements for instant lottery game ticket
28 vending machines. (See bill for details.)
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