CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.House Bill 1537
Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1537
By Representative Futch
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to campaign contributions by
3 the gaming industry; creating s. 106.081, F.S.;
4 prohibiting contributions by applicants for and
5 holders of casino gambling licenses and their
6 affiliated organizations and employees to
7 candidates, political committees supporting or
8 opposing candidates, committees of continuous
9 existence, and state and county executive
10 committees of a political party; prohibiting a
11 candidate, political committees, committees of
12 continuous existence, and executive committees
13 of political parties from soliciting or
14 accepting such contributions; providing a
15 penalty; amending s. 921.0012, F.S.;
16 designating violations under offense severity
17 level 4 of the sentencing guidelines; providing
18 an effective date.
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20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22 Section 1. Section 106.081, Florida Statutes, is
23 created to read:
24 106.081 Casino gambling interests; prohibited
25 contributions.--
26 (1) No applicant for or holder of a casino gambling
27 license in any state, nor any holding, intermediary, or
28 subsidiary company thereof, nor any officer, director, or
29 employee of such applicant, licensee, or holding,
30 intermediary, or subsidiary company, nor any person or agent
31 on behalf of any of the foregoing persons, may make any
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1 contribution to any candidate for nomination or election to
2 any public office subject to the provisions of this chapter,
3 to any political committee supporting or opposing one or more
4 candidates, to any committee of continuous existence, or to
5 the state or county executive committee of any political
6 party.
7 (2) No candidate, political committee supporting or
8 opposing one or more candidates, committee of continuous
9 existence, or state or county executive committee of a
10 political party may solicit or accept any such contribution.
11 (3) A person who violates subsection (1) or subsection
12 (2) is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as
13 provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, except that the amount
14 of the fine may be up to $100,000, and in the case of a person
15 other than a natural person, the amount of the fine may be up
16 to $250,000.
17 Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
18 921.0012, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to
19 read:
20 921.0012 Sentencing guidelines offense levels; offense
21 severity ranking chart.--
22 (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
23 Florida Felony
24 Statute Degree Description
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28 (d) LEVEL 4
29 106.081 3rd Prohibited campaign contributions
30 by casino gambling interests.
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1 316.1935(2) 3rd Fleeing or attempting to elude
2 law enforcement officer resulting
3 in high-speed pursuit.
4 784.07(2)(b) 3rd Battery of law enforcement
5 officer, firefighter, intake
6 officer, etc.
7 784.075 3rd Battery on detention or
8 commitment facility staff.
9 784.08(2)(c) 3rd Battery on a person 65 years of
10 age or older.
11 784.081(3) 3rd Battery on specified official or
12 employee.
13 784.082(3) 3rd Battery by detained person on
14 visitor or other detainee.
15 787.03(1) 3rd Interference with custody;
16 wrongly takes child from
17 appointed guardian.
18 787.04(2) 3rd Take, entice, or remove child
19 beyond state limits with criminal
20 intent pending custody
21 proceedings.
22 787.04(3) 3rd Carrying child beyond state lines
23 with criminal intent to avoid
24 producing child at custody
25 hearing or delivering to
26 designated person.
27 790.115(1) 3rd Exhibiting firearm or weapon
28 within 1,000 feet of a school.
29 790.115(2)(b) 3rd Possessing electric weapon or
30 device, destructive device, or
31 other weapon on school property.
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1 790.115(2)(c) 3rd Possessing firearm on school
2 property.
3 810.02(4)(a) 3rd Burglary, or attempted burglary,
4 of an unoccupied structure;
5 unarmed; no assault or battery.
6 810.02(4)(b) 3rd Burglary, or attempted burglary,
7 of an unoccupied conveyance;
8 unarmed; no assault or battery.
9 810.06 3rd Burglary; possession of tools.
10 810.08(2)(c) 3rd Trespass on property, armed with
11 firearm or dangerous weapon.
12 812.014(2)(c)3. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree $10,000
13 or more but less than $20,000.
14 812.014
15 (2)(c)4.-10. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree, a will,
16 firearm, motor vehicle,
17 livestock, etc.
18 817.563(1) 3rd Sell or deliver substance other
19 than controlled substance agreed
20 upon, excluding s. 893.03(5)
21 drugs.
22 828.125(1) 2nd Kill, maim, or cause great bodily
23 harm or permanent breeding
24 disability to any registered
25 horse or cattle.
26 837.02(1) 3rd Perjury in official proceedings.
27 837.021(1) 3rd Make contradictory statements in
28 official proceedings.
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1 843.025 3rd Deprive law enforcement,
2 correctional, or correctional
3 probation officer of means of
4 protection or communication.
5 843.15(1)(a) 3rd Failure to appear while on bail
6 for felony (bond estreature or
7 bond jumping).
8 874.05(1) 3rd Encouraging or recruiting another
9 to join a criminal street gang.
10 893.13(2)(a)1. 2nd Purchase of cocaine (or other s.
11 893.03(1)(a), (b), or (d), or
12 (2)(a) or (b) drugs).
13 914.14(2) 3rd Witnesses accepting bribes.
14 914.22(1) 3rd Force, threaten, etc., witness,
15 victim, or informant.
16 914.23(2) 3rd Retaliation against a witness,
17 victim, or informant, no bodily
18 injury.
19 918.12 3rd Tampering with jurors.
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21 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.
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24 SENATE SUMMARY
25 Prohibits applicants for and holders of a casino gambling
license, their affiliated organizations, and their agents
26 and employees from making contributions to candidates,
political committees supporting or opposing candidates,
27 committees of continuous existence, and state or county
executive committees of a political party. Prohibits a
28 candidate, political committee, committee of continuous
existence, or executive committee of a political party
29 from soliciting or accepting such contributions. Provides
a penalty for violating the prohibitions. Modifies the
30 sentencing guidelines to include prohibited campaign
contributions under offense severity level 4.
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