Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SPB 7080
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Regulated Industries (Hutson) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Present subsections (24) through (28) of section
6 550.002, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (25)
7 through (29), respectively, a new subsection (24) is added to
8 that section, and subsections (11), (17), (20), (21), (22),
9 (23), and (31) and present subsections (26) and (29) of that
10 section are amended, to read:
11 550.002 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
12 (11) “Full schedule of live racing or games” means, for a
13 greyhound or jai alai permitholder, the conduct of a combination
14 of at least 100 live evening or matinee performances during the
15 preceding year; for a permitholder who has a converted permit or
16 filed an application on or before June 1, 1990, for a converted
17 permit, the conduct of a combination of at least 100 live
18 evening and matinee wagering performances during either of the 2
19 preceding years; for a jai alai permitholder who does not
20 operate slot machines in its pari-mutuel facility, who has
21 conducted at least 100 live performances per year for at least
22 10 years after December 31, 1992, and whose handle on live jai
23 alai games conducted at its pari-mutuel facility has been less
24 than $4 million per state fiscal year for at least 2 consecutive
25 years after June 30, 1992, the conduct of a combination of at
26 least 40 live evening or matinee performances during the
27 preceding year; for a jai alai permitholder who operates slot
28 machines in its pari-mutuel facility, the conduct of a
29 combination of at least 150 performances during the preceding
30 year; for a harness permitholder, the conduct of at least 100
31 live regular wagering performances during the preceding year;
32 for a quarter horse permitholder at its facility unless an
33 alternative schedule of at least 20 live regular wagering
34 performances is agreed upon by the permitholder and either the
35 Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association or the horsemen’s
36 association representing the majority of the quarter horse
37 owners and trainers at the facility and filed with the division
38 along with its annual date application, in the 2010-2011 fiscal
39 year, the conduct of at least 20 regular wagering performances,
40 in the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 fiscal years, the conduct of at
41 least 30 live regular wagering performances, and for every
42 fiscal year after the 2012-2013 fiscal year, the conduct of at
43 least 40 live regular wagering performances; for a quarter horse
44 permitholder leasing another licensed racetrack, the conduct of
45 160 events at the leased facility; and for a thoroughbred
46 permitholder, the conduct of at least 40 live regular wagering
47 performances during the preceding year. For a permitholder which
48 is restricted by statute to certain operating periods within the
49 year when other members of its same class of permit are
50 authorized to operate throughout the year, the specified number
51 of live performances which constitute a full schedule of live
52 racing or games shall be adjusted pro rata in accordance with
53 the relationship between its authorized operating period and the
54 full calendar year and the resulting specified number of live
55 performances shall constitute the full schedule of live games
56 for such permitholder and all other permitholders of the same
57 class within 100 air miles of such permitholder. A live
58 performance must consist of no fewer than eight races or games
59 conducted live for each of a minimum of three performances each
60 week at the permitholder’s licensed facility under a single
61 admission charge.
62 (17) “Intertrack wager” or “intertrack wagering” means a
63 particular form of pari-mutuel wagering in which wagers are
64 accepted at a permitted, in-state track, fronton, or pari-mutuel
65 facility on a race or game transmitted from and performed live
66 at, or simulcast signal rebroadcast from, another in-state pari
67 mutuel facility.
68 (20) “Meet” or “meeting” means the conduct of live racing
69 or jai alai, or wagering on intertrack or simulcast events, for
70 any stake, purse, prize, or premium.
71 (21) “Operating day” means a continuous period of 24 hours
72 starting with the beginning of the first performance of a race
73 or game, even though the operating day may start during one
74 calendar day and extend past midnight except that no greyhound
75 race or jai alai game may commence after 1:30 a.m.
76 (22) “Pari-mutuel” or “pari-mutuel wagering” means a system
77 of betting on races or games in which the winners divide the
78 total amount bet, after deducting management expenses and taxes,
79 in proportion to the sums they have wagered individually and
80 with regard to the odds assigned to particular outcomes.
81 (23) “Pari-mutuel facility” means the grounds or property
82 of a cardroom, racetrack, fronton, or other facility used by a
83 licensed permitholder for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering.
84 (24) “Permitholder” or “permittee” means a holder of a
85 permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering in this state as
86 authorized in this chapter.
87 (27)(26) “Post time” means the time set for the arrival at
88 the starting point of the horses or greyhounds in a race or the
89 beginning of a game in jai alai.
90 (29) “Racing greyhound” means a greyhound that is or was
91 used, or is being bred, raised, or trained to be used, in racing
92 at a pari-mutuel facility and is registered with the National
93 Greyhound Association.
94 (31) “Same class of races, games, or permit” means, with
95 respect to a jai alai permitholder, jai alai games or other jai
96 alai permitholders; with respect to a greyhound permitholder,
97 greyhound races or other greyhound permitholders conducting
98 pari-mutuel wagering; with respect to a thoroughbred
99 permitholder, thoroughbred races or other thoroughbred
100 permitholders; with respect to a harness permitholder, harness
101 races or other harness permitholders; with respect to a quarter
102 horse permitholder, quarter horse races or other quarter horse
103 permitholders.
104 Section 2. Section 550.0115, Florida Statutes, is amended
105 to read:
106 550.0115 Permitholder operating license.—After a permit has
107 been issued by the division, and after the permit has been
108 approved by election, the division shall issue to the
109 permitholder an annual operating license to conduct pari-mutuel
110 wagering operations at the location specified in the permit
111 pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
112 Section 3. Section 550.01215, Florida Statutes, is amended
113 to read:
114 550.01215 License application; periods of operation;
115 license fees; bond, conversion of permit.—
116 (1) Each permitholder shall annually, during the period
117 between December 15 and January 4, file in writing with the
118 division its application for an operating a license for a pari
119 mutuel facility for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering during
120 the next state fiscal year, including intertrack and simulcast
121 race wagering to conduct performances during the next state
122 fiscal year. Each application for live performances must shall
123 specify the number, dates, and starting times of all live
124 performances that which the permitholder intends to conduct. It
125 must shall also specify which performances will be conducted as
126 charity or scholarship performances.
127 (a) In addition, Each application for an operating a
128 license also must shall include:,
129 1. For each permitholder, whether the permitholder intends
130 to accept wagers on intertrack or simulcast events.
131 2. For each permitholder that which elects to operate a
132 cardroom, the dates and periods of operation the permitholder
133 intends to operate the cardroom. or,
134 3. For each thoroughbred racing permitholder that which
135 elects to receive or rebroadcast out-of-state races after 7
136 p.m., the dates for all performances that which the permitholder
137 intends to conduct.
138 (b) A greyhound permitholder may not conduct live racing. A
139 jai alai permitholder, harness horse racing permitholder, or
140 quarter horse racing permitholder may elect not to conduct live
141 racing or games. A thoroughbred permitholder must conduct live
142 racing. A greyhound permitholder, jai alai permitholder, harness
143 horse racing permitholder, or quarter horse racing permitholder
144 that does not conduct live racing or games retains its permit;
145 is a pari-mutuel facility as defined in s. 550.002(23); if such
146 permitholder has been issued a slot machine license, the
147 facility where such permit is located remains an eligible
148 facility as defined in s. 551.102(4), continues to be eligible
149 for a slot machine license pursuant to s. 551.104(3), and is
150 exempt from ss. 551.104(4)(c) and (10) and 551.114(2) and (4);
151 is eligible, but not required, to be a guest track and, if the
152 permitholder is a harness horse racing permitholder, to be a
153 host track for purposes of intertrack wagering and simulcasting
154 pursuant to ss. 550.3551, 550.615, 550.625, and 550.6305; and
155 remains eligible for a cardroom license.
156 (c) Permitholders may shall be entitled to amend their
157 applications through February 28.
158 (2) After the first license has been issued to a
159 permitholder, all subsequent annual applications for a license
160 shall be accompanied by proof, in such form as the division may
161 by rule require, that the permitholder continues to possess the
162 qualifications prescribed by this chapter, and that the permit
163 has not been disapproved at a later election.
164 (3) The division shall issue each license no later than
165 March 15. Each permitholder shall operate all performances at
166 the date and time specified on its license. The division shall
167 have the authority to approve minor changes in racing dates
168 after a license has been issued. The division may approve
169 changes in racing dates after a license has been issued when
170 there is no objection from any operating permitholder located
171 within 50 miles of the permitholder requesting the changes in
172 operating dates. In the event of an objection, the division
173 shall approve or disapprove the change in operating dates based
174 upon the impact on operating permitholders located within 50
175 miles of the permitholder requesting the change in operating
176 dates. In making the determination to change racing dates, the
177 division shall take into consideration the impact of such
178 changes on state revenues. Notwithstanding any other provision
179 of law, and for the 2021-2022 state fiscal year only, the
180 division may approve changes in operating dates for
181 permitholders if the request for such changes is received before
182 July 1, 2021.
183 (4) In the event that a permitholder fails to operate all
184 performances specified on its license at the date and time
185 specified, the division shall hold a hearing to determine
186 whether to fine or suspend the permitholder’s license, unless
187 such failure was the direct result of fire, strike, war, or
188 other disaster or event beyond the ability of the permitholder
189 to control. Financial hardship to the permitholder shall not, in
190 and of itself, constitute just cause for failure to operate all
191 performances on the dates and at the times specified.
192 (5) In the event that performances licensed to be operated
193 by a permitholder are vacated, abandoned, or will not be used
194 for any reason, any permitholder shall be entitled, pursuant to
195 rules adopted by the division, to apply to conduct performances
196 on the dates for which the performances have been abandoned. The
197 division shall issue an amended license for all such replacement
198 performances which have been requested in compliance with the
199 provisions of this chapter and division rules.
200 (6) Any permit which was converted from a jai alai permit
201 to a greyhound permit may be converted to a jai alai permit at
202 any time if the permitholder never conducted greyhound racing or
203 if the permitholder has not conducted greyhound racing for a
204 period of 12 consecutive months.
205 Section 4. Section 550.0235, Florida Statutes, is amended
206 to read:
207 550.0235 Limitation of civil liability.—No permitholder
208 licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering permittee conducting a
209 racing meet pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; no
210 division director or employee of the division; and no steward,
211 judge, or other person appointed to act pursuant to this chapter
212 shall be held liable to any person, partnership, association,
213 corporation, or other business entity for any cause whatsoever
214 arising out of, or from, the performance by such permittee,
215 director, employee, steward, judge, or other person of her or
216 his duties and the exercise of her or his discretion with
217 respect to the implementation and enforcement of the statutes
218 and rules governing the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering, so long
219 as she or he acted in good faith. This section shall not limit
220 liability in any situation in which the negligent maintenance of
221 the premises or the negligent conduct of a race contributed to
222 an accident; nor shall it limit any contractual liability.
223 Section 5. Subsections (1) and (7) of section 550.0351,
224 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
225 550.0351 Charity racing days.—
226 (1) The division shall, upon the request of a permitholder,
227 authorize each horseracing permitholder, dogracing permitholder,
228 and jai alai permitholder up to five charity or scholarship days
229 in addition to the regular racing days authorized by law.
230 (7) In addition to the charity days authorized by this
231 section, any dogracing permitholder may allow its facility to be
232 used for conducting “hound dog derbies” or “mutt derbies” on any
233 day during each racing season by any charitable, civic, or
234 nonprofit organization for the purpose of conducting “hound dog
235 derbies” or “mutt derbies” if only dogs other than those usually
236 used in dogracing (greyhounds) are permitted to race and if
237 adults and minors are allowed to participate as dog owners or
238 spectators. During these racing events, betting, gambling, and
239 the sale or use of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
240 Section 6. Subsection (4) of section 550.0425, Florida
241 Statutes, is amended to read:
242 550.0425 Minors attendance at pari-mutuel performances;
243 restrictions.—
244 (4) Minor children of licensed greyhound trainers, kennel
245 operators, or other licensed persons employed in the kennel
246 compound areas may be granted access to kennel compound areas
247 without being licensed, provided they are in no way employed
248 unless properly licensed, and only when under the direct
249 supervision of one of their parents or legal guardian.
250 Section 7. Subsections (2) and (14) of section 550.054,
251 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
252 550.054 Application for permit to conduct pari-mutuel
253 wagering.—
254 (2) Upon each application filed and approved, a permit
255 shall be issued to the applicant setting forth the name of the
256 permitholder, the location of the pari-mutuel facility, the type
257 of pari-mutuel activity desired to be conducted, and a statement
258 showing qualifications of the applicant to conduct pari-mutuel
259 performances under this chapter; however, a permit is
260 ineffectual to authorize any pari-mutuel performances until
261 approved by a majority of the electors participating in a
262 ratification election in the county in which the applicant
263 proposes to conduct pari-mutuel wagering activities. In
264 addition, an application may not be considered, nor may a permit
265 be issued by the division or be voted upon in any county, to
266 conduct horseraces, harness horse races, or pari-mutuel wagering
267 dograces at a location within 100 miles of an existing pari
268 mutuel facility, or for jai alai within 50 miles of an existing
269 pari-mutuel facility; this distance shall be measured on a
270 straight line from the nearest property line of one pari-mutuel
271 facility to the nearest property line of the other facility.
272 (14)(a) Any holder of a permit to conduct jai alai may
273 apply to the division to convert such permit to a permit to
274 conduct greyhound racing in lieu of jai alai if:
275 1. Such permit is located in a county in which the division
276 has issued only two pari-mutuel permits pursuant to this
277 section;
278 2. Such permit was not previously converted from any other
279 class of permit; and
280 3. The holder of the permit has not conducted jai alai
281 games during a period of 10 years immediately preceding his or
282 her application for conversion under this subsection.
283 (b) The division, upon application from the holder of a jai
284 alai permit meeting all conditions of this section, shall
285 convert the permit and shall issue to the permitholder a permit
286 to conduct greyhound racing. A permitholder of a permit
287 converted under this section shall be required to apply for and
288 conduct a full schedule of live racing each fiscal year to be
289 eligible for any tax credit provided by this chapter. The holder
290 of a permit converted under former subsection (14) of this
291 section, Florida Statutes 2020, pursuant to this subsection or
292 any holder of a permit to conduct greyhound racing located in a
293 county in which it is the only permit issued pursuant to this
294 section who operates at a leased facility pursuant to s. 550.475
295 may move the location for which the permit has been issued to
296 another location within a 30-mile radius of the location fixed
297 in the permit issued in that county, provided the move does not
298 cross the county boundary and such location is approved under
299 the zoning regulations of the county or municipality in which
300 the permit is located, and upon such relocation may use the
301 permit for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering and the operation
302 of a cardroom. The provisions of s. 550.6305(9)(d) and (f) shall
303 apply to any permit converted under former subsection (14) of
304 this section, Florida Statutes 2020, this subsection and shall
305 continue to apply to any permit which was previously included
306 under and subject to such provisions before a conversion
307 pursuant to this section occurred.
308 Section 8. Subsection (4) of section 550.09511, Florida
309 Statutes, is amended to read:
310 550.09511 Jai alai taxes; abandoned interest in a permit
311 for nonpayment of taxes.—
312 (4) A jai alai permitholder conducting fewer than 100 live
313 performances in any calendar year shall pay to the state the
314 same aggregate amount of daily license fees on live jai alai
315 games, admissions tax, and tax on live handle as that
316 permitholder paid to the state during the most recent prior
317 calendar year in which the jai alai permitholder conducted at
318 least 100 live performances.
319 Section 9. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
320 550.09512, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
321 550.09512 Harness horse taxes; abandoned interest in a
322 permit for nonpayment of taxes.—
323 (3)(a) The permit of a harness horse permitholder who is
324 conducting live harness horse performances and who does not pay
325 tax on handle for any such live harness horse performances
326 conducted for a full schedule of live races during any 2
327 consecutive state fiscal years shall be void and shall escheat
328 to and become the property of the state unless such failure to
329 operate and pay tax on handle was the direct result of fire,
330 strike, war, or other disaster or event beyond the ability of
331 the permitholder to control. Financial hardship to the
332 permitholder shall not, in and of itself, constitute just cause
333 for failure to operate and pay tax on handle.
334 Section 10. Subsections (2) and (9) of section 550.105,
335 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
336 550.105 Occupational licenses of racetrack employees; fees;
337 denial, suspension, and revocation of license; penalties and
338 fines.—
339 (2)(a) The following licenses shall be issued to persons or
340 entities with access to the backside, racing animals, jai alai
341 players’ room, jockeys’ room, drivers’ room, totalisator room,
342 the mutuels, or money room, or to persons who, by virtue of the
343 position they hold, might be granted access to these areas or to
344 any other person or entity in one of the following categories
345 and with fees not to exceed the following amounts for any 12
346 month period:
347 1. Business licenses: any business such as a vendor,
348 contractual concessionaire, contract kennel, business owning
349 racing animals, trust or estate, totalisator company, stable
350 name, or other fictitious name: $50.
351 2. Professional occupational licenses: professional persons
352 with access to the backside of a racetrack or players’ quarters
353 in jai alai such as trainers, officials, veterinarians, doctors,
354 nurses, EMT’s, jockeys and apprentices, drivers, jai alai
355 players, owners, trustees, or any management or officer or
356 director or shareholder or any other professional-level person
357 who might have access to the jockeys’ room, the drivers’ room,
358 the backside, racing animals, kennel compound, or managers or
359 supervisors requiring access to mutuels machines, the money
360 room, or totalisator equipment: $40.
361 3. General occupational licenses: general employees with
362 access to the jockeys’ room, the drivers’ room, racing animals,
363 the backside of a racetrack or players’ quarters in jai alai,
364 such as grooms, kennel helpers, leadouts, pelota makers, cesta
365 makers, or ball boys, or a practitioner of any other occupation
366 who would have access to the animals or, the backside, or the
367 kennel compound, or who would provide the security or
368 maintenance of these areas, or mutuel employees, totalisator
369 employees, money-room employees, or any employee with access to
370 mutuels machines, the money room, or totalisator equipment or
371 who would provide the security or maintenance of these areas:
372 $10.
373
374 The individuals and entities that are licensed under this
375 paragraph require heightened state scrutiny, including the
376 submission by the individual licensees or persons associated
377 with the entities described in this chapter of fingerprints for
378 a Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal records check.
379 (b) The division shall adopt rules pertaining to pari
380 mutuel occupational licenses, licensing periods, and renewal
381 cycles.
382 (9) The tax imposed by this section is in lieu of all
383 license, excise, or occupational taxes to the state or any
384 county, municipality, or other political subdivision, except
385 that, if a race meeting or game is held or conducted in a
386 municipality, the municipality may assess and collect an
387 additional tax against any person conducting live racing or
388 games within its corporate limits, which tax may not exceed $150
389 per day for horseracing or $50 per day for dogracing or jai
390 alai. Except as provided in this chapter, a municipality may not
391 assess or collect any additional excise or revenue tax against
392 any person conducting race meetings within the corporate limits
393 of the municipality or against any patron of any such person.
394 Section 11. Section 550.1155, Florida Statutes, is amended
395 to read:
396 550.1155 Authority of stewards, judges, panel of judges, or
397 player’s manager to impose penalties against occupational
398 licensees; disposition of funds collected.—
399 (1) The stewards at a horse racetrack; the judges at a dog
400 track; or the judges, a panel of judges, or a player’s manager
401 at a jai alai fronton may impose a civil penalty against any
402 occupational licensee for violation of the pari-mutuel laws or
403 any rule adopted by the division. The penalty may not exceed
404 $1,000 for each count or separate offense or exceed 60 days of
405 suspension for each count or separate offense.
406 (2) All penalties imposed and collected pursuant to this
407 section at each horse or dog racetrack or jai alai fronton shall
408 be deposited into a board of relief fund established by the
409 pari-mutuel permitholder. Each association shall name a board of
410 relief composed of three of its officers, with the general
411 manager of the permitholder being the ex officio treasurer of
412 such board. Moneys deposited into the board of relief fund shall
413 be disbursed by the board for the specific purpose of aiding
414 occupational licenseholders and their immediate family members
415 at each pari-mutuel facility.
416 Section 12. Section 550.1647, Florida Statutes, is amended
417 to read:
418 550.1647 Greyhound permitholders; unclaimed tickets;
419 breaks.—All money or other property represented by any
420 unclaimed, uncashed, or abandoned pari-mutuel ticket which has
421 remained in the custody of or under the control of any greyhound
422 permitholder authorized to conduct greyhound racing pari-mutuel
423 wagering pools in this state for a period of 1 year after the
424 date the pari-mutuel ticket was issued, if the rightful owner or
425 owners thereof have made no claim or demand for such money or
426 other property within that period of time, shall, with respect
427 to live races conducted by the permitholder, be remitted to the
428 state pursuant to s. 550.1645; however, such permitholder shall
429 be entitled to a credit in each state fiscal year in an amount
430 equal to the actual amount remitted in the prior state fiscal
431 year which may be applied against any taxes imposed pursuant to
432 this chapter. In addition, each permitholder shall pay, from any
433 source, including the proceeds from performances conducted
434 pursuant to s. 550.0351, an amount not less than 10 percent of
435 the amount of the credit provided by this section to any bona
436 fide organization that promotes or encourages the adoption of
437 greyhounds. As used in this chapter, the term “bona fide
438 organization that promotes or encourages the adoption of
439 greyhounds” means any organization that provides evidence of
440 compliance with chapter 496 and possesses a valid exemption from
441 federal taxation issued by the Internal Revenue Service. Such
442 bona fide organization, as a condition of adoption, must provide
443 sterilization of greyhounds by a licensed veterinarian before
444 relinquishing custody of the greyhound to the adopter. The fee
445 for sterilization may be included in the cost of adoption.
446 Section 13. Section 550.1648, Florida Statutes, is
447 repealed.
448 Section 14. Section 550.175, Florida Statutes, is amended
449 to read:
450 550.175 Petition for election to revoke permit.—Upon
451 petition of 20 percent of the qualified electors of any county
452 wherein any pari-mutuel wagering racing has been licensed and
453 conducted under this chapter, the county commissioners of such
454 county shall provide for the submission to the electors of such
455 county at the then next succeeding general election the question
456 of whether any permit or permits theretofore granted shall be
457 continued or revoked, and if a majority of the electors voting
458 on such question in such election vote to cancel or recall the
459 permit theretofore given, the division may not thereafter grant
460 any license on the permit so recalled. Every signature upon
461 every recall petition must be signed in the presence of the
462 clerk of the board of county commissioners at the office of the
463 clerk of the circuit court of the county, and the petitioner
464 must present at the time of such signing her or his registration
465 receipt showing the petitioner’s qualification as an elector of
466 the county at the time of the signing of the petition. Not more
467 than one permit may be included in any one petition; and, in all
468 elections in which the recall of more than one permit is voted
469 on, the voters shall be given an opportunity to vote for or
470 against the recall of each permit separately. Nothing in this
471 chapter shall be construed to prevent the holding of later
472 referendum or recall elections.
473 Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 550.1815, Florida
474 Statutes, is amended to read:
475 550.1815 Certain persons prohibited from holding racing or
476 jai alai permits; suspension and revocation.—
477 (1) A corporation, general or limited partnership, sole
478 proprietorship, business trust, joint venture, or unincorporated
479 association, or other business entity may not hold any
480 horseracing or greyhound dogracing permit or jai alai fronton
481 permit in this state if any one of the persons or entities
482 specified in paragraph (a) has been determined by the division
483 not to be of good moral character or has been convicted of any
484 offense specified in paragraph (b).
485 (a)1. The permitholder;
486 2. An employee of the permitholder;
487 3. The sole proprietor of the permitholder;
488 4. A corporate officer or director of the permitholder;
489 5. A general partner of the permitholder;
490 6. A trustee of the permitholder;
491 7. A member of an unincorporated association permitholder;
492 8. A joint venturer of the permitholder;
493 9. The owner of more than 5 percent of any equity interest
494 in the permitholder, whether as a common shareholder, general or
495 limited partner, voting trustee, or trust beneficiary; or
496 10. An owner of any interest in the permit or permitholder,
497 including any immediate family member of the owner, or holder of
498 any debt, mortgage, contract, or concession from the
499 permitholder, who by virtue thereof is able to control the
500 business of the permitholder.
501 (b)1. A felony in this state;
502 2. Any felony in any other state which would be a felony if
503 committed in this state under the laws of this state;
504 3. Any felony under the laws of the United States;
505 4. A felony under the laws of another state if related to
506 gambling which would be a felony under the laws of this state if
507 committed in this state; or
508 5. Bookmaking as defined in s. 849.25.
509 Section 16. Subsection (2) of section 550.24055, Florida
510 Statutes, is amended to read:
511 550.24055 Use of controlled substances or alcohol
512 prohibited; testing of certain occupational licensees; penalty;
513 evidence of test or action taken and admissibility for criminal
514 prosecution limited.—
515 (2) The occupational licensees, by applying for and holding
516 such licenses, are deemed to have given their consents to submit
517 to an approved chemical test of their breath for the purpose of
518 determining the alcoholic content of their blood and to a urine
519 or blood test for the purpose of detecting the presence of
520 controlled substances. Such tests shall only be conducted upon
521 reasonable cause that a violation has occurred as shall be
522 determined solely by the stewards at a horseracing meeting or
523 the judges or board of judges at a dogtrack or jai alai meet.
524 The failure to submit to such test may result in a suspension of
525 the person’s occupational license for a period of 10 days or
526 until this section has been complied with, whichever is longer.
527 (a) If there was at the time of the test 0.05 percent or
528 less by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood, the person is
529 presumed not to have been under the influence of alcoholic
530 beverages to the extent that the person’s normal faculties were
531 impaired, and no action of any sort may be taken by the
532 stewards, judges, or board of judges or the division.
533 (b) If there was at the time of the test an excess of 0.05
534 percent but less than 0.08 percent by weight of alcohol in the
535 person’s blood, that fact does not give rise to any presumption
536 that the person was or was not under the influence of alcoholic
537 beverages to the extent that the person’s faculties were
538 impaired, but the stewards, judges, or board of judges may
539 consider that fact in determining whether or not the person will
540 be allowed to officiate or participate in any given race or jai
541 alai game.
542 (c) If there was at the time of the test 0.08 percent or
543 more by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood, that fact is
544 prima facie evidence that the person was under the influence of
545 alcoholic beverages to the extent that the person’s normal
546 faculties were impaired, and the stewards or judges may take
547 action as set forth in this section, but the person may not
548 officiate at or participate in any race or jai alai game on the
549 day of such test.
550
551 All tests relating to alcohol must be performed in a manner
552 substantially similar, or identical, to the provisions of s.
553 316.1934 and rules adopted pursuant to that section. Following a
554 test of the urine or blood to determine the presence of a
555 controlled substance as defined in chapter 893, if a controlled
556 substance is found to exist, the stewards, judges, or board of
557 judges may take such action as is permitted in this section.
558 Section 17. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5), paragraphs (b)
559 and (c) of subsection (6), paragraph (a) of subsection (9), and
560 subsection (13) of section 550.2415, Florida Statutes, are
561 amended to read:
562 550.2415 Racing of animals under certain conditions
563 prohibited; penalties; exceptions.—
564 (5) The division shall implement a split-sample procedure
565 for testing animals under this section.
566 (d) For the testing of a racing greyhound, if there is an
567 insufficient quantity of the secondary (split) sample for
568 confirmation of the division laboratory’s positive result, the
569 division may commence administrative proceedings as prescribed
570 in this chapter and consistent with chapter 120.
571 (6)
572 (b) The division shall, by rule, establish the procedures
573 for euthanizing greyhounds. However, a greyhound may not be put
574 to death by any means other than by lethal injection of the drug
575 sodium pentobarbital. A greyhound may not be removed from this
576 state for the purpose of being destroyed.
577 (c) It is a violation of this chapter for an occupational
578 licensee to train a greyhound using live or dead animals. A
579 greyhound may not be taken from this state for the purpose of
580 being trained through the use of live or dead animals.
581 (9)(a) The division may conduct a postmortem examination of
582 any animal that is injured at a permitted racetrack while in
583 training or in competition and that subsequently expires or is
584 destroyed. The division may conduct a postmortem examination of
585 any animal that expires while housed at a permitted racetrack,
586 association compound, or licensed kennel or farm. Trainers and
587 owners shall be requested to comply with this paragraph as a
588 condition of licensure.
589 (13) The division may implement by rule medication levels
590 for racing greyhounds recommended by the University of Florida
591 College of Veterinary Medicine developed pursuant to an
592 agreement between the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering and the
593 University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. The
594 University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine may provide
595 written notification to the division that it has completed
596 research or review on a particular drug pursuant to the
597 agreement and when the College of Veterinary Medicine has
598 completed a final report of its findings, conclusions, and
599 recommendations to the division.
600 Section 18. Subsection (8) of section 550.334, Florida
601 Statutes, is amended to read
602 550.334 Quarter horse racing; substitutions.—
603 (8) To be eligible to conduct intertrack wagering, a
604 quarter horse racing permitholder must have conducted a full
605 schedule of live racing in the preceding year.
606 Section 19. Subsections (2) and (4), paragraph (a) of
607 subsection (6), and subsection (11) of section 550.3551, Florida
608 Statutes, are amended to read:
609 550.3551 Transmission of racing and jai alai information;
610 commingling of pari-mutuel pools.—
611 (2) Any horse track, dog track, or fronton licensed under
612 this chapter may transmit broadcasts of races or games conducted
613 at the enclosure of the licensee to locations outside this
614 state.
615 (a) All broadcasts of horseraces transmitted to locations
616 outside this state must comply with the provisions of the
617 Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, 92 Stat. 1811, 15 U.S.C. ss.
618 3001 et seq.
619 (b) Wagers accepted by any out-of-state pari-mutuel
620 permitholder or licensed betting system on a race broadcasted
621 under this subsection may be, but are not required to be,
622 included in the pari-mutuel pools of the horse track in this
623 state that broadcasts the race upon which wagers are accepted.
624 The handle, as referred to in s. 550.0951(3), does not include
625 any wagers accepted by an out-of-state pari-mutuel permitholder
626 or licensed betting system, irrespective of whether such wagers
627 are included in the pari-mutuel pools of the Florida
628 permitholder as authorized by this subsection.
629 (4) Any greyhound permitholder or jai alai permitholder dog
630 track or fronton licensed under this chapter may receive at its
631 licensed location broadcasts of dograces or jai alai games
632 conducted at other tracks or frontons located outside the state
633 at the track enclosure of the licensee during its operational
634 meeting. All forms of pari-mutuel wagering are allowed on
635 dograces or jai alai games broadcast under this subsection. All
636 money wagered by patrons on dograces broadcast under this
637 subsection shall be computed in the amount of money wagered each
638 performance for purposes of taxation under ss. 550.0951 and
639 550.09511.
640 (6)(a) A maximum of 20 percent of the total number of races
641 on which wagers are accepted by a greyhound permitholder not
642 located as specified in s. 550.615(6) may be received from
643 locations outside this state. A permitholder conducting live
644 races or games may not conduct fewer than eight live races or
645 games on any authorized race day except as provided in this
646 subsection. A thoroughbred permitholder may not conduct fewer
647 than eight live races on any race day without the written
648 approval of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and
649 the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association,
650 Inc., unless it is determined by the department that another
651 entity represents a majority of the thoroughbred racehorse
652 owners and trainers in the state. If conducting live racing, a
653 harness permitholder may conduct fewer than eight live races on
654 any authorized race day., except that such permitholder must
655 conduct a full schedule of live racing during its race meet
656 consisting of at least eight live races per authorized race day
657 for at least 100 days. Any harness horse permitholder that
658 during the preceding racing season conducted a full schedule of
659 live racing may, at any time during its current race meet,
660 receive full-card broadcasts of harness horse races conducted at
661 harness racetracks outside this state at the harness track of
662 the permitholder and accept wagers on such harness races. With
663 specific authorization from the division for special racing
664 events, a permitholder may conduct fewer than eight live races
665 or games when the permitholder also broadcasts out-of-state
666 races or games. The division may not grant more than two such
667 exceptions a year for a permitholder in any 12-month period, and
668 those two exceptions may not be consecutive.
669 (11) Greyhound permitholders tracks and jai alai
670 permitholders frontons have the same privileges as provided in
671 this section to horserace permitholders horse tracks, as
672 applicable, subject to rules adopted under subsection (10).
673 Section 20. Subsections (1), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of
674 section 550.3615, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
675 550.3615 Bookmaking on the grounds of a permitholder;
676 penalties; reinstatement; duties of track employees; penalty;
677 exceptions.—
678 (1) Any person who engages in bookmaking, as defined in s.
679 849.25, on the grounds or property of a pari-mutuel facility
680 commits permitholder of a horse or dog track or jai alai fronton
681 is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as
682 provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
683 Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, any person
684 convicted under the provisions of this subsection shall not have
685 adjudication of guilt suspended, deferred, or withheld.
686 (3) Any person who has been convicted of bookmaking in this
687 state or any other state of the United States or any foreign
688 country shall be denied admittance to and shall not attend any
689 pari-mutuel facility racetrack or fronton in this state during
690 its racing seasons or operating dates, including any practice or
691 preparational days, for a period of 2 years after the date of
692 conviction or the date of final appeal. Following the conclusion
693 of the period of ineligibility, the director of the division may
694 authorize the reinstatement of an individual following a hearing
695 on readmittance. Any such person who knowingly violates this
696 subsection commits is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first
697 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
698 (4) If the activities of a person show that this law is
699 being violated, and such activities are either witnessed or are
700 common knowledge by any pari-mutuel facility track or fronton
701 employee, it is the duty of that employee to bring the matter to
702 the immediate attention of the permitholder, manager, or her or
703 his designee, who shall notify a law enforcement agency having
704 jurisdiction. Willful failure by the pari-mutuel facility on the
705 part of any track or fronton employee to comply with the
706 provisions of this subsection is a ground for the division to
707 suspend or revoke that employee’s license for pari-mutuel
708 facility track or fronton employment.
709 (5) Each permittee shall display, in conspicuous places at
710 a pari-mutuel facility track or fronton and in all race and jai
711 alai daily programs, a warning to all patrons concerning the
712 prohibition and penalties of bookmaking contained in this
713 section and s. 849.25. The division shall adopt rules concerning
714 the uniform size of all warnings and the number of placements
715 throughout a pari-mutuel facility track or fronton. Failure on
716 the part of the permittee to display such warnings may result in
717 the imposition of a $500 fine by the division for each offense.
718 (6) This section does not apply to any person attending a
719 track or fronton or employed by or attending a pari-mutuel
720 facility a track or fronton who places a bet through the
721 legalized pari-mutuel pool for another person, provided such
722 service is rendered gratuitously and without fee or other
723 reward.
724 Section 21. Section 550.475, Florida Statutes, is amended
725 to read:
726 550.475 Lease of pari-mutuel facilities by pari-mutuel
727 permitholders.—Holders of valid pari-mutuel permits for the
728 conduct of any pari-mutuel wagering jai alai games, dogracing,
729 or thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing in this state are
730 entitled to lease any and all of their facilities to any other
731 holder of a same class valid pari-mutuel permit for jai alai
732 games, dogracing, or thoroughbred or standardbred horse racing,
733 when located within a 35-mile radius of each other; and such
734 lessee is entitled to a permit and license to conduct intertrack
735 wagering and operate its race meet or jai alai games at the
736 leased premises.
737 Section 22. Subsections (2) and (8) of section 550.615,
738 Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (11) is added to
739 that section, to read:
740 550.615 Intertrack wagering.—
741 (2) A pari-mutuel permitholder that has met the applicable
742 requirement for that permitholder to conduct live racing or
743 games under s. 550.01215(1)(b), if any, Any track or fronton
744 licensed under this chapter which in the preceding year
745 conducted a full schedule of live racing is qualified to, at any
746 time, receive broadcasts of any class of pari-mutuel race or
747 game and accept wagers on such races or games conducted by any
748 class of permitholders licensed under this chapter.
749 (8) In any three contiguous counties of the state where
750 there are only three permitholders, all of which are greyhound
751 permitholders, if any permitholder leases the facility of
752 another permitholder for all or any portion of the conduct of
753 its live race meet pursuant to s. 550.475, such lessee may
754 conduct intertrack wagering at its pre-lease permitted facility
755 throughout the entire year, including while its live meet is
756 being conducted at the leased facility, if such permitholder has
757 conducted a full schedule of live racing during the preceding
758 fiscal year at its pre-lease permitted facility or at a leased
759 facility, or combination thereof.
760 (11) Any greyhound permitholder licensed under this chapter
761 to conduct pari-mutuel wagering is qualified to, at any time,
762 receive broadcasts of any class of pari-mutuel race or game and
763 accept wagers on such races or games conducted by any class of
764 permitholders licensed under this chapter.
765 Section 23. Subsection (2) of section 550.6305, Florida
766 Statutes, is amended to read:
767 550.6305 Intertrack wagering; guest track payments;
768 accounting rules.—
769 (2) For the purposes of calculation of odds and payoffs and
770 distribution of the pari-mutuel pools, all intertrack wagers
771 shall be combined with the pari-mutuel pools at the host track.
772 Notwithstanding this subsection or subsection (4), a greyhound
773 pari-mutuel permitholder may conduct intertrack wagering without
774 combining pari-mutuel pools on not more than three races in any
775 week, not to exceed 20 races in a year. All other provisions
776 concerning pari-mutuel takeout and payments, including state tax
777 payments, apply as if the pool had been combined.
778 Section 24. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section
779 551.104, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
780 551.104 License to conduct slot machine gaming.—
781 (4) As a condition of licensure and to maintain continued
782 authority for the conduct of slot machine gaming, the slot
783 machine licensee shall:
784 (c) If a thoroughbred permitholder, conduct no fewer than a
785 full schedule of live racing or games as defined in s.
786 550.002(11). A permitholder’s responsibility to conduct such
787 number of live races or games shall be reduced by the number of
788 races or games that could not be conducted due to the direct
789 result of fire, war, hurricane, or other disaster or event
790 beyond the control of the permitholder.
791 Section 25. Subsection (4) of section 551.114, Florida
792 Statutes, is amended to read:
793 551.114 Slot machine gaming areas.—
794 (4) Designated slot machine gaming areas must may be
795 located at the address specified in the licensed permitholder’s
796 slot machine license issued for fiscal year 2020-2021 within the
797 current live gaming facility or in an existing building that
798 must be contiguous and connected to the live gaming facility. If
799 a designated slot machine gaming area is to be located in a
800 building that is to be constructed, that new building must be
801 contiguous and connected to the live gaming facility.
802 Section 26. Subsection (5) of section 565.02, Florida
803 Statutes, is amended to read:
804 565.02 License fees; vendors; clubs; caterers; and others.—
805 (5) A caterer at a pari-mutuel facility licensed under
806 chapter 550 horse or dog racetrack or jai alai fronton may
807 obtain a license upon the payment of an annual state license tax
808 of $675. Such caterer’s license shall permit sales only within
809 the enclosure in which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted such
810 races or jai alai games are conducted, and such licensee shall
811 be permitted to sell only during the period beginning 10 days
812 before and ending 10 days after racing or jai alai under the
813 authority of the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering of the
814 Department of Business and Professional Regulation is conducted
815 at such racetrack or jai alai fronton. Except as in this
816 subsection otherwise provided, caterers licensed hereunder shall
817 be treated as vendors licensed to sell by the drink the
818 beverages mentioned herein and shall be subject to all the
819 provisions hereof relating to such vendors.
820 Section 27. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (5) and
821 paragraph (d) of subsection (13) of section 849.086, Florida
822 Statutes, are amended to read:
823 849.086 Cardrooms authorized.—
824 (5) LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEES.—No person may
825 operate a cardroom in this state unless such person holds a
826 valid cardroom license issued pursuant to this section.
827 (a) Only those persons holding a valid cardroom license
828 issued by the division may operate a cardroom. A cardroom
829 license may only be issued to a licensed pari-mutuel
830 permitholder and an authorized cardroom may only be operated at
831 the same facility at which the permitholder is authorized under
832 its valid pari-mutuel wagering permit to conduct pari-mutuel
833 wagering activities. An initial cardroom license shall be issued
834 to a pari-mutuel permitholder only after its facilities are in
835 place and after it conducts its first day of pari-mutuel
836 activities on live racing or games.
837 (b) After the initial cardroom license is granted, the
838 application for the annual license renewal shall be made in
839 conjunction with the applicant’s annual application for its
840 pari-mutuel license. If a permitholder has operated a cardroom
841 during any of the 3 previous fiscal years and fails to include a
842 renewal request for the operation of the cardroom in its annual
843 application for license renewal, the permitholder may amend its
844 annual application to include operation of the cardroom. In
845 order for a cardroom license to be renewed the applicant must
846 have requested, as part of its pari-mutuel annual license
847 application, to conduct at least 90 percent of the total number
848 of live performances conducted by such permitholder during
849 either the state fiscal year in which its initial cardroom
850 license was issued or the state fiscal year immediately prior
851 thereto if the permitholder ran at least a full schedule of live
852 racing or games in the prior year. If the application is for a
853 harness permitholder cardroom, the applicant must have requested
854 authorization to conduct a minimum of 140 live performances
855 during the state fiscal year immediately prior thereto. If more
856 than one permitholder is operating at a facility, each
857 permitholder must have applied for a license to conduct a full
858 schedule of live racing.
859 (13) TAXES AND OTHER PAYMENTS.—
860 (d)1. Each greyhound and jai alai permitholder that
861 conducts live performances and operates a cardroom facility
862 shall use at least 4 percent of such permitholder’s cardroom
863 monthly gross receipts to supplement greyhound purses or jai
864 alai prize money, respectively, during the permitholder’s next
865 ensuing pari-mutuel meet.
866 2. Each thoroughbred permitholder or and harness horse
867 racing permitholder that conducts live performances and operates
868 a cardroom facility shall use at least 50 percent of such
869 permitholder’s cardroom monthly net proceeds as follows: 47
870 percent to supplement purses and 3 percent to supplement
871 breeders’ awards during the permitholder’s next ensuing racing
872 meet.
873 3. No cardroom license or renewal thereof shall be issued
874 to an applicant holding a permit under chapter 550 to conduct
875 pari-mutuel wagering meets of quarter horse racing and
876 conducting live performances unless the applicant has on file
877 with the division a binding written agreement between the
878 applicant and the Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association or
879 the association representing a majority of the horse owners and
880 trainers at the applicant’s eligible facility, governing the
881 payment of purses on live quarter horse races conducted at the
882 licensee’s pari-mutuel facility. The agreement governing purses
883 may direct the payment of such purses from revenues generated by
884 any wagering or gaming the applicant is authorized to conduct
885 under Florida law. All purses shall be subject to the terms of
886 chapter 550.
887 Section 28. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
888 made by this act to section 550.002, Florida Statutes, in a
889 reference thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
890 380.0651, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
891 380.0651 Statewide guidelines, standards, and exemptions.—
892 (2) STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS.—The following developments are
893 exempt from s. 380.06:
894 (c) Any proposed addition to an existing sports facility
895 complex if the addition meets the following characteristics:
896 1. It would not operate concurrently with the scheduled
897 hours of operation of the existing facility;
898 2. Its seating capacity would be no more than 75 percent of
899 the capacity of the existing facility; and
900 3. The sports facility complex property was owned by a
901 public body before July 1, 1983.
902
903 This exemption does not apply to any pari-mutuel facility as
904 defined in s. 550.002.
905
906 If a use is exempt from review pursuant to paragraphs (a)-(u),
907 but will be part of a larger project that is subject to review
908 pursuant to s. 380.06(12), the impact of the exempt use must be
909 included in the review of the larger project, unless such exempt
910 use involves a development that includes a landowner, tenant, or
911 user that has entered into a funding agreement with the state
912 land planning agency under the Innovation Incentive Program and
913 the agreement contemplates a state award of at least $50
914 million.
915 Section 29. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
916 made by this act to section 550.002, Florida Statutes, in a
917 reference thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section
918 402.82, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
919 402.82 Electronic benefits transfer program.—
920 (4) Use or acceptance of an electronic benefits transfer
921 card is prohibited at the following locations or for the
922 following activities:
923 (c) A pari-mutuel facility as defined in s. 550.002.
924 Section 30. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
925 made by this act to section 550.002, Florida Statutes, in a
926 reference thereto, subsection (1) of section 480.0475, Florida
927 Statutes, is reenacted to read:
928 480.0475 Massage establishments; prohibited practices.—
929 (1) A person may not operate a massage establishment
930 between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. This subsection does
931 not apply to a massage establishment:
932 (a) Located on the premises of a health care facility as
933 defined in s. 408.07; a health care clinic as defined in s.
934 400.9905(4); a hotel, motel, or bed and breakfast inn, as those
935 terms are defined in s. 509.242; a timeshare property as defined
936 in s. 721.05; a public airport as defined in s. 330.27; or a
937 pari-mutuel facility as defined in s. 550.002;
938 (b) In which every massage performed between the hours of
939 midnight and 5 a.m. is performed by a massage therapist acting
940 under the prescription of a physician or physician assistant
941 licensed under chapter 458, an osteopathic physician or
942 physician assistant licensed under chapter 459, a chiropractic
943 physician licensed under chapter 460, a podiatric physician
944 licensed under chapter 461, an advanced practice registered
945 nurse licensed under part I of chapter 464, or a dentist
946 licensed under chapter 466; or
947 (c) Operating during a special event if the county or
948 municipality in which the establishment operates has approved
949 such operation during the special event.
950 Section 31. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
951
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953 And the title is amended as follows:
954 Delete everything before the enacting clause
955 and insert:
956 A bill to be entitled
957 An act relating to requirements for pari-mutuel
958 permitholders to conduct live racing or games;
959 amending s. 550.002, F.S.; revising definitions;
960 defining the terms “permitholder” and “permittee”;
961 deleting the term “racing greyhound”; amending s.
962 550.0115, F.S.; making technical changes; amending s.
963 550.01215, F.S.; revising the application requirements
964 for an operating license to conduct pari-mutuel
965 wagering for a pari-mutuel facility; prohibiting
966 greyhound permitholders from conducting live racing;
967 authorizing jai alai permitholders, harness horse
968 racing permitholders, and quarter horse racing
969 permitholders to elect not to conduct live racing or
970 games; requiring thoroughbred permitholders to conduct
971 live racing; specifying that certain permitholders
972 that do not conduct live racing or games retain their
973 permit and remain pari-mutuel facilities; specifying
974 that, if such permitholder has been issued a slot
975 machine license, the permitholder’s facility remains
976 an eligible facility, continues to be eligible for a
977 slot machine license, is exempt from certain
978 provisions of ch. 551, F.S., is eligible to be a guest
979 track, and, if the permitholder is a harness horse
980 racing permitholder, is eligible to be a host track
981 for intertrack wagering and simulcasting, and remains
982 eligible for a cardroom license; authorizing the
983 Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering to approve a change
984 in racing dates for a permitholder if the request for
985 a change is received before a specified date and under
986 certain circumstances; deleting a provision
987 authorizing the conversion of certain permits to a jai
988 alai permit under certain circumstances; amending s.
989 550.0235, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
990 by the act; amending s. 550.0351, F.S.; deleting a
991 provision relating to hound dog derbies and mutt
992 derbies; amending s. 550.0425, F.S.; deleting a
993 provision authorizing certain children to be granted
994 access to kennel compound areas under certain
995 circumstances; amending s. 550.054, F.S.; deleting
996 provisions relating to the conversion of jai alai
997 permits to greyhound racing permits; conforming
998 provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
999 550.09511, F.S.; deleting a provision relating to the
1000 payment of certain taxes and fees by jai alai
1001 permitholders conducting fewer than a specified number
1002 of live performances; amending s. 550.09512, F.S.;
1003 revising the circumstances for which a harness horse
1004 permitholder’s permit is voided for failing to pay
1005 certain taxes; amending ss. 550.105 and 550.1155,
1006 F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the
1007 act; amending s. 550.1647, F.S.; conforming a
1008 provision to changes made by the act; repealing s.
1009 550.1648, F.S., relating to greyhound adoptions;
1010 amending ss. 550.175 and 550.1815, F.S.; conforming
1011 provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
1012 550.24055, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
1013 by the act; amending s. 550.2415, F.S.; deleting
1014 provisions relating to the testing, euthanasia, and
1015 training of racing greyhounds; amending s. 550.334,
1016 F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the
1017 act; amending s. 550.3551, F.S.; making technical
1018 changes; conforming provisions to changes made by the
1019 act; amending s. 550.3615, F.S.; making technical
1020 changes; prohibiting a person convicted of bookmaking
1021 from attending or being admitted to a pari-mutuel
1022 facility; requiring pari-mutuel facility employees to
1023 notify certain persons of unlawful activities;
1024 providing civil penalties; requiring a permittee to
1025 display certain warnings relating to bookmaking at his
1026 or her pari-mutuel facility; revising applicability;
1027 amending s. 550.475, F.S.; revising provisions
1028 relating to leasing pari-mutuel facilities; amending
1029 s. 550.615, F.S.; revising requirements relating to
1030 intertrack wagering; specifying that greyhound
1031 permitholders are qualified to receive certain
1032 broadcasts and accept specified wagers; amending s.
1033 550.6305, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
1034 by the act; amending s. 551.104, F.S.; conforming
1035 provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
1036 551.114, F.S.; revising requirements for the locations
1037 of designated slot machine gaming areas; amending s.
1038 565.02, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by
1039 the act; amending s. 849.086, F.S.; revising
1040 requirements relating to the annual renewal of a
1041 cardroom license; conforming provisions to changes
1042 made by the act; reenacting ss. 380.0651(2)(c),
1043 402.82(4)(c), and 480.0475(1), F.S., relating to
1044 statewide guidelines, the electronic benefits transfer
1045 program, and massage establishments, respectively, to
1046 incorporate the amendments made to s. 550.002, F.S.,
1047 in references thereto; providing an effective date.