House Bill 0705

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 705

        By Representative Merchant






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to pari-mutuel wagering;

  3         amending s. 550.0555, F.S.; providing

  4         legislative intent; providing for the

  5         relocation of jai alai permittees within a

  6         county in the same manner as is currently

  7         provided for the relocation of greyhound

  8         dogracing permittees within a county; providing

  9         an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Section 550.0555, Florida Statutes, is

14  amended to read:

15         550.0555  Greyhound dogracing and jai alai permits;

16  relocation within a county; conditions.--

17         (1)  It is the finding of the Legislature that

18  pari-mutuel wagering on greyhound dogracing and jai alai

19  provides substantial revenues to the state.  It is the further

20  finding that, in some cases, this revenue-producing ability is

21  hindered due to the lack of provisions allowing the relocation

22  of existing dogracing and jai alai operations.  It is

23  therefore declared that state revenues derived from greyhound

24  dogracing and jai alai will continue to be jeopardized if

25  provisions allowing the relocation of such greyhound racing

26  and jai alai permits are not implemented.  This enactment is

27  made pursuant to, and for the purpose of, implementing such

28  provisions.

29         (2)  Any holder of a valid outstanding permit for

30  greyhound dogracing or jai alai in a county in which there is

31  only one dogracing or jai alai permit issued is authorized,

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  1  without the necessity of an additional county referendum

  2  required under s. 550.0651, to move the location for which the

  3  permit has been issued to another location within a 30-mile

  4  radius of the location fixed in the permit issued in that

  5  county, provided the move does not cross the county boundary,

  6  that such relocation is approved under the zoning regulations

  7  of the county or municipality in which the permit is to be

  8  located, and that such move is approved by the department

  9  after it is determined at a proceeding pursuant to chapter 120

10  in the county affected that the move is necessary to ensure

11  the revenue-producing capability of the permittee without

12  deteriorating the revenue-producing capability of any other

13  pari-mutuel permittee within 50 miles; the distance shall be

14  measured on a straight line from the nearest property line of

15  one racing plant or jai alai fronton to the nearest property

16  line of the other.

17         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

18  law.

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21                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Authorizes jai alai permittees to relocate within a
23    county in the same manner as is presently provided by law
      for the relocation of greyhound dogracing permittees
24    within a county.  See bill for details.

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