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By Senator Sebesta
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to pari-mutuel wagering;
3 amending ss. 550.3551, 550.6305, F.S.;
4 authorizing thoroughbred permitholders when not
5 conducting current race meets to receive and
6 accept wagers on direct broadcast of
7 out-of-state races under specified conditions;
8 requiring payments to purse accounts; providing
9 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. Present paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of
14 subsection (3) of section 550.3551, Florida Statutes, are
15 redesignated as paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), respectively,
16 and new paragraphs (a) and (b) are added to that subsection to
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18 550.3551 Transmission of racing and jai alai
19 information; commingling of pari-mutuel pools.--
20 (3) Any horse track licensed under this chapter may
21 receive broadcasts of horseraces conducted at other horse
22 racetracks located outside this state at the racetrack
23 enclosure of the licensee during its racing meet.
24 (a) When a thoroughbred track licensed under this
25 chapter is not conducting its current race meet it may receive
26 and accept wagers on direct broadcasts of thoroughbred races
27 conducted at horse racetracks outside this state if it
28 receives and accepts wagers on all live thoroughbred races in
29 this state and:
30 1. It is the only thoroughbred permitholder in its
31 market area;
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1 2. There are no thoroughbred permitholders within the
2 market area conducting a race meet; or
3 3. It has the permission of any other thoroughbred
4 permitholder in its market area which is conducting its race
5 meet.
6 (b) A thoroughbred permitholder not conducting its
7 current race meet but receiving and accepting wagers on direct
8 broadcasts of thoroughbred races conducted at horse racetracks
9 outside this state as authorized under paragraph (a) is
10 required to pay into its purse account 50 percent of net
11 income retained by the thoroughbred permitholder on those
12 wagers.
13 Section 2. Paragraph (g) of subsection (9) of section
14 550.6305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
15 550.6305 Intertrack wagering; guest track payments;
16 accounting rules.--
17 (9) A host track that has contracted with an
18 out-of-state horse track to broadcast live races conducted at
19 such out-of-state horse track pursuant to s. 550.3551(5) may
20 broadcast such out-of-state races to any guest track and
21 accept wagers thereon in the same manner as is provided in s.
22 550.3551.
23 (g)1. Any thoroughbred permitholder that which accepts
24 wagers on a simulcast signal during its race meet must make
25 the signal available to any permitholder that is eligible to
26 conduct intertrack wagering under the provisions of ss.
27 550.615-550.6345. However, any thoroughbred permitholder that
28 is not conducting its current race meet and accepts wagers on
29 a simulcast signal directly from the out-of-state horsetrack
30 under s. 550.3551(3)(a)1. or 2. may not rebroadcast the
31 out-of-state races to permitholders outside its market area,
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1 but it is required to and has the exclusive right to offer and
2 rebroadcast all out-of-state signals to permitholders within
3 its own market area. Whenever out-of-state races are
4 exclusively offered to the market area, the guest permitholder
5 may receive and accept wagers on the out-of-state races only
6 if it also receives and accepts wagers on all thoroughbred
7 races in the state.
8 2. Any thoroughbred permitholder which accepts wagers
9 on a simulcast signal received after 6 p.m. must make such
10 signal available to any permitholder that is eligible to
11 conduct intertrack wagering under the provisions of ss.
12 550.615-550.6345, including any permitholder located as
13 specified in s. 550.615(6). Such guest permitholders are
14 authorized to accept wagers on such simulcast signal,
15 notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the
16 contrary.
17 3. Any thoroughbred permitholder which accepts wagers
18 on a simulcast signal received after 6 p.m. must make such
19 signal available to any permitholder that is eligible to
20 conduct intertrack wagering under the provisions of ss.
21 550.615-550.6345, including any permitholder located as
22 specified in s. 550.615(9). Such guest permitholders are
23 authorized to accept wagers on such simulcast signals for a
24 number of performances not to exceed that which constitutes a
25 full schedule of live races for a quarter horse permitholder
26 pursuant to s. 550.002(11), notwithstanding any other
27 provision of this chapter to the contrary, except that the
28 restrictions provided in s. 550.615(9)(a) apply to wagers on
29 such simulcast signals.
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1 No thoroughbred permitholder shall be required to continue to
2 rebroadcast a simulcast signal to any in-state permitholder if
3 the average per performance gross receipts returned to the
4 host permitholder over the preceding 30-day period were less
5 than $100. Subject to the provisions of s. 550.615(4), as a
6 condition of receiving rebroadcasts of thoroughbred simulcast
7 signals under this paragraph, a guest permitholder must accept
8 intertrack wagers on all live races conducted by all
9 then-operating thoroughbred permitholders.
10 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
11 law.
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14 SENATE SUMMARY
15 Authorizes a thoroughbred permitholder that is not
conducting its current race meet to receive and accept
16 wagers on direct broadcast of out-of-state races under
specified conditions. Requires payment of a percentage of
17 net income from those wagers to its purse account.
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