| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to state lotteries; amending s. 24.112, |
| 3 | F.S.; requiring each retailer of lottery tickets to |
| 4 | provide assistance to any individual who is blind or |
| 5 | visually impaired and has requested assistance in filling |
| 6 | out his or her lottery ticket; providing a definition; |
| 7 | providing that a retailer or an employee of the retailer |
| 8 | is not liable under certain circumstances; providing an |
| 9 | 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. Subsection (13) of section 24.112, Florida |
| 14 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 15 | 24.112 Retailers of lottery tickets.- |
| 16 | (13)(a) Each retailer shall provide accessibility for |
| 17 | disabled persons on habitable grade levels. This paragraph |
| 18 | subsection does not apply to a retail location which has an |
| 19 | entrance door threshold more than 12 inches above ground level. |
| 20 | As used in this paragraph herein and for purposes of this |
| 21 | subsection only, the term "accessibility for disabled persons on |
| 22 | habitable grade levels" means that retailers shall provide |
| 23 | ramps, platforms, aisles and pathway widths, turnaround areas, |
| 24 | and parking spaces to the extent these are required for the |
| 25 | retailer's premises by the particular jurisdiction where the |
| 26 | retailer is located. Accessibility shall be required to only one |
| 27 | point of sale of lottery tickets for each lottery retailer |
| 28 | location. The requirements of this paragraph subsection shall be |
| 29 | deemed to have been met if, in lieu of the foregoing, disabled |
| 30 | persons can purchase tickets from the retail location by means |
| 31 | of a drive-up window, provided the hours of access at the drive- |
| 32 | up window are not less than those provided at any other entrance |
| 33 | at that lottery retailer location. Inspections for compliance |
| 34 | with this paragraph subsection shall be performed by those |
| 35 | enforcement authorities responsible for enforcement pursuant to |
| 36 | s. 553.80 in accordance with procedures established by those |
| 37 | authorities. Those enforcement authorities shall provide to the |
| 38 | Department of the Lottery a certification of noncompliance for |
| 39 | any lottery retailer not meeting such requirements. |
| 40 | (b) Each retailer shall provide assistance to any |
| 41 | individual who is blind or visually impaired and has requested |
| 42 | assistance in filling out his or her lottery ticket. As used in |
| 43 | this paragraph, the term "assistance" means the inputting and |
| 44 | printing of the requested lottery ticket as communicated |
| 45 | verbally or in writing by the blind or visually impaired |
| 46 | individual. A retailer or an employee of the retailer is not |
| 47 | liable for any alleged or actual scrivener's error absent a |
| 48 | finding of intentional fraud or malice by a court of competent |
| 49 | jurisdiction. |
| 50 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |