Florida Senate - 2014 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 742
Ì904392/Î904392
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: WD .
04/09/2014 .
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1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (576668) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete lines 576 - 720
5 and insert:
6 intertrack wagering signal is made available to such
7 permitholder.
8 Section 14. Paragraph (g) of subsection (9) of section
9 550.6305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
10 550.6305 Intertrack wagering; guest track payments;
11 accounting rules.—
12 (9) A host track that has contracted with an out-of-state
13 horse track to broadcast live races conducted at such out-of
14 state horse track pursuant to s. 550.3551(5) may broadcast such
15 out-of-state races to any guest track and accept wagers thereon
16 in the same manner as is provided in s. 550.3551.
17 (g)1. Any thoroughbred permitholder which accepts wagers on
18 a simulcast signal must make the signal available to any
19 permitholder that is eligible to conduct intertrack wagering
20 under the provisions of ss. 550.615-550.6345.
21 2. Any thoroughbred permitholder which accepts wagers on a
22 simulcast signal received after 6 p.m. must make such signal
23 available to any permitholder that is eligible to conduct
24 intertrack wagering under the provisions of ss. 550.615
25 550.6345, including any permitholder located as specified in s.
26 550.615(6). Such guest permitholders are authorized to accept
27 wagers on such simulcast signal, notwithstanding any other
28 provision of this chapter to the contrary.
29 3. Any thoroughbred permitholder which accepts wagers on a
30 simulcast signal received after 6 p.m. must make such signal
31 available to any permitholder that is eligible to conduct
32 intertrack wagering under the provisions of ss. 550.615
33 550.6345, including any permitholder located as specified in s.
34 550.615(9). Such guest permitholders are authorized to accept
35 wagers on such simulcast signals for a number of performances
36 not to exceed that which constitutes a full schedule of live
37 races for a quarter horse permitholder pursuant to s.
38 550.002(11), notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter
39 to the contrary, except that the restrictions provided in s.
40 550.615(9)(a) apply to wagers on such simulcast signals.
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42 No thoroughbred permitholder shall be required to continue to
43 rebroadcast a simulcast signal to any in-state permitholder if
44 the average per performance gross receipts returned to the host
45 permitholder over the preceding 30-day period were less than
46 $100. Subject to the provisions of s. 550.615(4), as a condition
47 of receiving rebroadcasts of thoroughbred simulcast signals
48 under this paragraph, a guest permitholder must accept
49 intertrack wagers on all live races conducted by all then
50 operating thoroughbred permitholders.
51 Section 15. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section
52 551.104, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
53 551.104 License to conduct slot machine gaming.—
54 (4) As a condition of licensure and to maintain continued
55 authority for the conduct of slot machine gaming, the slot
56 machine licensee shall:
57 (c) Conduct no fewer than a full schedule of live racing or
58 games as defined in s. 550.002(11), except for greyhound
59 permitholders, which do not have a live racing requirement for
60 the purpose of maintaining licensure under this chapter. A
61 permitholder’s responsibility to conduct such number of live
62 races or games shall be reduced by the number of races or games
63 that could not be conducted due to the direct result of fire,
64 war, hurricane, or other disaster or event beyond the control of
65 the permitholder.
66 Section 16. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 551.114,
67 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
68 551.114 Slot machine gaming areas.—
69 (2) The slot machine licensee shall display pari-mutuel
70 races or games within the designated slot machine gaming areas
71 and offer patrons within the designated slot machine gaming
72 areas the ability to engage in pari-mutuel wagering on any live,
73 intertrack, and simulcast races conducted or offered to patrons
74 of the licensed facility.
75 (4) Designated slot machine gaming areas may be located
76 within the current live gaming facility or in an existing
77 building that must be contiguous and connected to the live
78 gaming facility or, for greyhound permitholders, the location
79 where live races were authorized to be conducted during the
80 2013-2014 state fiscal year. If a designated slot machine gaming
81 area is to be located in a building that is to be constructed,
82 that new building must be contiguous and connected to the live
83 gaming facility.
84 Section 17. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (5) and
85 paragraph (d) of subsection (13) of section 849.086, Florida
86 Statutes, are amended to read:
87 849.086 Cardrooms authorized.—
88 (5) LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEES.—No person may
89 operate a cardroom in this state unless such person holds a
90 valid cardroom license issued pursuant to this section.
91 (a) Only those persons holding a valid cardroom license
92 issued by the division may operate a cardroom. A cardroom
93 license may only be issued to a licensed pari-mutuel
94 permitholder. and An authorized cardroom may only be operated at
95 the same facility at which the permitholder is authorized under
96 its valid pari-mutuel wagering permit to conduct pari-mutuel
97 wagering activities. An initial cardroom license shall be issued
98 to a pari-mutuel permitholder only after its facilities are in
99 place and after it conducts its first day of live racing or
100 games or, for a greyhound permitholder, only after it has
101 conducted a full schedule of live racing in each of the
102 preceding 10 years or after it was converted pursuant to s.
103 550.054(14).
104 (b) After the initial cardroom license is granted, the
105 application for the annual license renewal shall be made in
106 conjunction with the applicant’s annual application for its
107 pari-mutuel license. If a permitholder has operated a cardroom
108 during any of the 3 previous fiscal years and fails to include a
109 renewal request for the operation of the cardroom in its annual
110 application for license renewal, the permitholder may amend its
111 annual application to include operation of the cardroom. In
112 order for a cardroom license to be renewed the applicant must
113 have requested, as part of its pari-mutuel annual license
114 application, to conduct at least 90 percent of the total number
115 of live performances conducted by such permitholder during
116 either the state fiscal year in which its initial cardroom
117 license was issued or the state fiscal year immediately prior
118 thereto if the permitholder ran at least a full schedule of live
119 racing or games in the prior year. If the application is for a
120 harness permitholder cardroom, the applicant must have requested
121 authorization to conduct a minimum of 140 live performances
122 during the state fiscal year immediately prior thereto. If more
123 than one permitholder is operating at a facility, each
124 permitholder must have applied for a license to conduct a full
125 schedule of live racing. Notwithstanding any law to the
126 contrary, a greyhound permitholder is not required to conduct a
127 minimum number of requested or conducted live performances in
128 order to maintain or renew a cardroom license.
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131 And the title is amended as follows:
132 Delete lines 813 - 823
133 and insert:
134 amending s. 551.104, F.S.; specifying that a greyhound
135 permitholder is not required to conduct a full
136 schedule of live racing to maintain a license to
137 conduct slot machine gaming; amending s. 551.114,
138 F.S.; authorizing a greyhound permitholder to locate
139 its slot machine gaming area in certain locations;
140 amending s. 849.086, F.S.; specifying conditions under
141 which a greyhound permitholder may receive an initial
142 cardroom license; specifying that a greyhound
143 permitholder is not required to conduct a minimum
144 number of live races in order to maintain or renew a
145 cardroom