Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SPB 7072
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: WD .
02/19/2016 .
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The Committee on Regulated Industries (Negron) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 473 - 520
4 and insert:
5 (14)(a) The holder Any holder of a permit to conduct jai
6 alai may apply to the division to convert such permit to a
7 permit to conduct greyhound racing in lieu of jai alai if:
8 1. Such permit is located in a county in which the division
9 has issued only two pari-mutuel permits pursuant to this
10 section;
11 2. Such permit was not previously converted from any other
12 class of permit; and
13 3. The holder of the permit has not conducted jai alai
14 games during a period of 10 years immediately preceding his or
15 her application for conversion under this subsection.
16 (b) The division, upon application from the holder of a jai
17 alai permit meeting all conditions of this section, shall
18 convert the permit and shall issue to the permitholder a permit
19 to conduct greyhound racing. A permitholder of a permit
20 converted pursuant to former s. 550.054(14), Florida Statutes
21 2015, as created by s. 6, chapter 2009-170, Laws of Florida,
22 must under this section shall be required to apply for and
23 conduct a full schedule of live racing each fiscal year to be
24 eligible for any tax credit provided by this chapter. Upon
25 application from the holder of a permit converted pursuant to
26 former s. 550.054(14), Florida Statutes 2015, as created by s.
27 6, chapter 2009-170, Laws of Florida, this subsection or any
28 holder of a permit to conduct greyhound racing located in a
29 county for in which it is the only one permit has been issued
30 pursuant to this section and which who operates at a leased
31 facility pursuant to s. 550.475, the division may approve the
32 relocation may move the location for which the permit has been
33 issued to another location within a 30-mile radius of the
34 location fixed in the permit if the application is received by
35 July 31, 2018, the location is within the same issued in that
36 county, provided the move does not cross the county boundary,
37 and the such location is approved under the zoning regulations
38 of the county or municipality in which the permit is located.,
39 and Upon such relocation, the permitholder may use the permit
40 for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering and the operation of a
41 cardroom. Section The provisions of s. 550.6305(9)(d) and (f)
42 shall apply to any permit converted under this subsection and
43 shall continue to apply to any permit which was previously
44 included under and subject to those such provisions before a
45 conversion pursuant to this section occurred.
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48 And the title is amended as follows:
49 Delete lines 33 - 38
50 and insert:
51 license under certain conditions; deleting provisions
52 authorizing jai alai permitholders to convert such
53 permits to permits to conduct greyhound racing under
54 certain circumstances; providing that such provisions
55 still apply to permits that have been converted under
56 certain circumstances; repealing s. 550.0555,