Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7080
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/17/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Hutson) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (527596) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 836 and 837
    5  insert:
    6         Section 25. Subsections (1), (4), and (5) of section
    7  550.6308, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    8         550.6308 Limited intertrack wagering license.—In
    9  recognition of the economic importance of the thoroughbred
   10  breeding industry to this state, its positive impact on tourism,
   11  and of the importance of a permanent thoroughbred sales facility
   12  as a key focal point for the activities of the industry, a
   13  limited license to conduct intertrack wagering is established to
   14  ensure the continued viability and public interest in
   15  thoroughbred breeding in Florida.
   16         (1) Upon application to the division on or before January
   17  31 of each year, any person that is licensed to conduct public
   18  sales of thoroughbred horses pursuant to s. 535.01 and, that has
   19  conducted at least 8 15 days of thoroughbred horse sales at a
   20  permanent sales facility in this state for at least 3
   21  consecutive years, and that has conducted at least 1 day of
   22  nonwagering thoroughbred racing in this state, with a purse
   23  structure of at least $250,000 per year for 2 consecutive years
   24  before such application, shall be issued a license, subject to
   25  the conditions set forth in this section, to conduct intertrack
   26  wagering at such a permanent sales facility during the following
   27  periods:
   28         (a) Up to 21 days in connection with thoroughbred sales;
   29         (b) Between November 1 and May 8;
   30         (c) Between May 9 and October 31 at such times and on such
   31  days as any thoroughbred, jai alai, or a greyhound permitholder
   32  in the same county is not conducting live performances; provided
   33  that any such permitholder may waive this requirement, in whole
   34  or in part, and allow the licensee under this section to conduct
   35  intertrack wagering during one or more of the permitholder’s
   36  live performances; and
   37         (d) During the weekend of the Kentucky Derby, the
   38  Preakness, the Belmont, and a Breeders’ Cup Meet that is
   39  conducted before November 1 and after May 8.
   40  
   41  No more than one such license may be issued, and no such license
   42  may be issued for a facility located within 50 miles of any for
   43  profit thoroughbred permitholder’s track.
   44         (4) Intertrack wagering under this section may be conducted
   45  only on thoroughbred horse racing, except that intertrack
   46  wagering may be conducted on any class of pari-mutuel race or
   47  game conducted by any class of permitholders licensed under this
   48  chapter if all thoroughbred, jai alai, and greyhound
   49  permitholders in the same county as the licensee under this
   50  section give their consent.
   51         (5) The licensee shall be considered a guest track under
   52  this chapter. The licensee shall pay 2.5 percent of the total
   53  contributions to the daily pari-mutuel pool on wagers accepted
   54  at the licensee’s facility on greyhound races or jai alai games
   55  to the thoroughbred permitholder that is conducting live races
   56  for purses to be paid during its current racing meet. If more
   57  than one thoroughbred permitholder is conducting live races on a
   58  day during which the licensee is conducting intertrack wagering
   59  on greyhound races or jai alai games, the licensee shall
   60  allocate these funds between the operating thoroughbred
   61  permitholders on a pro rata basis based on the total live handle
   62  at the operating permitholders’ facilities.
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   64  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   65  And the title is amended as follows:
   66         Between lines 1122 and 1123
   67  insert:
   68         550.6308, F.S.; revising requirements for a limited
   69         intertrack wagering license; revising requirements for
   70         intertrack wagering; deleting requirements for limited
   71         intertrack wagering licensees to make specified
   72         payments; amending s.