Florida Senate - 2025                       CS for CS for SB 622
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Fiscal Policy; and Regulated Industries;
       and Senators Rodriguez and Calatayud
       
       
       
       
       594-03852-25                                           2025622c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to jai alai permitholders; amending s.
    3         550.475, F.S.; authorizing holders of valid pari
    4         mutuel permits to lease certain facilities to any
    5         other holder of the same pari-mutuel permit or to any
    6         jai alai permitholder when located within a specified
    7         radius of each other; authorizing such lessees to
    8         apply for a certain license; prohibiting such lessees
    9         from operating a cardroom or slot machine at the
   10         leased facility; requiring certain jai alai
   11         permitholders to conduct a minimum number of live
   12         performances using their existing permit; prohibiting
   13         operation under a lessor’s permit; providing an
   14         effective date.
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Section 550.475, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   19  read:
   20         550.475 Lease of pari-mutuel facilities by pari-mutuel
   21  permitholders.—Holders of valid pari-mutuel permits for the
   22  conduct of any pari-mutuel wagering in this state may are
   23  entitled to lease any and all of their facilities at their
   24  permitted location as of January 1, 2021, to any other holder of
   25  a same class valid pari-mutuel permit or to any jai alai
   26  permitholder, when located within a 35-mile radius of each
   27  other; and such lessee may apply for a is entitled to a permit
   28  and license to conduct intertrack wagering and operate its race
   29  meet or jai alai games at the leased facility but may not
   30  operate a cardroom or slot machine license at the leased
   31  facility. A jai alai permitholder that leases a facility from
   32  another permitholder in accordance with this section must
   33  conduct a minimum of 20 live performances using such
   34  permitholder’s existing permit and may not operate under the
   35  lessor’s permit premises.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.