| 1 | Representative Ritter offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. The Arcade and Amusement Center Study |
| 6 | Commission is created. For the purpose of this section, the term |
| 7 | "commission" means the Arcade and Amusement Study Commission. |
| 8 | The purpose of the Commission is to address amusement game |
| 9 | standards, definitions, and regulations governing the offer of |
| 10 | amusement game play at retail venues throughout the state. |
| 11 | Section 2. The Commission shall consist of five members, |
| 12 | appointed by the Governor, and shall consist of the following |
| 13 | members: |
| 14 | (1) The secretary of the Department of Business and |
| 15 | Professional Regulation, or their designee. |
| 16 | (2) The Executive Director of the Department of Revenue, |
| 17 | or their designee. |
| 18 | (3) Two members of the amusement game arcade industry in |
| 19 | the state. |
| 20 | (4) One member representing the consumer. |
| 21 | Section 3. The Arcade and Amusement Study Commission is |
| 22 | assigned to the Department of Business and Professional |
| 23 | Regulation for administrative purposes only. The commission |
| 24 | shall by staffed by the department. |
| 25 | Section 4. Members of the commission shall be appointed by |
| 26 | the Governor, and shall organize following appointment to select |
| 27 | a chair and set meetings. |
| 28 | Section 5. A vacancy of an appointed member of the |
| 29 | commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original |
| 30 | appointment. A vacancy of any member who may select a designee |
| 31 | shall be filled by the member's selected designee or, if the |
| 32 | vacancy concerns a member's selected designee, shall be filled |
| 33 | by the member or another designee selected by the member. |
| 34 | Vacancies must be filled within 30 days. |
| 35 | Section 6. The commission shall hold all meetings within |
| 36 | the state. Meetings of the commission shall be open to the |
| 37 | public. |
| 38 | Section 7. Members of the commission shall serve without |
| 39 | compensation but are entitled to receive reimbursement for |
| 40 | travel and per diem expenses as provided by section 112.061, |
| 41 | Florida Statutes, while carrying out official business of the |
| 42 | commission. |
| 43 | Section 8. The commission shall report its findings and |
| 44 | recommendations in an official report adopted by the members to |
| 45 | be transmitted to the Governor, President of the Senate, and |
| 46 | Speaker of the House of Representative by February 1, 2005. The |
| 47 | commission shall automatically expire upon submission of its |
| 48 | report to the Governor and the Legislature. |
| 49 | Section 9. This act shall take effect October 1, 2004. |
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| 52 | ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================= |
| 53 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 54 | An act relating to arcade amusement centers; providing |
| 55 | legislative findings; creating the Arcade and Amusement |
| 56 | Center Study Commission; specifying the purpose of the |
| 57 | commission; providing for appointment and qualification of |
| 58 | members; providing for staffing of the commission; |
| 59 | providing for filling of vacancy; requiring that meetings |
| 60 | of the commission be open to the public and held within |
| 61 | the state; authorizing reimbursement for travel and per |
| 62 | diem expenses for members while carrying out official |
| 63 | business of the commission; requiring the commission to |
| 64 | report its findings to the Governor and to legislative |
| 65 | leaders; providing for the expiration of the commission; |
| 66 | providing an effective date. |
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| 68 | WHEREAS, The arcade and amusement industry is an expanding |
| 69 | segment of the economy, with potential for significant impacts |
| 70 | on Florida's tourist industry; and |
| 71 | WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of Florida's families |
| 72 | to ensure that the industry creates a wholesome environment; and |
| 73 | WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the Legislature to |
| 74 | provide appropriate regulation through clear and consistent |
| 75 | industry standards to safeguard against fraud and tax avoidance, |
| 76 | while not creating an excessive burden on small businesses in |
| 77 | the state; and |
| 78 | WHEREAS, modernizing licensure and compliance laws to |
| 79 | reflect technological advances within the arcade industry will |
| 80 | benefit the State of Florida; and |
| 81 | WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that the creation of a study |
| 82 | commission to review regulation of games used in arcade and |
| 83 | amusement centers and to collect information and testimony would |
| 84 | be of benefit to the State of Florida, NOW, THEREFORE, |