House Bill hb1583

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1583

        By Representative Garcia






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to thoroughbred racing dates;

  3         creating s. 550.5252, F.S.; revising racing

  4         dates for certain permitholders; providing an

  5         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.  Section 550.5252, Florida Statutes, is

10  created to read:

11         550.5252  Thoroughbred racing; racing season.--

12         (1)  To promote international tourism and economic

13  development through the continued conduct of thoroughbred

14  racing in this state and to promote the thoroughbred breeding

15  industry within the agricultural economy of the state, in any

16  area of the state in which there are three or more

17  thoroughbred permitholders, the annual thoroughbred racing

18  season, commencing June 1 and ending May 31, shall be divided

19  into three periods, as follows:

20         (a)  First period....October 16 through January 31.

21         (b)  Second period....February 1 through May 15.

22         (c)  Third period....May 16 through October 15.

23         (2)  The department shall assign said periods of

24  operation among the three such permitholders. However, no

25  permitholder may be assigned more than one period of operation

26  in any annual thoroughbred racing season.

27         (3)  An application for a license to operate in such

28  periods must be received by the department by December 31, and

29  may, thereafter, be amended by March 31. The department shall

30  assign periods and issue a license to each applicant to

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1583

    800-116-02






  1  operate within the annual thoroughbred racing season by April

  2  30.

  3         (4)  For the purpose of this section, any permitholder

  4  who has more than 50 percent interest in another permitholder

  5  shall be considered a single applicant. An applicant may apply

  6  for only one period at its facility yearly. The department

  7  shall allocate the periods if more than one applicant applies

  8  for the same period in any given year. If the same two

  9  applicants apply for the same period in 2 consecutive years,

10  they shall be assigned different periods than those assigned

11  in the previous year.

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

13  law.

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      Revises racing dates for certain thoroughbred racing
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