House Bill 0851c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000              CS/HB 851

        By the Committee on Regulated Services and Representatives
    Edwards, Morroni, Hart, Bense, Maygarden, Harrington, Brown,
    Murman, Putnam, Wiles, Russell, Healey, Albright, Dockery,
    Rubio, Trovillion, Cantens, K. Smith, Stansel, Bainter, Kelly,
    Garcia, Alexander and Lawson


  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to bingo; creating the Bingo

  3         Study Commission; providing for membership and

  4         duties thereof; providing for a report;

  5         providing an effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Bingo Study Commission created; powers and

10  duties.--

11         (1)  There is created a Bingo Study Commission

12  consisting of nine members.

13         (2)  Five members shall be appointed by the Governor,

14  two members shall be appointed by the President of the Senate,

15  and two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House

16  of Representatives. The presiding officer of each chamber

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

18  of the minority party from their respective houses.

19         (3)  The Bingo Study Commission shall report to the

20  Governor and the presiding officers of the Legislature by

21  February 1, 2001.  The report shall make recommendations

22  regarding the following issues:

23         (a)  Specific procedures for conducting games.

24         (b)  Who may conduct or assist with the conducting of

25  bingo games.

26         (c)  Where or under what property arrangement bingo may

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

28  location.

29         (d)  The lack of accountability for the use of the

30  money collected from bingo operations.

31         (e)  The lack of uniform control or enforcement.

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  1         (f)  The lack of a single official or agency specified

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

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  4  law.

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