Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 8-A
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
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                  05/17/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Farmer) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 291 - 1238
    4  and insert:
    5  A jai alai permitholder, harness horse racing permitholder,
    6  quarter horse racing permitholder, or thoroughbred racing
    7  permitholder may elect not to conduct live racing or games. A
    8  greyhound permitholder, jai alai permitholder, harness horse
    9  racing permitholder, quarter horse racing permitholder, or
   10  thoroughbred permitholder that does not conduct live racing or
   11  games retains its permit; is a pari-mutuel facility as defined
   12  in s. 550.002(23); if such permitholder has been issued a slot
   13  machine license, the facility where such permit is located
   14  remains an eligible facility as defined in s. 551.102(4),
   15  continues to be eligible for a slot machine license pursuant to
   16  s. 551.104(3), and is exempt from ss. 551.104(4)(c) and (10) and
   17  551.114(2); is eligible, but not required, to be a guest track
   18  and, if the permitholder is a harness horse racing permitholder,
   19  to be a host track for purposes of intertrack wagering and
   20  simulcasting pursuant to ss. 550.3551, 550.615, 550.625, and
   21  550.6305; and remains eligible for a cardroom license.
   22         2.A permitholder or licensee may not conduct live
   23  greyhound racing or dogracing in connection with any wager for
   24  money or any other thing of value in the state. The division may
   25  deny, suspend, or revoke any permit or license under this
   26  chapter if a permitholder or licensee conducts live greyhound
   27  racing or dogracing in violation of this subparagraph. In
   28  addition to, or in lieu of, denial, suspension, or revocation of
   29  such permit or license, the division may impose a civil penalty
   30  of up to $5,000 against the permitholder or licensee for a
   31  violation of this subparagraph. All penalties imposed and
   32  collected must be deposited with the Chief Financial Officer to
   33  the credit of the General Revenue Fund.
   34         (c) Permitholders may shall be entitled to amend their
   35  applications through February 28.
   36         (d)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, other than
   37  a permitholder issued a permit pursuant to s. 550.3345, a pari
   38  mutuel permitholder may not be issued an operating license for
   39  the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering, slot machine gaming, or the
   40  operation of a cardroom if the permitholder did not hold an
   41  operating license for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for
   42  fiscal year 2020-2021.
   43         (2) After the first license has been issued to a
   44  permitholder, all subsequent annual applications for a license
   45  shall be accompanied by proof, in such form as the division may
   46  by rule require, that the permitholder continues to possess the
   47  qualifications prescribed by this chapter, and that the permit
   48  has not been disapproved at a later election.
   49         (3) The division shall issue each license no later than
   50  March 15. Each permitholder shall operate all performances at
   51  the date and time specified on its license. The division shall
   52  have the authority to approve minor changes in racing dates
   53  after a license has been issued. The division may approve
   54  changes in racing dates after a license has been issued when
   55  there is no objection from any operating permitholder that is
   56  conducting live racing or games and that is located within 50
   57  miles of the permitholder requesting the changes in operating
   58  dates. In the event of an objection, the division shall approve
   59  or disapprove the change in operating dates based upon the
   60  impact on operating permitholders located within 50 miles of the
   61  permitholder requesting the change in operating dates. In making
   62  the determination to change racing dates, the division shall
   63  take into consideration the impact of such changes on state
   64  revenues. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and for
   65  the 2021-2022 state fiscal year only, the division may approve
   66  changes in operating dates for a jai alai permitholder, harness
   67  horse racing permitholder, quarter horse racing permitholder, or
   68  thoroughbred permitholder if the request for such changes is
   69  received before October 1, 2021.
   70         (4) In the event that a permitholder fails to operate all
   71  performances specified on its license at the date and time
   72  specified, the division shall hold a hearing to determine
   73  whether to fine or suspend the permitholder’s license, unless
   74  such failure was the direct result of fire, strike, war,
   75  hurricane, pandemic, or other disaster or event beyond the
   76  ability of the permitholder to control. Financial hardship to
   77  the permitholder shall not, in and of itself, constitute just
   78  cause for failure to operate all performances on the dates and
   79  at the times specified.
   80         (5) In the event that performances licensed to be operated
   81  by a permitholder are vacated, abandoned, or will not be used
   82  for any reason, any permitholder shall be entitled, pursuant to
   83  rules adopted by the division, to apply to conduct performances
   84  on the dates for which the performances have been abandoned. The
   85  division shall issue an amended license for all such replacement
   86  performances which have been requested in compliance with the
   87  provisions of this chapter and division rules.
   88         (6)Any permit which was converted from a jai alai permit
   89  to a greyhound permit may be converted to a jai alai permit at
   90  any time if the permitholder never conducted greyhound racing or
   91  if the permitholder has not conducted greyhound racing for a
   92  period of 12 consecutive months.
   93         Section 4. Section 550.0235, Florida Statutes, is amended
   94  to read:
   95         550.0235 Limitation of civil liability.—No permitholder
   96  licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering permittee conducting a
   97  racing meet pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; no
   98  division director or employee of the division; and no steward,
   99  judge, or other person appointed to act pursuant to this chapter
  100  shall be held liable to any person, partnership, association,
  101  corporation, or other business entity for any cause whatsoever
  102  arising out of, or from, the performance by such permittee,
  103  director, employee, steward, judge, or other person of her or
  104  his duties and the exercise of her or his discretion with
  105  respect to the implementation and enforcement of the statutes
  106  and rules governing the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering, so long
  107  as she or he acted in good faith. This section shall not limit
  108  liability in any situation in which the negligent maintenance of
  109  the premises or the negligent conduct of a race contributed to
  110  an accident; nor shall it limit any contractual liability.
  111         Section 5. Subsections (1) and (7) of section 550.0351,
  112  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  113         550.0351 Charity racing days.—
  114         (1) The division shall, upon the request of a permitholder,
  115  authorize each horseracing permitholder, dogracing permitholder,
  116  and jai alai permitholder up to five charity or scholarship days
  117  in addition to the regular racing days authorized by law.
  118         (7)In addition to the charity days authorized by this
  119  section, any dogracing permitholder may allow its facility to be
  120  used for conducting “hound dog derbies” or “mutt derbies” on any
  121  day during each racing season by any charitable, civic, or
  122  nonprofit organization for the purpose of conducting “hound dog
  123  derbies” or “mutt derbies” if only dogs other than those usually
  124  used in dogracing (greyhounds) are permitted to race and if
  125  adults and minors are allowed to participate as dog owners or
  126  spectators. During these racing events, betting, gambling, and
  127  the sale or use of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
  128         Section 6. Subsection (4) of section 550.0425, Florida
  129  Statutes, is amended to read:
  130         550.0425 Minors attendance at pari-mutuel performances;
  131  restrictions.—
  132         (4)Minor children of licensed greyhound trainers, kennel
  133  operators, or other licensed persons employed in the kennel
  134  compound areas may be granted access to kennel compound areas
  135  without being licensed, provided they are in no way employed
  136  unless properly licensed, and only when under the direct
  137  supervision of one of their parents or legal guardian.
  138         Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 550.054, Florida
  139  Statutes, is amended, paragraph (c) is added to subsection (9)
  140  of that section, and subsection (15) is added to that section,
  141  to read:
  142         550.054 Application for permit to conduct pari-mutuel
  143  wagering.—
  144         (2) Upon each application filed and approved, a permit
  145  shall be issued to the applicant setting forth the name of the
  146  permitholder, the location of the pari-mutuel facility, the type
  147  of pari-mutuel activity desired to be conducted, and a statement
  148  showing qualifications of the applicant to conduct pari-mutuel
  149  performances under this chapter; however, a permit is
  150  ineffectual to authorize any pari-mutuel performances until
  151  approved by a majority of the electors participating in a
  152  ratification election in the county in which the applicant
  153  proposes to conduct pari-mutuel wagering activities. In
  154  addition, an application may not be considered, nor may a permit
  155  be issued by the division or be voted upon in any county, to
  156  conduct horseraces, harness horse races, or pari-mutuel wagering
  157  dograces at a location within 100 miles of an existing pari
  158  mutuel facility, or for jai alai within 50 miles of an existing
  159  pari-mutuel facility; this distance shall be measured on a
  160  straight line from the nearest property line of one pari-mutuel
  161  facility to the nearest property line of the other facility.
  162         (9)
  163         (c)The division shall revoke the permit of any
  164  permitholder, other than a permitholder issued a permit pursuant
  165  to s. 550.3345, who did not hold an operating license for the
  166  conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for fiscal year 2020-2021. A
  167  permit revoked under this paragraph is void and may not be
  168  reissued.
  169         (15)(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
  170  permit for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering and associated
  171  cardroom or slot machine licenses may only be held by a
  172  permitholder who held an operating license for the conduct of
  173  pari-mutuel wagering for fiscal year 2020-2021;
  174         (b)All permits issued under this chapter held by
  175  permitholders on January 1, 2021, are deemed valid for the sole
  176  and exclusive purpose of satisfying all conditions for the valid
  177  issuance of the permits, if such permitholder held an operating
  178  license for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for fiscal year
  179  2020-2021;
  180         (c)Additional permits for the conduct of pari-mutuel
  181  wagering may not be approved or issued by the division after
  182  January 1, 2021; and
  183         (d)A permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering may not be
  184  converted to another class of permit.
  185         Section 8. Section 550.0745, Florida Statutes, is amended
  186  to read:
  187         550.0745 Conversion of pari-mutuel permit to Summer jai
  188  alai permit periods of operation.—A permitholder issued a permit
  189  under former subsection (1) of this section, Florida Statutes
  190  2020, for the operation of a jai alai fronton during the summer
  191  season may conduct pari-mutuel wagering throughout the year
  192         (1) The owner or operator of a pari-mutuel permit who is
  193  authorized by the division to conduct pari-mutuel pools on
  194  exhibition sports in any county having five or more such pari
  195  mutuel permits and whose mutuel play from the operation of such
  196  pari-mutuel pools for the 2 consecutive years next prior to
  197  filing an application under this section has had the smallest
  198  play or total pool within the county may apply to the division
  199  to convert its permit to a permit to conduct a summer jai alai
  200  fronton in such county during the summer season commencing on
  201  May 1 and ending on November 30 of each year on such dates as
  202  may be selected by such permittee for the same number of days
  203  and performances as are allowed and granted to winter jai alai
  204  frontons within such county. If a permittee who is eligible
  205  under this section to convert a permit declines to convert, a
  206  new permit is hereby made available in that permittee’s county
  207  to conduct summer jai alai games as provided by this section,
  208  notwithstanding mileage and permit ratification requirements. If
  209  a permittee converts a quarter horse permit pursuant to this
  210  section, nothing in this section prohibits the permittee from
  211  obtaining another quarter horse permit. Such permittee shall pay
  212  the same taxes as are fixed and required to be paid from the
  213  pari-mutuel pools of winter jai alai permittees and is bound by
  214  all of the rules and provisions of this chapter which apply to
  215  the operation of winter jai alai frontons. Such permittee shall
  216  only be permitted to operate a jai alai fronton after its
  217  application has been submitted to the division and its license
  218  has been issued pursuant to the application. The license is
  219  renewable from year to year as provided by law.
  220         (2) Such permittee is entitled to the issuance of a license
  221  for the operation of a jai alai fronton during the summer season
  222  as fixed in this section. A permittee granted a license under
  223  this section may not conduct pari-mutuel pools during the summer
  224  season except at a jai alai fronton as provided in this section.
  225  Such license authorizes the permittee to operate at any jai alai
  226  permittee’s plant it may lease or build within such county.
  227         (3) Such license for the operation of a jai alai fronton
  228  shall never be permitted to be operated during the jai alai
  229  winter season; and neither the jai alai winter licensee or the
  230  jai alai summer licensee shall be permitted to operate on the
  231  same days or in competition with each other. This section does
  232  not prevent the summer jai alai permittee from leasing the
  233  facilities of the winter jai alai permittee for the operation of
  234  the summer meet.
  235         (4) The provisions of this chapter which prohibit the
  236  location and operation of jai alai frontons within a specified
  237  distance from the location of another jai alai fronton or other
  238  permittee and which prohibit the division from granting any
  239  permit at a location within a certain designated area do not
  240  apply to the provisions of this section and do not prevent the
  241  issuance of a license under this section.
  242         Section 9. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
  243  550.0951, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  244         550.0951 Payment of daily license fee and taxes;
  245  penalties.—
  246         (3) TAX ON HANDLE.—Each permitholder shall pay a tax on
  247  contributions to pari-mutuel pools, the aggregate of which is
  248  hereinafter referred to as “handle,” on races or games conducted
  249  by the permitholder. The tax is imposed daily and is based on
  250  the total contributions to all pari-mutuel pools conducted
  251  during the daily performance. If a permitholder conducts more
  252  than one performance daily, the tax is imposed on each
  253  performance separately.
  254         (c)1. The tax on handle for intertrack wagering is 2.0
  255  percent of the handle if the host track is a horse track, 3.3
  256  percent if the host track is a harness track, 5.5 percent if the
  257  host track is a dog track, and 7.1 percent if the host track is
  258  a jai alai fronton. The tax on handle for intertrack wagering is
  259  0.5 percent if the host track and the guest track are
  260  thoroughbred permitholders or if the guest track is located
  261  outside the market area of the host track and within the market
  262  area of a thoroughbred permitholder currently conducting a live
  263  race meet. The tax on handle for intertrack wagering on
  264  rebroadcasts of simulcast thoroughbred horseraces is 2.4 percent
  265  of the handle and 1.5 percent of the handle for intertrack
  266  wagering on rebroadcasts of simulcast harness horseraces. The
  267  tax shall be deposited into the Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund.
  268         2. The tax on handle for intertrack wagers accepted by any
  269  dog track located in an area of the state in which there are
  270  only three permitholders, all of which are greyhound
  271  permitholders, located in three contiguous counties, from any
  272  greyhound permitholder also located within such area or any dog
  273  track or jai alai fronton located as specified in s. 550.615(5)
  274  or (8) s. 550.615(6) or (9), on races or games received from the
  275  same class of permitholder located within the same market area
  276  is 3.9 percent if the host facility is a greyhound permitholder
  277  and, if the host facility is a jai alai permitholder, the rate
  278  shall be 6.1 percent except that it shall be 2.3 percent on
  279  handle at such time as the total tax on intertrack handle paid
  280  to the division by the permitholder during the current state
  281  fiscal year exceeds the total tax on intertrack handle paid to
  282  the division by the permitholder during the 1992-1993 state
  283  fiscal year.
  284         Section 10. Subsection (4) of section 550.09511, Florida
  285  Statutes, is amended to read:
  286         550.09511 Jai alai taxes; abandoned interest in a permit
  287  for nonpayment of taxes.—
  288         (4)A jai alai permitholder conducting fewer than 100 live
  289  performances in any calendar year shall pay to the state the
  290  same aggregate amount of daily license fees on live jai alai
  291  games, admissions tax, and tax on live handle as that
  292  permitholder paid to the state during the most recent prior
  293  calendar year in which the jai alai permitholder conducted at
  294  least 100 live performances.
  295         Section 11. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
  296  550.09512, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  297         550.09512 Harness horse taxes; abandoned interest in a
  298  permit for nonpayment of taxes.—
  299         (3)(a) The permit of a harness horse permitholder who is
  300  conducting live harness horse performances and who does not pay
  301  tax on handle for any such live harness horse performances
  302  conducted for a full schedule of live races during any 2
  303  consecutive state fiscal years shall be void and may not be
  304  reissued shall escheat to and become the property of the state
  305  unless such failure to operate and pay tax on handle was the
  306  direct result of fire, strike, war, hurricane, pandemic, or
  307  other disaster or event beyond the ability of the permitholder
  308  to control. Financial hardship to the permitholder shall not, in
  309  and of itself, constitute just cause for failure to operate and
  310  pay tax on handle.
  311         Section 12. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
  312  550.09514, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  313         550.09514 Greyhound dogracing taxes; purse requirements.—
  314         (2)
  315         (b) Except as otherwise set forth herein, in addition to
  316  the minimum purse percentage required by paragraph (a), each
  317  permitholder shall pay as purses an annual amount equal to 75
  318  percent of the daily license fees paid by each permitholder for
  319  the 1994-1995 fiscal year. This purse supplement shall be
  320  disbursed weekly during the permitholder’s race meet in an
  321  amount determined by dividing the annual purse supplement by the
  322  number of performances approved for the permitholder pursuant to
  323  its annual license and multiplying that amount by the number of
  324  performances conducted each week. For the greyhound
  325  permitholders in the county where there are two greyhound
  326  permitholders located as specified in s. 550.615(5) s.
  327  550.615(6), such permitholders shall pay in the aggregate an
  328  amount equal to 75 percent of the daily license fees paid by
  329  such permitholders for the 1994-1995 fiscal year. These
  330  permitholders shall be jointly and severally liable for such
  331  purse payments. The additional purses provided by this paragraph
  332  must be used exclusively for purses other than stakes. The
  333  division shall conduct audits necessary to ensure compliance
  334  with this section.
  335         Section 13. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and subsection
  336  (7) of section 550.09515, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  337         550.09515 Thoroughbred horse taxes; abandoned interest in a
  338  permit for nonpayment of taxes.—
  339         (3)(a) The permit of a thoroughbred horse permitholder who
  340  is conducting live thoroughbred horse performances and who does
  341  not pay tax on handle for such live thoroughbred horse
  342  performances conducted for a full schedule of live races during
  343  any 2 consecutive state fiscal years shall be void and shall
  344  escheat to and become the property of the state unless such
  345  failure to operate and pay tax on handle was the direct result
  346  of fire, strike, war, or other disaster or event beyond the
  347  ability of the permitholder to control. Financial hardship to
  348  the permitholder shall not, in and of itself, constitute just
  349  cause for failure to operate and pay tax on handle.
  350         (7) If a thoroughbred permitholder fails to operate all
  351  performances on its 2001-2002 license, failure to pay tax on
  352  handle for a full schedule of live races for those performances
  353  in the 2001-2002 fiscal year does not constitute failure to pay
  354  taxes on handle for a full schedule of live races in a fiscal
  355  year for the purposes of subsection (3). This subsection may not
  356  be construed as forgiving a thoroughbred permitholder from
  357  paying taxes on performances conducted at its facility pursuant
  358  to its 2001-2002 license other than for failure to operate all
  359  performances on its 2001-2002 license. This subsection expires
  360  July 1, 2003.
  361         Section 14. Subsections (2) and (9) of section 550.105,
  362  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  363         550.105 Occupational licenses of racetrack employees; fees;
  364  denial, suspension, and revocation of license; penalties and
  365  fines.—
  366         (2)(a) The following licenses shall be issued to persons or
  367  entities with access to the backside, racing animals, jai alai
  368  players’ room, jockeys’ room, drivers’ room, totalisator room,
  369  the mutuels, or money room, or to persons who, by virtue of the
  370  position they hold, might be granted access to these areas or to
  371  any other person or entity in one of the following categories
  372  and with fees not to exceed the following amounts for any 12
  373  month period:
  374         1. Business licenses: any business such as a vendor,
  375  contractual concessionaire, contract kennel, business owning
  376  racing animals, trust or estate, totalisator company, stable
  377  name, or other fictitious name: $50.
  378         2. Professional occupational licenses: professional persons
  379  with access to the backside of a racetrack or players’ quarters
  380  in jai alai such as trainers, officials, veterinarians, doctors,
  381  nurses, EMT’s, jockeys and apprentices, drivers, jai alai
  382  players, owners, trustees, or any management or officer or
  383  director or shareholder or any other professional-level person
  384  who might have access to the jockeys’ room, the drivers’ room,
  385  the backside, racing animals, kennel compound, or managers or
  386  supervisors requiring access to mutuels machines, the money
  387  room, or totalisator equipment: $40.
  388         3. General occupational licenses: general employees with
  389  access to the jockeys’ room, the drivers’ room, racing animals,
  390  the backside of a racetrack or players’ quarters in jai alai,
  391  such as grooms, kennel helpers, leadouts, pelota makers, cesta
  392  makers, or ball boys, or a practitioner of any other occupation
  393  who would have access to the animals or, the backside, or the
  394  kennel compound, or who would provide the security or
  395  maintenance of these areas, or mutuel employees, totalisator
  396  employees, money-room employees, or any employee with access to
  397  mutuels machines, the money room, or totalisator equipment or
  398  who would provide the security or maintenance of these areas:
  399  $10.
  400  
  401  The individuals and entities that are licensed under this
  402  paragraph require heightened state scrutiny, including the
  403  submission by the individual licensees or persons associated
  404  with the entities described in this chapter of fingerprints for
  405  a Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal records check.
  406         (b) The division shall adopt rules pertaining to pari
  407  mutuel occupational licenses, licensing periods, and renewal
  408  cycles.
  409         (9) The tax imposed by this section is in lieu of all
  410  license, excise, or occupational taxes to the state or any
  411  county, municipality, or other political subdivision, except
  412  that, if a race meeting or game is held or conducted in a
  413  municipality, the municipality may assess and collect an
  414  additional tax against any person conducting live racing or
  415  games within its corporate limits, which tax may not exceed $150
  416  per day for horseracing or $50 per day for dogracing or jai
  417  alai. Except as provided in this chapter, a municipality may not
  418  assess or collect any additional excise or revenue tax against
  419  any person conducting race meetings within the corporate limits
  420  of the municipality or against any patron of any such person.
  421         Section 15. Section 550.1155, Florida Statutes, is amended
  422  to read:
  423         550.1155 Authority of stewards, judges, panel of judges, or
  424  player’s manager to impose penalties against occupational
  425  licensees; disposition of funds collected.—
  426         (1) The stewards at a horse racetrack; the judges at a dog
  427  track; or the judges, a panel of judges, or a player’s manager
  428  at a jai alai fronton may impose a civil penalty against any
  429  occupational licensee for violation of the pari-mutuel laws or
  430  any rule adopted by the division. The penalty may not exceed
  431  $1,000 for each count or separate offense or exceed 60 days of
  432  suspension for each count or separate offense.
  433         (2) All penalties imposed and collected pursuant to this
  434  section at each horse or dog racetrack or jai alai fronton shall
  435  be deposited into a board of relief fund established by the
  436  pari-mutuel permitholder. Each association shall name a board of
  437  relief composed of three of its officers, with the general
  438  manager of the permitholder being the ex officio treasurer of
  439  such board. Moneys deposited into the board of relief fund shall
  440  be disbursed by the board for the specific purpose of aiding
  441  occupational licenseholders and their immediate family members
  442  at each pari-mutuel facility.
  443         Section 16. Section 550.1647, Florida Statutes, is amended
  444  to read:
  445         550.1647 Greyhound permitholders; unclaimed tickets;
  446  breaks.—All money or other property represented by any
  447  unclaimed, uncashed, or abandoned pari-mutuel ticket which has
  448  remained in the custody of or under the control of any greyhound
  449  permitholder authorized to conduct greyhound racing pari-mutuel
  450  wagering pools in this state for a period of 1 year after the
  451  date the pari-mutuel ticket was issued, if the rightful owner or
  452  owners thereof have made no claim or demand for such money or
  453  other property within that period of time, shall, with respect
  454  to live races conducted by the permitholder, be remitted to the
  455  state pursuant to s. 550.1645; however, such permitholder shall
  456  be entitled to a credit in each state fiscal year in an amount
  457  equal to the actual amount remitted in the prior state fiscal
  458  year which may be applied against any taxes imposed pursuant to
  459  this chapter. In addition, each permitholder shall pay, from any
  460  source, including the proceeds from performances conducted
  461  pursuant to s. 550.0351, an amount not less than 10 percent of
  462  the amount of the credit provided by this section to any bona
  463  fide organization that promotes or encourages the adoption of
  464  greyhounds. As used in this chapter, the term “bona fide
  465  organization that promotes or encourages the adoption of
  466  greyhounds” means any organization that provides evidence of
  467  compliance with chapter 496 and possesses a valid exemption from
  468  federal taxation issued by the Internal Revenue Service. Such
  469  bona fide organization, as a condition of adoption, must provide
  470  sterilization of greyhounds by a licensed veterinarian before
  471  relinquishing custody of the greyhound to the adopter. The fee
  472  for sterilization may be included in the cost of adoption.
  473         Section 17. Section 550.1648, Florida Statutes, is
  474  repealed.
  475         Section 18. Section 550.175, Florida Statutes, is amended
  476  to read:
  477         550.175 Petition for election to revoke permit.—Upon
  478  petition of 20 percent of the qualified electors of any county
  479  wherein any pari-mutuel wagering racing has been licensed and
  480  conducted under this chapter, the county commissioners of such
  481  county shall provide for the submission to the electors of such
  482  county at the then next succeeding general election the question
  483  of whether any permit or permits theretofore granted shall be
  484  continued or revoked, and if a majority of the electors voting
  485  on such question in such election vote to cancel or recall the
  486  permit theretofore given, the division may not thereafter grant
  487  any license on the permit so recalled. Every signature upon
  488  every recall petition must be signed in the presence of the
  489  clerk of the board of county commissioners at the office of the
  490  clerk of the circuit court of the county, and the petitioner
  491  must present at the time of such signing her or his registration
  492  receipt showing the petitioner’s qualification as an elector of
  493  the county at the time of the signing of the petition. Not more
  494  than one permit may be included in any one petition; and, in all
  495  elections in which the recall of more than one permit is voted
  496  on, the voters shall be given an opportunity to vote for or
  497  against the recall of each permit separately. Nothing in this
  498  chapter shall be construed to prevent the holding of later
  499  referendum or recall elections.
  500         Section 19. Subsection (1) of section 550.1815, Florida
  501  Statutes, is amended to read:
  502         550.1815 Certain persons prohibited from holding racing or
  503  jai alai permits; suspension and revocation.—
  504         (1) A corporation, general or limited partnership, sole
  505  proprietorship, business trust, joint venture, or unincorporated
  506  association, or other business entity may not hold any
  507  horseracing or greyhound dogracing permit or jai alai fronton
  508  permit in this state if any one of the persons or entities
  509  specified in paragraph (a) has been determined by the division
  510  not to be of good moral character or has been convicted of any
  511  offense specified in paragraph (b).
  512         (a)1. The permitholder;
  513         2. An employee of the permitholder;
  514         3. The sole proprietor of the permitholder;
  515         4. A corporate officer or director of the permitholder;
  516         5. A general partner of the permitholder;
  517         6. A trustee of the permitholder;
  518         7. A member of an unincorporated association permitholder;
  519         8. A joint venturer of the permitholder;
  520         9. The owner of more than 5 percent of any equity interest
  521  in the permitholder, whether as a common shareholder, general or
  522  limited partner, voting trustee, or trust beneficiary; or
  523         10. An owner of any interest in the permit or permitholder,
  524  including any immediate family member of the owner, or holder of
  525  any debt, mortgage, contract, or concession from the
  526  permitholder, who by virtue thereof is able to control the
  527  business of the permitholder.
  528         (b)1. A felony in this state;
  529         2. Any felony in any other state which would be a felony if
  530  committed in this state under the laws of this state;
  531         3. Any felony under the laws of the United States;
  532         4. A felony under the laws of another state if related to
  533  gambling which would be a felony under the laws of this state if
  534  committed in this state; or
  535         5. Bookmaking as defined in s. 849.25.
  536         Section 20. Subsection (2) of section 550.24055, Florida
  537  Statutes, is amended to read:
  538         550.24055 Use of controlled substances or alcohol
  539  prohibited; testing of certain occupational licensees; penalty;
  540  evidence of test or action taken and admissibility for criminal
  541  prosecution limited.—
  542         (2) The occupational licensees, by applying for and holding
  543  such licenses, are deemed to have given their consents to submit
  544  to an approved chemical test of their breath for the purpose of
  545  determining the alcoholic content of their blood and to a urine
  546  or blood test for the purpose of detecting the presence of
  547  controlled substances. Such tests shall only be conducted upon
  548  reasonable cause that a violation has occurred as shall be
  549  determined solely by the stewards at a horseracing meeting or
  550  the judges or board of judges at a dogtrack or jai alai meet.
  551  The failure to submit to such test may result in a suspension of
  552  the person’s occupational license for a period of 10 days or
  553  until this section has been complied with, whichever is longer.
  554         (a) If there was at the time of the test 0.05 percent or
  555  less by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood, the person is
  556  presumed not to have been under the influence of alcoholic
  557  beverages to the extent that the person’s normal faculties were
  558  impaired, and no action of any sort may be taken by the
  559  stewards, judges, or board of judges or the division.
  560         (b) If there was at the time of the test an excess of 0.05
  561  percent but less than 0.08 percent by weight of alcohol in the
  562  person’s blood, that fact does not give rise to any presumption
  563  that the person was or was not under the influence of alcoholic
  564  beverages to the extent that the person’s faculties were
  565  impaired, but the stewards, judges, or board of judges may
  566  consider that fact in determining whether or not the person will
  567  be allowed to officiate or participate in any given race or jai
  568  alai game.
  569         (c) If there was at the time of the test 0.08 percent or
  570  more by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood, that fact is
  571  prima facie evidence that the person was under the influence of
  572  alcoholic beverages to the extent that the person’s normal
  573  faculties were impaired, and the stewards or judges may take
  574  action as set forth in this section, but the person may not
  575  officiate at or participate in any race or jai alai game on the
  576  day of such test.
  577  
  578  All tests relating to alcohol must be performed in a manner
  579  substantially similar, or identical, to the provisions of s.
  580  316.1934 and rules adopted pursuant to that section. Following a
  581  test of the urine or blood to determine the presence of a
  582  controlled substance as defined in chapter 893, if a controlled
  583  substance is found to exist, the stewards, judges, or board of
  584  judges may take such action as is permitted in this section.
  585         Section 21. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5), paragraphs (b)
  586  and (c) of subsection (6), paragraph (a) of subsection (9), and
  587  subsection (13) of section 550.2415, Florida Statutes, are
  588  amended to read:
  589         550.2415 Racing of animals under certain conditions
  590  prohibited; penalties; exceptions.—
  591         (5) The division shall implement a split-sample procedure
  592  for testing animals under this section.
  593         (d)For the testing of a racing greyhound, if there is an
  594  insufficient quantity of the secondary (split) sample for
  595  confirmation of the division laboratory’s positive result, the
  596  division may commence administrative proceedings as prescribed
  597  in this chapter and consistent with chapter 120.
  598         (6)
  599         (b)The division shall, by rule, establish the procedures
  600  for euthanizing greyhounds. However, a greyhound may not be put
  601  to death by any means other than by lethal injection of the drug
  602  sodium pentobarbital. A greyhound may not be removed from this
  603  state for the purpose of being destroyed.
  604         (c)It is a violation of this chapter for an occupational
  605  licensee to train a greyhound using live or dead animals. A
  606  greyhound may not be taken from this state for the purpose of
  607  being trained through the use of live or dead animals.
  608         (9)(a) The division may conduct a postmortem examination of
  609  any animal that is injured at a permitted racetrack while in
  610  training or in competition and that subsequently expires or is
  611  destroyed. The division may conduct a postmortem examination of
  612  any animal that expires while housed at a permitted racetrack,
  613  association compound, or licensed kennel or farm. Trainers and
  614  owners shall be requested to comply with this paragraph as a
  615  condition of licensure.
  616         (13)The division may implement by rule medication levels
  617  for racing greyhounds recommended by the University of Florida
  618  College of Veterinary Medicine developed pursuant to an
  619  agreement between the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering and the
  620  University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. The
  621  University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine may provide
  622  written notification to the division that it has completed
  623  research or review on a particular drug pursuant to the
  624  agreement and when the College of Veterinary Medicine has
  625  completed a final report of its findings, conclusions, and
  626  recommendations to the division.
  627         Section 22. Subsection (1) of section 550.26165, Florida
  628  Statutes, is amended to read:
  629         550.26165 Breeders’ awards.—
  630         (1) The purpose of this section is to encourage the
  631  agricultural activity of breeding and training racehorses in
  632  this state. Moneys dedicated in this chapter for use as
  633  breeders’ awards and stallion awards are to be used for awards
  634  to breeders of registered Florida-bred horses winning horseraces
  635  and for similar awards to the owners of stallions who sired
  636  Florida-bred horses winning stakes races, if the stallions are
  637  registered as Florida stallions standing in this state. Such
  638  awards shall be given at a uniform rate to all winners of the
  639  awards, shall not be greater than 20 percent of the announced
  640  gross purse, and shall not be less than 15 percent of the
  641  announced gross purse if funds are available. In addition, no
  642  less than 17 percent nor more than 40 percent, as determined by
  643  the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, of the moneys
  644  dedicated in this chapter for use as breeders’ awards and
  645  stallion awards for thoroughbreds shall be returned pro rata to
  646  the permitholders that generated the moneys for special racing
  647  awards to be distributed by the permitholders to owners of
  648  thoroughbred horses participating in prescribed thoroughbred
  649  stakes races, nonstakes races, or both, all in accordance with a
  650  written agreement establishing the rate, procedure, and
  651  eligibility requirements for such awards entered into by the
  652  permitholder, the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association,
  653  and the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective
  654  Association, Inc., except that the plan for the distribution by
  655  any permitholder located in the area described in s. 550.615(8)
  656  s. 550.615(9) shall be agreed upon by that permitholder, the
  657  Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, and the association
  658  representing a majority of the thoroughbred racehorse owners and
  659  trainers at that location. Awards for thoroughbred races are to
  660  be paid through the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association,
  661  and awards for standardbred races are to be paid through the
  662  Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association. Among
  663  other sources specified in this chapter, moneys for thoroughbred
  664  breeders’ awards will come from the 0.955 percent of handle for
  665  thoroughbred races conducted, received, broadcast, or simulcast
  666  under this chapter as provided in s. 550.2625(3). The moneys for
  667  quarter horse and harness breeders’ awards will come from the
  668  breaks and uncashed tickets on live quarter horse and harness
  669  racing performances and 1 percent of handle on intertrack
  670  wagering. The funds for these breeders’ awards shall be paid to
  671  the respective breeders’ associations by the permitholders
  672  conducting the races.
  673         Section 23. Subsection (8) of section 550.334, Florida
  674  Statutes, is amended to read:
  675         550.334 Quarter horse racing; substitutions.—
  676         (8) To be eligible to conduct intertrack wagering, a
  677  quarter horse racing permitholder must have conducted a full
  678  schedule of live racing in the preceding year.
  679         Section 24. Paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (2) and
  680  subsection (3) of section 550.3345, Florida Statutes, are
  681  amended to read:
  682         550.3345 Conversion of quarter horse permit to a limited
  683  thoroughbred permit.—
  684         (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the holder
  685  of a quarter horse racing permit issued under s. 550.334 may,
  686  within 1 year after the effective date of this section, apply to
  687  the division for a transfer of the quarter horse racing permit
  688  to a not-for-profit corporation formed under state law to serve
  689  the purposes of the state as provided in subsection (1). The
  690  board of directors of the not-for-profit corporation must be
  691  comprised of 11 members, 4 of whom shall be designated by the
  692  applicant, 4 of whom shall be designated by the Florida
  693  Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, and 3 of whom shall be
  694  designated by the other 8 directors, with at least 1 of these 3
  695  members being an authorized representative of another
  696  thoroughbred permitholder in this state. The not-for-profit
  697  corporation shall submit an application to the division for
  698  review and approval of the transfer in accordance with s.
  699  550.054. Upon approval of the transfer by the division, and
  700  notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
  701  not-for-profit corporation may, within 1 year after its receipt
  702  of the permit, request that the division convert the quarter
  703  horse racing permit to a permit authorizing the holder to
  704  conduct pari-mutuel wagering meets of thoroughbred racing.
  705  Neither the transfer of the quarter horse racing permit nor its
  706  conversion to a limited thoroughbred permit shall be subject to
  707  the mileage limitation or the ratification election as set forth
  708  under s. 550.054(2) or s. 550.0651. Upon receipt of the request
  709  for such conversion, the division shall timely issue a converted
  710  permit. The converted permit and the not-for-profit corporation
  711  shall be subject to the following requirements:
  712         (a) All net revenues derived by the not-for-profit
  713  corporation under the thoroughbred horse racing permit and any
  714  license issued to the not-for-profit corporation under chapter
  715  849, after the funding of operating expenses and capital
  716  improvements, shall be dedicated to the enhancement of
  717  thoroughbred purses and breeders’, stallion, and special racing
  718  awards under this chapter; the general promotion of the
  719  thoroughbred horse breeding industry; and the care in this state
  720  of thoroughbred horses retired from racing.
  721         (e) A No permit converted under this section and a license
  722  issued to the not-for-profit corporation under chapter 849 are
  723  not is eligible for transfer to another person or entity.
  724         (3) Unless otherwise provided in this section, after
  725  conversion, the permit and the not-for-profit corporation shall
  726  be treated under the laws of this state as a thoroughbred permit
  727  and as a thoroughbred permitholder, respectively, with the
  728  exception of ss. 550.09515(3) and 550.6308 s. 550.09515(3).
  729         Section 25. Subsections (2) and (4), paragraphs (a) and (b)
  730  of subsection (6), and subsection (11) of section 550.3551,
  731  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  732         550.3551 Transmission of racing and jai alai information;
  733  commingling of pari-mutuel pools.—
  734         (2) Any horse track, dog track, or fronton licensed under
  735  this chapter may transmit broadcasts of races or games conducted
  736  at the enclosure of the licensee to locations outside this
  737  state.
  738         (a) All broadcasts of horseraces transmitted to locations
  739  outside this state must comply with the provisions of the
  740  Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, 92 Stat. 1811, 15 U.S.C. ss.
  741  3001 et seq.
  742         (b) Wagers accepted by any out-of-state pari-mutuel
  743  permitholder or licensed betting system on a race broadcasted
  744  under this subsection may be, but are not required to be,
  745  included in the pari-mutuel pools of the horse track in this
  746  state that broadcasts the race upon which wagers are accepted.
  747  The handle, as referred to in s. 550.0951(3), does not include
  748  any wagers accepted by an out-of-state pari-mutuel permitholder
  749  or licensed betting system, irrespective of whether such wagers
  750  are included in the pari-mutuel pools of the Florida
  751  permitholder as authorized by this subsection.
  752         (4) Any greyhound permitholder or jai alai permitholder dog
  753  track or fronton licensed under this chapter may receive at its
  754  licensed location broadcasts of dograces or jai alai games
  755  conducted at other tracks or frontons located outside the state
  756  at the track enclosure of the licensee during its operational
  757  meeting. All forms of pari-mutuel wagering are allowed on
  758  dograces or jai alai games broadcast under this subsection. All
  759  money wagered by patrons on dograces broadcast under this
  760  subsection shall be computed in the amount of money wagered each
  761  performance for purposes of taxation under ss. 550.0951 and
  762  550.09511.
  763         (6)(a) A maximum of 20 percent of the total number of races
  764  on which wagers are accepted by a greyhound permitholder not
  765  located as specified in s. 550.615(6) may be received from
  766  locations outside this state. A permitholder conducting live
  767  races or games may not conduct fewer than eight live races or
  768  games on any authorized race day except as provided in this
  769  subsection. A thoroughbred permitholder that elects to conduct
  770  live racing may not conduct fewer than eight live races on any
  771  race day without the written approval of the Florida
  772  Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and the Florida Horsemen’s
  773  Benevolent and Protective Association, Inc., unless it is
  774  determined by the department that another entity represents a
  775  majority of the thoroughbred racehorse owners and trainers in
  776  the state. If conducting live racing, a harness permitholder may
  777  conduct fewer than eight live races on any authorized race day,
  778  except that such permitholder must conduct a full schedule of
  779  live racing during its race meet consisting of at least eight
  780  live races per authorized race day for at least 100 days. Any
  781  harness horse permitholder that during the preceding racing
  782  season conducted a full schedule of live racing may, at any time
  783  during its current race meet, receive full-card broadcasts of
  784  harness horse races conducted at harness racetracks outside this
  785  state at the harness track of the permitholder and accept wagers
  786  on such harness races. With specific authorization from the
  787  division for special racing events, a permitholder may conduct
  788  fewer than eight live races or games when the permitholder also
  789  broadcasts out-of-state races or games. The division may not
  790  grant more than two such exceptions a year for a permitholder in
  791  any 12-month period, and those two exceptions may not be
  792  consecutive.
  793         (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
  794  any harness horse permitholder accepting broadcasts of out-of
  795  state harness horse races when such permitholder is not
  796  conducting live races must make the out-of-state signal
  797  available to all permitholders eligible to conduct intertrack
  798  wagering and shall pay to guest tracks located as specified in
  799  ss. 550.615(5) and 550.6305(9)(d) ss. 550.615(6) and
  800  550.6305(9)(d) 50 percent of the net proceeds after taxes and
  801  fees to the out-of-state host track on harness race wagers which
  802  they accept. A harness horse permitholder shall be required to
  803  pay into its purse account 50 percent of the net income retained
  804  by the permitholder on account of wagering on the out-of-state
  805  broadcasts received pursuant to this subsection. Nine-tenths of
  806  a percent of all harness wagering proceeds on the broadcasts
  807  received pursuant to this subsection shall be paid to the
  808  Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association under the
  809  provisions of s. 550.2625(4) for the purposes provided therein.
  810         (11) Greyhound permitholders tracks and jai alai
  811  permitholders frontons have the same privileges as provided in
  812  this section to horserace permitholders horse tracks, as
  813  applicable, subject to rules adopted under subsection (10).
  814         Section 26. Subsections (1) and (3) through (6) of section
  815  550.3615, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  816         550.3615 Bookmaking on the grounds of a permitholder;
  817  penalties; reinstatement; duties of track employees; penalty;
  818  exceptions.—
  819         (1) Any person who engages in bookmaking, as defined in s.
  820  849.25, on the grounds or property of a pari-mutuel facility
  821  commits permitholder of a horse or dog track or jai alai fronton
  822  is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as
  823  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  824  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, any person
  825  convicted under the provisions of this subsection shall not have
  826  adjudication of guilt suspended, deferred, or withheld.
  827         (3) Any person who has been convicted of bookmaking in this
  828  state or any other state of the United States or any foreign
  829  country shall be denied admittance to and shall not attend any
  830  pari-mutuel facility racetrack or fronton in this state during
  831  its racing seasons or operating dates, including any practice or
  832  preparational days, for a period of 2 years after the date of
  833  conviction or the date of final appeal. Following the conclusion
  834  of the period of ineligibility, the director of the division may
  835  authorize the reinstatement of an individual following a hearing
  836  on readmittance. Any such person who knowingly violates this
  837  subsection commits is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first
  838  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
  839         (4) If the activities of a person show that this law is
  840  being violated, and such activities are either witnessed by or
  841  are common knowledge of by any pari-mutuel facility track or
  842  fronton employee, it is the duty of that employee to bring the
  843  matter to the immediate attention of the permitholder, manager,
  844  or her or his designee, who shall notify a law enforcement
  845  agency having jurisdiction. Willful failure by the pari-mutuel
  846  facility on the part of any track or fronton employee to comply
  847  with the provisions of this subsection is a ground for the
  848  division to suspend or revoke that employee’s license for pari
  849  mutuel facility track or fronton employment.
  850         (5) Each permittee shall display, in conspicuous places at
  851  a pari-mutuel facility track or fronton and in all race and jai
  852  alai daily programs, a warning to all patrons concerning the
  853  prohibition and penalties of bookmaking contained in this
  854  section and s. 849.25. The division shall adopt rules concerning
  855  the uniform size of all warnings and the number of placements
  856  throughout a pari-mutuel facility track or fronton. Failure on
  857  the part of the permittee to display such warnings may result in
  858  the imposition of a $500 fine by the division for each offense.
  859         (6) This section does not apply to any person attending a
  860  track or fronton or employed by or attending a pari-mutuel
  861  facility a track or fronton who places a bet through the
  862  legalized pari-mutuel pool for another person, provided such
  863  service is rendered gratuitously and without fee or other
  864  reward.
  865         Section 27. Effective October 1, 2021, section 550.3616,
  866  Florida Statutes, is created to read:
  867         550.3616Racing greyhounds or other dogs prohibited;
  868  penalty.—A person authorized to conduct gaming or pari-mutuel
  869  operations in this state may not race greyhounds or any member
  870  of the Canis familiaris subspecies in connection with any wager
  871  for money or any other thing of value in this state. A person
  872  who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the first
  873  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A
  874  person who commits a second or subsequent violation commits a
  875  felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
  876  775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. Notwithstanding the
  877  provisions of s. 948.01, any person convicted under this section
  878  may not have adjudication of guilt suspended, deferred, or
  879  withheld.
  880         Section 28. Section 550.475, Florida Statutes, is amended
  881  to read:
  882         550.475 Lease of pari-mutuel facilities by pari-mutuel
  883  permitholders.—Holders of valid pari-mutuel permits for the
  884  conduct of any pari-mutuel wagering jai alai games, dogracing,
  885  or thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing in this state are
  886  entitled to lease any and all of their facilities to any other
  887  holder of a same class valid pari-mutuel permit for jai alai
  888  games, dogracing, or thoroughbred or standardbred horse racing,
  889  when located within a 35-mile radius of each other; and such
  890  lessee is entitled to a permit and license to conduct intertrack
  891  wagering and operate its race meet or jai alai games at the
  892  leased premises.
  893         Section 29. Subsection (2) of section 550.5251, Florida
  894  Statutes, is amended to read:
  895         550.5251 Florida thoroughbred racing; certain permits;
  896  operating days.—
  897         (2) A thoroughbred racing permitholder may not begin any
  898  race later than 7 p.m. Any thoroughbred permitholder in a county
  899  in which the authority for cardrooms has been approved by the
  900  board of county commissioners may operate a cardroom and, when
  901  conducting live races during its current race meet, may receive
  902  and rebroadcast out-of-state races after the hour of 7 p.m. on
  903  any day during which the permitholder conducts live races.
  904         Section 30. Present subsections (3) through (10) of section
  905  550.615, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2)
  906  through (9), respectively, subsections (1) and (2) and present
  907  subsections (6) and (8) of that section are amended, and a new
  908  subsection (10) is added to that section, to read:
  909         550.615 Intertrack wagering.—
  910         (1) A pari-mutuel permitholder that has met the applicable
  911  requirement for that permitholder to conduct live racing or
  912  games under s. 550.01215(1)(b), if any, for fiscal year 2020
  913  2021 Any horserace permitholder licensed under this chapter
  914  which has conducted a full schedule of live racing may, at any
  915  time, receive broadcasts of horseraces and accept wagers on
  916  horseraces conducted by horserace permitholders licensed under
  917  this chapter at its facility.
  918         (2)Any track or fronton licensed under this chapter which
  919  in the preceding year conducted a full schedule of live racing
  920  is qualified to, at any time, receive broadcasts of any class of
  921  pari-mutuel race or game and accept wagers on such races or
  922  games conducted by any class of permitholders licensed under
  923  this chapter.
  924         (5)(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2)
  925  (3), in any area of the state where there are three or more
  926  horserace permitholders within 25 miles of each other,
  927  intertrack wagering between permitholders in said area of the
  928  state shall only be authorized under the following conditions:
  929  Any permitholder, other than a thoroughbred permitholder, may
  930  accept intertrack wagers on races or games conducted live by a
  931  permitholder of the same class or any harness permitholder
  932  located within such area and any harness permitholder may accept
  933  wagers on games conducted live by any jai alai permitholder
  934  located within its market area and from a jai alai permitholder
  935  located within the area specified in this subsection when no jai
  936  alai permitholder located within its market area is conducting
  937  live jai alai performances; any greyhound or jai alai
  938  permitholder may receive broadcasts of and accept wagers on any
  939  permitholder of the other class provided that a permitholder,
  940  other than the host track, of such other class is not operating
  941  a contemporaneous live performance within the market area.
  942         (7)(8) In any three contiguous counties of the state where
  943  there are only three permitholders, all of which are greyhound
  944  permitholders, if any permitholder leases the facility of
  945  another permitholder for all or any portion of the conduct of
  946  its live race meet pursuant to s. 550.475, such lessee may
  947  conduct intertrack wagering at its pre-lease permitted facility
  948  throughout the entire year, including while its live meet is
  949  being conducted at the leased facility, if such permitholder has
  950  conducted a full schedule of live racing during the preceding
  951  fiscal year at its pre-lease permitted facility or at a leased
  952  facility, or combination thereof.
  953         (10)Any greyhound permitholder licensed under this chapter
  954  to conduct pari-mutuel wagering is qualified to, at any time,
  955  receive broadcasts of any class of pari-mutuel race or game and
  956  accept wagers on such races or games conducted by any class of
  957  permitholders licensed under this chapter.
  958         Section 31. Subsection (2) and paragraph (g) of subsection
  959  (9) of section 550.6305, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  960         550.6305 Intertrack wagering; guest track payments;
  961  accounting rules.—
  962         (2) For the purposes of calculation of odds and payoffs and
  963  distribution of the pari-mutuel pools, all intertrack wagers
  964  shall be combined with the pari-mutuel pools at the host track.
  965  Notwithstanding this subsection or subsection (4), a greyhound
  966  pari-mutuel permitholder may conduct intertrack wagering without
  967  combining pari-mutuel pools on not more than three races in any
  968  week, not to exceed 20 races in a year. All other provisions
  969  concerning pari-mutuel takeout and payments, including state tax
  970  payments, apply as if the pool had been combined.
  971         (9) A host track that has contracted with an out-of-state
  972  horse track to broadcast live races conducted at such out-of
  973  state horse track pursuant to s. 550.3551(5) may broadcast such
  974  out-of-state races to any guest track and accept wagers thereon
  975  in the same manner as is provided in s. 550.3551.
  976         (g)1. Any thoroughbred permitholder which accepts wagers on
  977  a simulcast signal must make the signal available to any
  978  permitholder that is eligible to conduct intertrack wagering
  979  under the provisions of ss. 550.615-550.6345.
  980         2. Any thoroughbred permitholder which accepts wagers on a
  981  simulcast signal received after 6 p.m. must make such signal
  982  available to any permitholder that is eligible to conduct
  983  intertrack wagering under the provisions of ss. 550.615
  984  550.6345, including any permitholder located as specified in s.
  985  550.615(5) s. 550.615(6). Such guest permitholders are
  986  authorized to accept wagers on such simulcast signal,
  987  notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the
  988  contrary.
  989         3. Any thoroughbred permitholder which accepts wagers on a
  990  simulcast signal received after 6 p.m. must make such signal
  991  available to any permitholder that is eligible to conduct
  992  intertrack wagering under the provisions of ss. 550.615
  993  550.6345, including any permitholder located as specified in s.
  994  550.615(9). Such guest permitholders are authorized to accept
  995  wagers on such simulcast signals for a number of performances
  996  not to exceed that which constitutes a full schedule of live
  997  races for a quarter horse permitholder pursuant to s.
  998  550.002(11), notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter
  999  to the contrary, except that the restrictions provided in s.
 1000  550.615(9)(a) apply to wagers on such simulcast signals.
 1001  
 1002  No thoroughbred permitholder shall be required to continue to
 1003  rebroadcast a simulcast signal to any in-state permitholder if
 1004  the average per performance gross receipts returned to the host
 1005  permitholder over the preceding 30-day period were less than
 1006  $100. Subject to the provisions of s. 550.615(3) s. 550.615(4),
 1007  as a condition of receiving rebroadcasts of thoroughbred
 1008  simulcast signals under this paragraph, a guest permitholder
 1009  must accept intertrack wagers on all live races conducted by all
 1010  then-operating thoroughbred permitholders.
 1011         Section 32. Subsections (1), (4), and (5) of section
 1012  550.6308, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1013         550.6308 Limited intertrack wagering license.—In
 1014  recognition of the economic importance of the thoroughbred
 1015  breeding industry to this state, its positive impact on tourism,
 1016  and of the importance of a permanent thoroughbred sales facility
 1017  as a key focal point for the activities of the industry, a
 1018  limited license to conduct intertrack wagering is established to
 1019  ensure the continued viability and public interest in
 1020  thoroughbred breeding in Florida.
 1021         (1) Upon application to the division on or before January
 1022  31 of each year, any person that is licensed to conduct public
 1023  sales of thoroughbred horses pursuant to s. 535.01 and, that has
 1024  conducted at least 8 15 days of thoroughbred horse sales at a
 1025  permanent sales facility in this state for at least 3
 1026  consecutive years, and that has conducted at least 1 day of
 1027  nonwagering thoroughbred racing in this state, with a purse
 1028  structure of at least $250,000 per year for 2 consecutive years
 1029  before such application, shall be issued a license, subject to
 1030  the conditions set forth in this section, to conduct intertrack
 1031  wagering at such a permanent sales facility during the following
 1032  periods:
 1033         (a) Up to 21 days in connection with thoroughbred sales;
 1034         (b) Between November 1 and May 8;
 1035         (c) Between May 9 and October 31 at such times and on such
 1036  days as any thoroughbred, jai alai, or a greyhound permitholder
 1037  in the same county is not conducting live performances; provided
 1038  that any such permitholder may waive this requirement, in whole
 1039  or in part, and allow the licensee under this section to conduct
 1040  intertrack wagering during one or more of the permitholder’s
 1041  live performances; and
 1042         (d) During the weekend of the Kentucky Derby, the
 1043  Preakness, the Belmont, and a Breeders’ Cup Meet that is
 1044  conducted before November 1 and after May 8.
 1045  
 1046  No more than one such license may be issued, and no such license
 1047  may be issued for a facility located within 50 miles of any
 1048  thoroughbred permitholder’s track.
 1049         (4) Intertrack wagering under this section may be conducted
 1050  only on thoroughbred horse racing, except that intertrack
 1051  wagering may be conducted on any class of pari-mutuel race or
 1052  game conducted by any class of permitholders licensed under this
 1053  chapter if all thoroughbred, jai alai, and greyhound
 1054  permitholders in the same county as the licensee under this
 1055  section give their consent.
 1056         (5) The licensee shall be considered a guest track under
 1057  this chapter. The licensee shall pay 2.5 percent of the total
 1058  contributions to the daily pari-mutuel pool on wagers accepted
 1059  at the licensee’s facility on greyhound races or jai alai games
 1060  to the thoroughbred permitholder that is conducting live races
 1061  for purses to be paid during its current racing meet. If more
 1062  than one thoroughbred permitholder is conducting live races on a
 1063  day during which the licensee is conducting intertrack wagering
 1064  on greyhound races or jai alai games, the licensee shall
 1065  allocate these funds between the operating thoroughbred
 1066  permitholders on a pro rata basis based on the total live handle
 1067  at the operating permitholders’ facilities.
 1068         Section 33. Subsection (4) of section 551.114, Florida
 1069  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1070         551.114 Slot machine gaming areas.—
 1071         (4) Designated slot machine gaming areas must may be
 1072  located at the address specified in the licensed permitholder’s
 1073  slot machine license issued for fiscal year 2020-2021 within the
 1074  current live gaming facility or in an existing building that
 1075  must be contiguous and connected to the live gaming facility. If
 1076  a designated slot machine gaming area is to be located in a
 1077  building that is to be constructed, that new building must be
 1078  contiguous and connected to the live gaming facility.
 1079         Section 34. Section 551.116, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1080  to read:
 1081         551.116 Days and hours of operation.—Slot machine gaming
 1082  areas may be open 24 hours per day daily throughout the year.
 1083  The slot machine gaming areas may be open a cumulative amount of
 1084  18 hours per day on Monday through Friday and 24 hours per day
 1085  on Saturday and Sunday and on those holidays specified in s.
 1086  110.117(1).
 1087         Section 35. Subsection (1) of section 551.121, Florida
 1088  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1089         551.121 Prohibited activities and devices; exceptions.—
 1090         (1) Complimentary or reduced-cost alcoholic beverages may
 1091  not be served to persons playing a slot machine. Alcoholic
 1092  beverages served to persons playing a slot machine shall cost at
 1093  least the same amount as alcoholic beverages served to the
 1094  general public at a bar within the facility.
 1095         Section 36. Subsection (5) of section 565.02, Florida
 1096  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1097         565.02 License fees; vendors; clubs; caterers; and others.—
 1098         (5) A caterer at a pari-mutuel facility licensed under
 1099  chapter 550 horse or dog racetrack or jai alai fronton may
 1100  obtain a license upon the payment of an annual state license tax
 1101  of $675. Such caterer’s license shall permit sales only within
 1102  the enclosure in which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted such
 1103  races or jai alai games are conducted, and such licensee shall
 1104  be permitted to sell only during the period beginning 10 days
 1105  before and ending 10 days after racing or jai alai under the
 1106  authority of the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering of the
 1107  Department of Business and Professional Regulation is conducted
 1108  at such racetrack or jai alai fronton. Except as in this
 1109  subsection otherwise provided, caterers licensed hereunder shall
 1110  be treated as vendors licensed to sell by the drink the
 1111  beverages mentioned herein and shall be subject to all the
 1112  provisions hereof relating to such vendors.
 1113         Section 37. Subsection (5), paragraphs (a) and (b) of
 1114  subsection (7), and paragraph (d) of subsection (13) of section
 1115  849.086, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1116         849.086 Cardrooms authorized.—
 1117         (5) LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEES.—No person may
 1118  operate a cardroom in this state unless such person holds a
 1119  valid cardroom license issued pursuant to this section.
 1120         (a) Only those persons holding a valid cardroom license
 1121  issued by the division may operate a cardroom. A cardroom
 1122  license may only be issued to a licensed pari-mutuel
 1123  permitholder and an authorized cardroom may only be operated at
 1124  the same facility at which the permitholder is authorized under
 1125  its valid pari-mutuel wagering permit to conduct pari-mutuel
 1126  wagering activities. An initial cardroom license shall be issued
 1127  to a pari-mutuel permitholder only after its facilities are in
 1128  place and after it conducts its first day of pari-mutuel
 1129  activities on live racing or games.
 1130         (b) After the initial cardroom license is granted, the
 1131  application for the annual license renewal shall be made in
 1132  conjunction with the applicant’s annual application for its
 1133  pari-mutuel license. If a permitholder has operated a cardroom
 1134  during any of the 3 previous fiscal years and fails to include a
 1135  renewal request for the operation of the cardroom in its annual
 1136  application for license renewal, the permitholder may amend its
 1137  annual application to include operation of the cardroom.
 1138         (c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a pari
 1139  mutuel permitholder, other than a permitholder issued a permit
 1140  pursuant to s. 550.3345, may not be issued a license for the
 1141  operation of a cardroom if the permitholder did not hold an
 1142  operating license for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for
 1143  fiscal year 2020-2021. In order for a cardroom license to be
 1144  renewed the applicant must have requested, as part of its pari
 1145  mutuel annual license application, to conduct at least 90
 1146  percent of the total number of live performances conducted by
 1147  such permitholder during either the state fiscal year in which
 1148  its initial cardroom license was issued or the state fiscal year
 1149  immediately prior thereto if the permitholder ran at least a
 1150  full schedule of live racing or games in the prior year. If the
 1151  application is
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 1154  And the title is amended as follows:
 1155         Delete lines 10 - 133
 1156  and insert:
 1157         permitholders, harness horse racing permitholders,
 1158         thoroughbred permitholders, and quarter horse racing
 1159         permitholders to elect not to conduct live racing or
 1160         games; specifying that certain permitholders that do
 1161         not conduct live racing or games retain their permit
 1162         and remain pari-mutuel facilities; specifying that, if
 1163         such permitholder has been issued a slot machine
 1164         license, the permitholder’s facility remains an
 1165         eligible facility, continues to be eligible for a slot
 1166         machine license, is exempt from certain provisions of
 1167         ch. 551, F.S., is eligible to be a guest track, and,
 1168         if the permitholder is a harness horse racing
 1169         permitholder, is eligible to be a host track for
 1170         intertrack wagering and simulcasting and remains
 1171         eligible for a cardroom license; prohibiting a
 1172         permitholder or licensee from conducting live
 1173         greyhound racing or dogracing in connection with any
 1174         wager for money or any other thing of value in the
 1175         state; providing administrative and civil penalties;
 1176         providing requirements for the funds generated from
 1177         such penalties; prohibiting operating licenses from
 1178         being issued to a pari-mutuel permitholder unless a
 1179         specified requirement is met; authorizing the Division
 1180         of Pari-mutuel Wagering to approve a change in racing
 1181         dates for certain permitholders if the request for a
 1182         change is received before a specified date and under
 1183         certain circumstances for a specified fiscal year;
 1184         deleting a provision authorizing the conversion of
 1185         certain permits to a jai alai permit under certain
 1186         circumstances; conforming provisions to changes made
 1187         by the act; amending s. 550.0235, F.S.; conforming
 1188         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
 1189         550.0351, F.S.; deleting a provision relating to hound
 1190         dog derbies and mutt derbies; conforming provisions to
 1191         changes made by the act; amending s. 550.0425, F.S.;
 1192         deleting a provision authorizing certain minors to be
 1193         granted access to kennel compound areas under certain
 1194         circumstances; amending s. 550.054, F.S.; requiring
 1195         the division to revoke the permit of certain
 1196         permitholders; specifying such revoked permit is void
 1197         and may not be reissued; revising requirements to hold
 1198         a permit for the operation of a pari-mutuel facility
 1199         and an associated cardroom or slot machine facility;
 1200         specifying certain permits held on a specified date
 1201         are deemed valid for specified purposes; prohibiting
 1202         new permits for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering
 1203         from being issued after a specified date; prohibiting
 1204         a permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering from being
 1205         converted to another class of permit; conforming
 1206         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
 1207         550.0745, F.S.; authorizing summer jai alai
 1208         permitholders to conduct pari-mutuel wagering
 1209         throughout the year; deleting provisions relating to
 1210         the conversion of a pari-mutuel permit to a summer jai
 1211         alai permit; amending s. 550.0951, F.S.; conforming
 1212         cross-references; amending s. 550.09511, F.S.;
 1213         deleting a provision relating to the payment of
 1214         certain taxes and fees by jai alai permitholders
 1215         conducting fewer than a specified number of live
 1216         performances; amending s. 550.09512, F.S.; revising
 1217         the circumstances for which a harness horse
 1218         permitholder’s permit is voided for failing to pay
 1219         certain taxes; prohibiting the reissue of such permit;
 1220         amending s. 550.09514, F.S.; conforming cross
 1221         references; amending s. 550.09515, F.S.; conforming
 1222         provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss.
 1223         550.105, 550.1155, and 550.1647, F.S.; conforming
 1224         provisions to changes made by the act; repealing s.
 1225         550.1648, F.S., relating to greyhound adoptions;
 1226         amending ss. 550.175, 550.1815, and 550.24055, F.S.;
 1227         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
 1228         amending s. 550.2415, F.S.; deleting provisions
 1229         relating to the testing, euthanasia, training, and
 1230         medication levels of racing greyhounds; amending s.
 1231         550.26165, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference;
 1232         amending s. 550.334, F.S.; conforming provisions to
 1233         changes made by the act; amending s. 550.3345, F.S.;
 1234         requiring that net revenues derived from specified
 1235         licenses issued to not-for-profit corporations be
 1236         dedicated to certain purposes; prohibiting the
 1237         transfer of such licenses; providing construction;
 1238         amending s. 550.3551, F.S.; conforming provisions to
 1239         changes made by the act; conforming a cross-reference;
 1240         amending s. 550.3615, F.S.; conforming provisions to
 1241         changes made by the act; prohibiting a person
 1242         convicted of bookmaking from attending or being
 1243         admitted to a pari-mutuel facility; requiring pari
 1244         mutuel facility employees to notify certain persons of
 1245         unlawful activities; providing civil penalties;
 1246         requiring a permittee to display certain warnings
 1247         relating to bookmaking at his or her pari-mutuel
 1248         facility; revising applicability; creating s.
 1249         550.3616, F.S.; prohibiting persons authorized to
 1250         conduct gaming or pari-mutuel operations in this state
 1251         from racing greyhounds or other dogs in connection
 1252         with any wager for money or thing of value; providing
 1253         criminal penalties; prohibiting the suspension,
 1254         deferment, or withholding of adjudication of guilt of
 1255         certain persons; amending s. 550.475, F.S.; revising
 1256         provisions relating to leasing pari-mutuel facilities;
 1257         amending s. 550.5251, F.S.; deleting a prohibition
 1258         against thoroughbred racing permitholders beginning
 1259         races after a specified time; deleting provisions
 1260         relating to the operation of cardrooms by thoroughbred
 1261         racing permitholders after a specified time and
 1262         receiving and rebroadcasting out-of-state races after
 1263         a specified time under certain circumstances; amending
 1264         s. 550.615, F.S.; revising requirements relating to
 1265         intertrack wagering; specifying that greyhound
 1266         permitholders are qualified to receive certain
 1267         broadcasts and accept specified wagers; amending s.
 1268         550.6305, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
 1269         by the act; conforming cross-references; amending s.
 1270         550.6308, F.S.; revising requirements for a limited
 1271         intertrack wagering license; revising requirements for
 1272         intertrack wagering; deleting requirements for limited
 1273         intertrack wagering licensees to make specified
 1274         payments; amending s. 551.114, F.S.; revising
 1275         requirements for the location of designated slot
 1276         machine gaming areas; amending s. 551.116, F.S.;
 1277         authorizing slot machine gaming areas to be open 24
 1278         hours per day throughout the year; amending s.
 1279         551.121, F.S.; deleting a provision prohibiting
 1280         complimentary or reduced-cost alcoholic beverages to
 1281         be served to a person playing a slot machine; amending
 1282         s. 565.02, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
 1283         by the act; amending s. 849.086, F.S.; prohibiting a
 1284         cardroom license from being issued to certain
 1285         permitholders;