HOUSE AMENDMENT
    hbd-06                       Bill No. CS for SB 1692, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Henriquez offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, line 31,
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17         Section 1.  Subsections (1), (5), (6), and (7) of
18  section 849.0931, Florida Statutes, are amended, and
19  subsection (13) is added to that section, to read:
20         849.0931  Bingo authorized; conditions for conduct;
21  permitted uses of proceeds; limitations.--
22         (1)  As used in this section:
23         (a)  "Bingo game" means and refers to the activity,
24  commonly known as "bingo," in which participants pay a sum of
25  money for the use of one or more bingo cards.  When the game
26  commences, numbers are drawn by chance, one by one, and
27  announced. The players cover or mark those numbers on the
28  bingo cards which they have purchased until a player receives
29  a given order of numbers in sequence that has been
30  preannounced for that particular game.  This player calls out
31  "bingo" and is declared the winner of a predetermined prize.
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HOUSE AMENDMENT hbd-06 Bill No. CS for SB 1692, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 More than one game may be played upon a bingo card, and 2 numbers called for one game may be used for a succeeding game 3 or games. 4 (b) "Bingo card" means and refers to the flat piece of 5 paper or thin pasteboard employed by players engaged in the 6 game of bingo. The bingo card shall have not fewer than 24 7 playing numbers printed on it. These playing numbers shall 8 range from 1 through 75, inclusive. More than one set of 9 bingo numbers may be printed on any single piece of paper. 10 (c) "Charitable, nonprofit, or veterans' organization" 11 means an organization which has qualified for exemption from 12 federal income tax as an exempt organization under the 13 provisions of s. 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 14 or s. 528 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; 15 which is engaged in charitable, civic, community, benevolent, 16 religious, or scholastic works or other similar activities; 17 and which has been in existence and active for a period of 3 18 years or more. 19 (d) "Instant bingo" means a game that is played using 20 tickets by which a player wins a prize by opening and removing 21 a cover from the ticket to reveal a set of numbers, letters, 22 objects, or patterns, some of which have been predesignated in 23 advance as prize winners. 24 (e)(d) "Objects" means a set of 75 balls or other 25 precision shapes that are imprinted with letters and numbers 26 in such a way that numbers 1 through 15 are marked with the 27 letter "B," numbers 16 through 30 are marked with the letter 28 "I," numbers 31 through 45 are marked with the letter "N," 29 numbers 46 through 60 are marked with the letter "G," and 30 numbers 61 through 75 are marked with the letter "O." 31 (f) "Package" means a separate set of not more than 2 File original & 9 copies 05/03/01 hbd0005 08:56 am 01692-0058-860799
HOUSE AMENDMENT hbd-06 Bill No. CS for SB 1692, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 4,000 instant bingo tickets in which the predetermined minimum 2 prize payout is at least 65 percent of the total receipts from 3 the sale of the entire package. 4 (g)(e) "Rack" means the container in which the objects 5 are placed after being drawn and announced. 6 (h)(f) "Receptacle" means the container from which the 7 objects are drawn or ejected. 8 (i)(g) "Session" means a designated set of games 9 played in a day or part of a day. 10 (5) Except for instant bingo prizes, which are limited 11 to those displayed on the ticket, no jackpot may shall exceed 12 the value of $250 in actual money or its equivalent, and there 13 shall be no more than three jackpots in any one session of 14 bingo. 15 (6) Except for instant bingo, which is not limited by 16 this subsection, the number of days per week during which 17 organizations authorized hereunder may conduct bingo may not 18 exceed two. 19 (7) Except for instant bingo prizes, which are limited 20 to those displayed on the ticket, there shall be no more than 21 three jackpots on any one day of play. All other game prizes 22 may shall not exceed $50. 23 (13)(a) Instant bingo tickets must be sold at the 24 price printed on the ticket, not to exceed $1. Discounts may 25 not be given for purchases of multiple tickets, nor may 26 tickets be given away free of charge. 27 (b) The sets of numbers, letters, objects, or patterns 28 that have been predesignated as winning combinations for a 29 package of bingo tickets must be posted before the sale of any 30 tickets from that package. 31 3 File original & 9 copies 05/03/01 hbd0005 08:56 am 01692-0058-860799
HOUSE AMENDMENT hbd-06 Bill No. CS for SB 1692, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 On page 1, line 2, of the title of the bill 4 5 after the semicolon insert: 6 amending s. 849.0931, F.S.; defining the terms 7 "instant bingo" and "package"; providing rules 8 for the operation of instant bingo games; 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 File original & 9 copies 05/03/01 hbd0005 08:56 am 01692-0058-860799