CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.House Bill 1145
Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1145
By Representatives Thrasher, Lippman, Bitner, Burroughs,
Heyman, Meek, Garcia, Fasano, Morse, Tobin, Putnam, Cosgrove,
Roberts-Burke, Bloom, Barreiro, Merchant, Gay, Valdes, Feeney,
Flanagan, King, Edwards, Chestnut, Mackenzie, Logan, Mackey,
Ogles, Constantine, Harrington and Geller
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to professional sports
3 franchises; amending s. 288.1162, F.S.;
4 revising the definition of the term "new
5 professional sports franchise"; authorizing
6 certain applicants to be certified more than
7 once under certain circumstances; increasing
8 the number of facilities which may be
9 certified; conforming dates to comply with the
10 act; providing an effective 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 (3), paragraphs
15 (c) and (h) of subsection (4), and subsection (8) of section
16 288.1162, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, are amended to
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18 288.1162 Professional sports franchises; spring
19 training franchises; duties.--
20 (3) As used in this section:
21 (a) "New professional sports franchise" means a
22 professional sports franchise that is not based in this state
23 prior to August 16, 1965 April 1, 1987.
24 (4) Prior to certifying an applicant as a "facility
25 for a new professional sports franchise" or a "facility for a
26 retained professional sports franchise," the Office of
27 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development must determine that:
28 (c) The applicant has a verified copy of the approval
29 from the governing authority of the league in which the new
30 professional sports franchise exists authorizing the location
31 of the professional sports franchise in this state after
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1 August 16, 1965 April 1, 1987, or in the case of a retained
2 professional sports franchise, verified evidence that it has
3 had a league-authorized location in this state on or before
4 December 31, 1976. The term "league" means the National League
5 or the American League of Major League Baseball, the National
6 Basketball Association, the National Football League, or the
7 National Hockey League.
8 (h) No applicant previously certified under any
9 provision of this section who has received funding under such
10 certification shall be eligible for an additional
11 certification, unless it is for a different sports franchise
12 as recognized under paragraph (c).
13 (8) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
14 Development shall notify the Department of Revenue of any
15 facility certified as a facility for a new professional sports
16 franchise or a facility for a retained professional sports
17 franchise or as a new spring training franchise facility. The
18 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may certify
19 no more than nine eight facilities as facilities for a new
20 professional sports franchise, as facilities for a retained
21 professional sports franchise, or as new spring training
22 franchise facilities, including in such total any facilities
23 certified by the Department of Commerce before July 1, 1998
24 1996. The office may make no more than one certification for
25 any facility.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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Revises a provision of law governing professional sports
4 franchises to redefine the term "new professional sports
franchise" to mean a professional sports franchise that
5 is not based in this state prior to August 16, 1965, to
conform other provisions of the law to that date, to
6 provide that no applicant for funding under the law who
has received funding shall be eligible for additional
7 certification and funding unless it is for a different
sports franchise, to increase to 9 the number of sports
8 facilities which may be certified under the law, and to
revise dates to conform to the act.
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