Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 466
       
       
        
       By Senator Thompson
       
       
       
       
       
       12-00075A-14                                           2014466__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to state lotteries; creating s.
    3         24.132, F.S.; offering a special instant scratch-off
    4         lottery game entitled “Ticket for the Cure” by the
    5         Department of the Lottery; providing for revenues to
    6         be used for the purpose of funding breast cancer
    7         research and services for certain breast cancer
    8         victims; providing restrictions for the use of funds;
    9         defining the terms “net revenue” and “research”;
   10         authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending s.
   11         24.121, F.S.; providing for revenues to be equitably
   12         apportioned to certain state universities to be used
   13         for the purpose of funding breast cancer research and
   14         services for certain breast cancer victims; providing
   15         an effective date.
   16          
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   18  
   19         Section 1. Section 24.132, Florida Statutes, is created to
   20  read:
   21         24.132 Ticket for the Cure.—
   22         (1) The department shall offer a special instant scratch
   23  off lottery game with the title “Ticket for the Cure.” The game
   24  shall commence on January 1, 2015, and shall be discontinued on
   25  December 31, 2020. During the time that tickets are sold for the
   26  Ticket for the Cure game, the department may not unreasonably
   27  diminish the efforts devoted to marketing any other instant
   28  scratch-off lottery game.
   29         (2) As used in this section, the term:
   30         (a) “Net revenue” means the total amount for which tickets
   31  have been sold less the sum of the amount paid out in prizes and
   32  the actual administrative expenses of the department solely
   33  related to the Ticket for the Cure game.
   34         (b) “Research” includes, but is not limited to,
   35  expenditures to develop and advance the understanding,
   36  techniques, and modalities effective in the detection,
   37  screening, prevention, and treatment of breast cancer, including
   38  clinical trials.
   39         (3) The net revenue from the Ticket for the Cure scratch
   40  off game shall be allocated pursuant to s. 24.121(5)(f), to be
   41  used for the purpose of funding breast cancer research and
   42  services for low-income, uninsured breast cancer victims. The
   43  funds may not be used for institutional, organizational, or
   44  community-based overhead costs, indirect costs, or levies.
   45         (4) The department may adopt rules to administer this
   46  section.
   47         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
   48  24.121, Florida Statutes, is amended, present paragraph (f) of
   49  that subsection is redesignated as paragraph (g), and a new
   50  paragraph (f) is added to that subsection, to read:
   51         24.121 Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for
   52  public education.—
   53         (5)
   54         (b) Except as provided in paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), and
   55  (f), the Legislature shall equitably apportion moneys in the
   56  trust fund among public schools, community colleges, and
   57  universities.
   58         (f) The net revenues received under s. 24.132 shall be
   59  equitably apportioned to state universities that have medical
   60  research facilities or that are associated with medical research
   61  facilities. The moneys shall be used for the purpose of funding
   62  breast cancer research and services under s. 24.132 for low
   63  income, uninsured breast cancer victims.
   64         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.