Florida Senate - 2014                                    SB 1170
       
       
        
       By Senator Dean
       
       
       
       
       
       5-00648-14                                            20141170__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to slot machine licenses; amending s.
    3         551.104, F.S.; requiring a harness racing permitholder
    4         that is applying for a slot machine license to file
    5         with the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering a written
    6         agreement between the applicant and the Florida
    7         Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association which
    8         governs certain purses and awards; requiring sums for
    9         awards to be remitted monthly; providing an effective
   10         date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section
   15  551.104, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         551.104 License to conduct slot machine gaming.—
   17         (10)(a)1. A No slot machine license or renewal thereof may
   18  not shall be issued to an applicant holding a permit under
   19  chapter 550 to conduct pari-mutuel wagering meets of
   20  thoroughbred racing unless the applicant has on file with the
   21  division a binding written agreement between the applicant and
   22  the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association,
   23  Inc., governing the payment of purses on live thoroughbred races
   24  conducted at the licensee’s pari-mutuel facility. In addition, a
   25  no slot machine license or renewal thereof may not shall be
   26  issued to such an applicant unless the applicant has on file
   27  with the division a binding written agreement between the
   28  applicant and the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association,
   29  Inc., governing the payment of breeders’, stallion, and special
   30  racing awards on live thoroughbred races conducted at the
   31  licensee’s pari-mutuel facility. The agreement governing purses
   32  and the agreement governing awards may direct the payment of
   33  such purses and awards from revenues generated by any wagering
   34  or gaming the applicant is authorized to conduct under Florida
   35  law. All Purses and awards are shall be subject to the terms of
   36  chapter 550. All sums for breeders’, stallion, and special
   37  racing awards must shall be remitted monthly to the Florida
   38  Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, Inc., for the payment of
   39  awards subject to the administrative fee authorized in s.
   40  550.2625(3).
   41         2. A No slot machine license or renewal thereof may not
   42  shall be issued to an applicant holding a permit under chapter
   43  550 to conduct pari-mutuel wagering meets of quarter horse
   44  racing unless the applicant has on file with the division a
   45  binding written agreement between the applicant and the Florida
   46  Quarter Horse Racing Association or the association representing
   47  a majority of the horse owners and trainers at the applicant’s
   48  eligible facility, governing the payment of purses on live
   49  quarter horse races conducted at the licensee’s pari-mutuel
   50  facility. The agreement governing purses may direct the payment
   51  of such purses from revenues generated by any wagering or gaming
   52  the applicant is authorized to conduct under Florida law. All
   53  Purses are shall be subject to the terms of chapter 550.
   54         3. A slot machine license or renewal thereof may not be
   55  issued to an applicant holding a permit under chapter 550 to
   56  conduct pari-mutuel wagering meets of harness racing unless the
   57  applicant has on file with the division a binding written
   58  agreement between the applicant and the Florida Standardbred
   59  Breeders and Owners Association governing the payment of purses
   60  on live harness races conducted at the licensee’s pari-mutuel
   61  facility. In addition, a slot machine license or renewal thereof
   62  may not be issued to such an applicant unless the applicant has
   63  on file with the division a binding written agreement between
   64  the applicant and the Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners
   65  Association governing the payment of breeders’ and stallion
   66  awards on live harness races conducted at the licensee’s pari
   67  mutuel facility. The agreement governing purses and the
   68  agreement governing awards may direct the payment of such purses
   69  and awards from revenues generated by any wagering or gaming the
   70  applicant is authorized to conduct under Florida law. Purses and
   71  awards are subject to chapter 550. All sums for breeders’ and
   72  stallion awards must be remitted monthly to the Florida
   73  Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association for the payment of
   74  awards subject to the administrative fee authorized in s.
   75  550.2625(4).
   76         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.