Senate Bill 1704c1

    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 1704

    By the Committee on Regulated Industries and Senators King,
    Silver, Brown-Waite and Forman




    315-2139-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to bingo; creating the Bingo

  3         Study Commission; providing for a report;

  4         providing an effective date.

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

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  8         Section 1.  There is created the Bingo Study Commission

  9  consisting of nine members.

10         Section 2.  Five members shall be appointed by the

11  Governor. Two members shall be appointed by the President of

12  the Senate and two shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

13  House of Representatives. In each case, the presiding officer

14  shall appoint one member of the majority party and one member

15  of the minority party.

16         Section 3.  The Bingo Study Commission shall report to

17  the Governor and the presiding officers of the Legislature by

18  February 1, 2001. The report must make recommendations

19  regarding the following issues:

20         (1)  Specific procedures for conducting games;

21         (2)  Who may conduct or assist with the conducting of

22  bingo games;

23         (3)  Where or under what property arrangement bingo may

24  be conducted and how often bingo may be conducted at any one

25  location;

26         (4)  The lack of accountability for the use of the

27  money collected from bingo operations;

28         (5)  The lack of uniform control or enforcement; and

29         (6)  The lack of a single official or agency specified

30  to act as the final authority in bingo-related disputes.

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    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 1704
    315-2139-00




  1         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  4          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  5                         Senate Bill 1704

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  7  The Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1704 creates a bingo
    study commission consisting of nine members. It provides for
  8  an appointment process and requires a report to the
    Legislature by February 1, 2001.
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