Senate Bill 0834

    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 834

    By Senator Gutman





    34-843-98                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to gambling equipment; creating

  3         s. 849.2315, F.S.; directing the Department of

  4         Business and Professional Regulation to make

  5         certain rules; requiring manufacturers to be

  6         bonded and to place a registration number on

  7         equipment manufactured; providing for

  8         administrative and criminal penalties;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Section 849.2315, Florida Statutes, is

14  created to read:

15         849.2315  Manufacture of certain gambling devices;

16  registration required; bond; penalties for violations.--

17         (1)  The Department of Business and Professional

18  Regulation shall provide, by rule adopted within 90 days after

19  the effective date of this act, for the regulation of the

20  manufacture of gambling equipment. In addition to any other

21  requirements, such rules shall provide:

22         (a)  That each piece of gambling equipment manufactured

23  in Florida be stamped with a registration number clearly

24  identifying the manufacturer of the equipment.

25         (b)  That manufacturers of gambling equipment be bonded

26  in order to conduct business in Florida. The amount of the

27  bond required shall be determined by the department.

28         (c)  For administrative penalties, including the loss

29  of any occupational license, when a manufacturer knowingly

30  sells gambling equipment to a person or corporation to be used

31  for illegal purposes.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 834
    34-843-98                                               See HB




  1         (2)  Any manufacturer who violates the provisions of

  2  this section by knowingly selling gambling equipment to be

  3  used by the purchaser for illegal purposes, shall, in addition

  4  to any administrative penalty, upon conviction, be guilty of a

  5  felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.

  6  775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.085. Any person who is found

  7  guilty of a second or subsequent violation of this section

  8  shall be guilty of a felony of the first degree, punishable as

  9  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1998.

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13                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Requires manufacturers of gambling equipment to be bonded
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      registration number. Directs the Department of Business
16    and Professional Regulation to make described rules with
      respect to the manufacture of such equipment. Provides
17    penalties for manufacturers who knowingly sell such
      equipment which is used for illegal purposes. (See bill
18    for details.)

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