| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to state lotteries; creating s. 24.132, |
| 3 | F.S.; providing for a special instant scratch-off lottery |
| 4 | game titled Ticket for the Cure; providing for revenues to |
| 5 | be used for the purpose of funding breast cancer research |
| 6 | and services for certain breast cancer victims; providing |
| 7 | restrictions for the use of funds; defining the terms "net |
| 8 | revenue" and "research"; authorizing the Department of the |
| 9 | Lottery to adopt rules; amending s. 24.121, F.S.; |
| 10 | providing for revenues to be equitably apportioned to |
| 11 | certain state universities to be used for the purpose of |
| 12 | funding breast cancer research and services for certain |
| 13 | breast cancer victims; providing an effective date. |
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| 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 17 | Section 1. Section 24.132, Florida Statutes, is created to |
| 18 | read: |
| 19 | 24.132 Ticket for the Cure.- |
| 20 | (1) The department shall offer a special instant scratch- |
| 21 | off lottery game with the title "Ticket for the Cure." The game |
| 22 | shall commence on January 1, 2012, and shall be discontinued on |
| 23 | December 31, 2017. During the time that tickets are sold for the |
| 24 | Ticket for the Cure game, the department may not unreasonably |
| 25 | diminish the efforts devoted to marketing any other instant |
| 26 | scratch-off lottery game. |
| 27 | (2)(a) The net revenue from the Ticket for the Cure |
| 28 | scratch-off game shall be allocated pursuant to s. 24.121(5)(f) |
| 29 | to be used for the purpose of funding breast cancer research and |
| 30 | services for low-income, uninsured breast cancer victims. The |
| 31 | funds may not be used for institutional, organizational, or |
| 32 | community-based overhead costs, indirect costs, or levies. |
| 33 | (b) As used in this section, the term: |
| 34 | 1. "Net revenue" means the total amount for which tickets |
| 35 | have been sold less the sum of the amount paid out in prizes and |
| 36 | the actual administrative expenses of the department solely |
| 37 | related to the Ticket for the Cure game. |
| 38 | 2. "Research" includes, but is not limited to, |
| 39 | expenditures to develop and advance the understanding, |
| 40 | techniques, and modalities effective in the detection, |
| 41 | prevention, screening, and treatment of breast cancer, including |
| 42 | clinical trials. |
| 43 | (3) The department may adopt rules to implement this |
| 44 | section. |
| 45 | Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section |
| 46 | 24.121, Florida Statutes, is amended, present paragraph (f) is |
| 47 | redesignated as paragraph (g), and a new paragraph (f) is added |
| 48 | to that subsection, to read: |
| 49 | 24.121 Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for |
| 50 | public education.- |
| 51 | (5) |
| 52 | (b) Except as provided in paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), |
| 53 | and (f), the Legislature shall equitably apportion moneys in the |
| 54 | trust fund among public schools, community colleges, and |
| 55 | universities. |
| 56 | (f) The net revenues received pursuant to s. 24.132 shall |
| 57 | be equitably apportioned to state universities that have medical |
| 58 | research facilities or that are associated with medical research |
| 59 | facilities. The moneys shall be used for the purpose of funding |
| 60 | breast cancer research and services for low-income, uninsured |
| 61 | breast cancer victims pursuant to s. 24.132. |
| 62 | (g)(f) Each school district shall, on a quarterly basis, |
| 63 | make available to the public and distribute, in an easy to |
| 64 | understand format, the expenditures of lottery funds allocated |
| 65 | to the school district. |
| 66 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |