House Bill hb1877

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1877

        By the Committee on Agriculture & Consumer Affairs and
    Representative Spratt





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to obsolete and inactive

  3         provisions of law; repealing ss. 536.20,

  4         536.21, and 536.22, F.S., relating to timber

  5         and lumber; repealing s. 570.381, F.S.,

  6         relating to Appaloosa racing; amending ss.

  7         550.2625 and 550.2633, F.S.; correcting cross

  8         references; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Sections 536.20, 536.21, and 536.22,

13  Florida Statutes, are repealed.

14         Section 2.  Section 570.381, Florida Statutes, is

15  repealed.

16         Section 3.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section

17  550.2625, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

18         550.2625  Horseracing; minimum purse requirement,

19  Florida breeders' and owners' awards.--

20         (7)

21         (b)  The division shall deposit these collections to

22  the credit of the Florida Quarter Horse Racing Promotion Trust

23  Fund in a special account to be known as the "Florida

24  Appaloosa Racing Promotion Fund."  The Department of

25  Agriculture and Consumer Services shall administer the funds

26  and adopt suitable and reasonable rules for the administration

27  thereof.  The moneys in the Florida Appaloosa Racing Promotion

28  Fund shall be allocated solely for supplementing and

29  augmenting purses and prizes and for the general promotion of

30  owning and breeding of racing Appaloosas in this state; and

31  such moneys may not be used to defray any expense of the

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  1  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in the

  2  administration of this chapter, except that the moneys

  3  generated by Appaloosa registration fees received pursuant to

  4  s. 570.381 may be used as provided in paragraph (5)(b) of that

  5  section.

  6         Section 4.  Subsection (2) of section 550.2633, Florida

  7  Statutes, is amended to read:

  8         550.2633  Horseracing; distribution of abandoned

  9  interest in or contributions to pari-mutuel pools.--

10         (2)  All moneys or other property which has escheated

11  to and become the property of the state as provided herein and

12  which is held by a permitholder authorized to conduct

13  pari-mutuel pools in this state shall be paid annually by the

14  permitholder to the recipient designated in this subsection

15  within 60 days after the close of the race meeting of the

16  permitholder.  Section 550.1645 notwithstanding, such moneys

17  shall be paid by the permitholder as follows:

18         (a)  Funds from any harness horse races shall be paid

19  to the Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association

20  and shall be used for the payment of breeders' awards,

21  stallion awards, stallion stakes, additional purses, and

22  prizes for, and for the general promotion of owning and

23  breeding of, Florida-bred standardbred horses, as provided for

24  in s. 550.2625.

25         (b)  Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d),

26  funds from quarter horse races shall be paid to the Florida

27  Quarter Horse Breeders and Owners Association and shall be

28  allocated solely for supplementing and augmenting purses and

29  prizes and for the general promotion of owning and breeding of

30  racing quarter horses in this state, as provided for in s.

31  550.2625.

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  1         (c)  Funds for Appaloosa races conducted under a

  2  quarter horse racing permit shall be deposited into the

  3  Florida Quarter Horse Racing Promotion Trust Fund in a special

  4  account to be known as the "Florida Appaloosa Racing Promotion

  5  Fund" and shall be used for the payment of breeders' awards

  6  and stallion awards as provided for in s. 570.381.

  7         (c)(d)  Funds for Arabian horse races conducted under a

  8  quarter horse racing permit shall be deposited into the

  9  Florida Quarter Horse Racing Promotion Trust Fund in a special

10  account to be known as the "Florida Arabian Horse Racing

11  Promotion Fund" and shall be used for the payment of breeders'

12  awards and stallion awards as provided for in s. 570.382.

13         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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17                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Repeals various provisions of ch. 536, F.S., which
19    regulates stamps or brands for timber and lumber, and s.
      570.381, F.S., which provides for Appaloosa racing, which
20    statutes are obsolete and inactive provisions of law.

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