Florida Senate - 2016                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7074
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Regulated Industries
       
       580-01885A-16                                         20167074pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Gaming Compact between the
    3         Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida;
    4         amending s. 285.710, F.S.; superseding the Gaming
    5         Compact; ratifying and approving a specified compact
    6         executed by the Governor and the Tribe; directing the
    7         Governor to cooperate with the Tribe in seeking
    8         approval of the compact from the United States
    9         Secretary of the Interior; expanding the games
   10         authorized to be conducted and the counties in which
   11         such games may be offered; amending s. 285.712, F.S.;
   12         correcting a citation; providing an effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   15  
   16         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsections
   17  (3) and (13) of section 285.710, Florida Statutes, are amended
   18  to read:
   19         285.710 Compact authorization.—
   20         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   21         (a) “Compact” means the Gaming Compact between the Seminole
   22  Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida, executed on April 7,
   23  2010.
   24         (3)(a) A The Gaming Compact between the Seminole Tribe of
   25  Florida and the State of Florida, executed by the Governor and
   26  the Tribe on April 7, 2010, was is ratified and approved by
   27  chapter 2010-29, Laws of Florida. The Governor shall cooperate
   28  with the Tribe in seeking approval of the compact from the
   29  United States Secretary of the Interior.
   30         (b) The Gaming Compact between the Seminole Tribe of
   31  Florida and the State of Florida, which was executed by the
   32  Governor and the Tribe on December 7, 2015, is ratified and
   33  approved and supersedes the Gaming Compact ratified and approved
   34  under paragraph (a). The Governor shall cooperate with the Tribe
   35  in seeking approval of the compact ratified and approved by this
   36  paragraph from the United States Secretary of the Interior.
   37         (13) For the purpose of satisfying the requirement in 25
   38  U.S.C. s. 2710(d)(1)(B) that the gaming activities authorized
   39  under an Indian gaming compact must be permitted in the state
   40  for any purpose by any person, organization, or entity, the
   41  following class III games or other games specified in this
   42  section are hereby authorized to be conducted by the Tribe
   43  pursuant to the compact:
   44         (a) Slot machines, as defined in s. 551.102(8).
   45         (b) Banking or banked card games, including baccarat,
   46  chemin de fer, and blackjack or 21 at the tribal facilities in
   47  Broward County, Collier County, and Hillsborough County.
   48         (c) Dice games, such as craps and sic-bo.
   49         (d) Wheel games, such as roulette and big six.
   50         (e)(c) Raffles and drawings.
   51         Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 285.712, Florida
   52  Statutes, is amended to read:
   53         285.712 Tribal-state gaming compacts.—
   54         (4) Upon receipt of an act ratifying a tribal-state
   55  compact, the Secretary of State shall forward a copy of the
   56  executed compact and the ratifying act to the United States
   57  Secretary of the Interior for his or her review and approval, in
   58  accordance with 25 U.S.C. s. 2710(d)(8) s. 2710(8)(d).
   59         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.