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Florida Senate - 2000 CS for SB 1074
By the Committee on Commerce and Economic Opportunities; and
Senator King
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to motorsports; creating s.
3 549.10, F.S.; defining the terms "motorsport
4 entertainment complex," "motorsports event,"
5 "owner" and "sanctioning body"; authorizing
6 contracts for promotional activities; providing
7 an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Section 549.10, Florida Statutes, is
12 created to read:
13 549.10 Motorsports entertainment complex; contracts.--
14 (1) As used in this section, the term:
15 (a) "Motorsports entertainment complex" means a
16 closed-course motorsports facility and its ancillary grounds
17 and facilities which:
18 1. Has at least 70,000 permanent seats for race
19 patrons;
20 2. Has at least 7 scheduled days of motorsports events
21 each calendar year;
22 3. Has at least four motorsports events each calendar
23 year;
24 4. Serves food at the facility during sanctioned
25 motorsports events;
26 5. Engages in tourism promotion; and
27 6. Has on the property permanent exhibitions of
28 motorsports history, events, or vehicles.
29 (b) "Motorsports event" means a motorsports race and
30 its ancillary activities that have been sanctioned by a
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1 (c) "Owner" means a person who owns and operates a
2 motorsports entertainment complex; a person who leases a
3 motorsports entertainment complex or the land on which a
4 motorsports entertainment complex is located from the Federal
5 Government, the state, or a county, municipality, or special
6 district and operates the motorsports entertainment complex;
7 or a person who operates and maintains a motorsports
8 entertainment complex under an operation and management
9 agreement entered into with the Federal Government, the state,
10 or a county, municipality, or special district.
11 (d) "Sanctioning body" means the American Motorcycle
12 Association (AMA); Auto Racing Club of America (ARCA);
13 Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART); Grand American Road
14 Racing Association (GRAND AM); Indy Racing League (IRL);
15 National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR);
16 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA); Professional Sportscar
17 Racing (PSR); Sports Car Club of America (SCCA); United States
18 Auto Club (USAC); or any successor organization or any other
19 nationally recognized governing body of motorsports that
20 establishes an annual schedule of motorsports events and
21 grants rights to conduct the events, that has established and
22 administers rules and regulations governing all participants
23 involved in the events and all persons conducting the events,
24 and that requires certain liability assurances, including
25 insurance.
26 (2)(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,
27 the owner of a motorsports entertainment complex who is not
28 licensed as a vendor under chapter 561 may enter into a
29 promotional contract, including a contract with any other
30 person which may require the payment of fees, except:
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1 1. A person licensed under s. 563.02(3), unless that
2 person is also licensed as a manufacturer;
3 2. A person licensed under s. 564.02(3)(a) unless that
4 person is also licensed as a manufacturer; or
5 3. A person licensed under s. 565.03. However, this
6 exception does not apply to any contract or to the renewal or
7 extension of any contract in effect before October 1, 2000.
8 (b) The owner of a motorsports entertainment complex
9 is not considered a vendor under s. 561.14 merely because it
10 is affiliated with, a shareholder of, or sharing in percentage
11 payments with any vendor licensed under that section at the
12 complex and meets the qualifications specified in s. 561.15
13 unless:
14 1. The owner of the motorsports entertainment complex
15 obligates or requires the licensed vendors operating at the
16 motorsports entertainment complex to purchase or sell any
17 particular brands of beverages defined in s. 561.01 in areas
18 that are accessible to the public. Areas accessible to the
19 public do not include any restricted access areas that are
20 under lease, license, or occupancy contracts with the owner.
21 2. A person licensed under s. 563.02(3), with the
22 knowledge of the owner, is directly or indirectly
23 participating in or contributing to any advertising or
24 promotional funds being used to pay fees to the owner of the
25 motorsports entertainment complex.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2000.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
2 Senate Bill 1074
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to enter into promotional contracts applies only to owners of
5 motorsports entertainment complexes who are not licensed as a
vendor of alcoholic beverages.
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