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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to pari-mutuel wagering;

  3         providing a short title; requiring dogracing

  4         permitholders to provide a greyhound-adoption

  5         booth at each dogracing facility in the state;

  6         requiring that the booth be operated by certain

  7         qualified persons on weekends; requiring that

  8         information concerning the adoption of a

  9         greyhound be made available to the public at

10         the facility; requiring the permitholder to

11         provide adoption information in racing programs

12         and to identify greyhounds that will become

13         available for adoption; authorizing the

14         permitholder to hold an additional charity day

15         that is designated as "Greyhound Adopt-A-Pet

16         Day"; requiring that profits derived from the

17         charity day be used to fund activities

18         promoting the adoption of greyhounds;

19         authorizing the Division of Pari-mutuel

20         Wagering within the Department of Business and

21         Professional Regulation to adopt rules;

22         providing penalties; amending s. 550.1647,

23         F.S., relating to unclaimed tickets and breaks

24         with respect to greyhound racing; defining the

25         term "bona fide organization that promotes or

26         encourages the adoption of greyhounds";

27         amending s. 550.26165, F.S.; revising criteria

28         for making breeders' awards for racehorses;

29         amending s. 550.2625, F.S.; providing for

30         payment of special racing awards; amending s.

31         550.5251, F.S.; allowing a thoroughbred racing


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  1         permitholder to operate a cardroom; amending s.

  2         849.086, F.S.; redefining the term "authorized

  3         games"; allowing the amendment of a

  4         permitholder's annual application to include

  5         operation of a cardroom; providing restrictions

  6         relating to harness permitholder cardrooms;

  7         revising standards relating to when cardrooms

  8         may be operated and relating to bets;

  9         authorizing facilities to award prizes;

10         providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  This act may be cited as "The Debbie

15  Wasserman Schultz Act of 2002."

16         Section 2.  Greyhound adoptions.--

17         (1)  Each dogracing permitholder operating a dogracing

18  facility in this state shall provide for a greyhound-adoption

19  booth to be located at the facility. The greyhound-adoption

20  booth must be operated on weekends. In addition, the

21  greyhound-adoption booth must be operated by personnel or

22  volunteers from a bona fide organization that promotes or

23  encourages the adoption of greyhounds pursuant to section

24  550.1647, Florida Statutes. As used in this section, the term

25  "weekend" includes the hours during which live greyhound

26  racing is conducted on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

27  Information pamphlets and application forms shall be provided

28  to the public upon request. In addition, the kennel operator

29  or owner shall notify the permitholder that a greyhound is

30  available for adoption and the permitholder shall provide

31  information concerning the adoption of a greyhound in each


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  1  race program and shall post adoption information at

  2  conspicuous locations throughout the dogracing facility. Any

  3  greyhound that is participating in a race and that will be

  4  available for future adoption must be noted in the race

  5  program. The permitholder shall allow greyhounds to be walked

  6  through the track facility to publicize the greyhound-adoption

  7  program.

  8         (2)  In addition to the charity days authorized under

  9  section 550.0351, Florida Statutes, a greyhound permitholder

10  may fund the greyhound-adoption program by holding a charity

11  racing day designated as "Greyhound Adopt-A-Pet Day." All

12  profits derived from the operation of the charity day must be

13  placed into a fund used to support activities at the racing

14  facility which promote the adoption of greyhounds. The

15  division may adopt rules for administering the fund. Proceeds

16  from the charity day authorized in this subsection may not be

17  used as a source of funds for the purposes set forth in

18  section 550.1647, Florida Statutes.

19         (3)(a)  Upon a violation of this section by a

20  permitholder or licensee, the division may impose a penalty as

21  provided in section 550.0251(10), Florida Statutes, and

22  require the permitholder to take corrective action.

23         (b)  A penalty imposed under section 550.0251(10),

24  Florida Statutes, does not exclude a prosecution for cruelty

25  to animals or for any other criminal act.

26         Section 3.  Section 550.1647, Florida Statutes, is

27  amended to read:

28         550.1647  Greyhound permitholders; unclaimed tickets;

29  breaks.--All money or other property represented by any

30  unclaimed, uncashed, or abandoned pari-mutuel ticket which has

31  remained in the custody of or under the control of any


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  1  permitholder authorized to conduct greyhound racing

  2  pari-mutuel pools in this state for a period of 1 year after

  3  the date the pari-mutuel ticket was issued, if the rightful

  4  owner or owners thereof have made no claim or demand for such

  5  money or other property within that period of time, shall,

  6  with respect to live races conducted by the permitholder, be

  7  remitted to the state pursuant to s. 550.1645; however, such

  8  permitholder shall be entitled to a credit in each state

  9  fiscal year in an amount equal to the actual amount remitted

10  in the prior state fiscal year which may be applied against

11  any taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter. In addition, each

12  permitholder shall pay, from any source, including the

13  proceeds from performances conducted pursuant to s. 550.0351,

14  an amount not less than 10 percent of the amount of the credit

15  provided by this section to any bona fide organization that

16  promotes or encourages the adoption of greyhounds. As used in

17  this section, the term "bona fide organization that promotes

18  or encourages the adoption of greyhounds" means any

19  organization that provides evidence of compliance with chapter

20  496 and possesses a valid exemption from federal taxation

21  issued by the Internal Revenue Service. Such bona fide

22  organization, as a condition of adoption, must provide

23  sterilization of greyhounds by a licensed veterinarian before

24  relinquishing custody of the greyhound to the adoptor. The fee

25  for sterilization may be included in the cost of adoption.

26         Section 4.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section

27  550.26165, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

28         550.26165  Breeders' awards.--

29         (1)  The purpose of this section is to encourage the

30  agricultural activity of breeding and training racehorses in

31  this state.  Moneys dedicated in this chapter for use as


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  1  breeders' awards and stallion awards are to be used for awards

  2  to breeders of registered Florida-bred horses winning

  3  horseraces and for similar awards to the owners of stallions

  4  who sired Florida-bred horses winning stakes races, if the

  5  stallions are registered as Florida stallions standing in this

  6  state. Such awards shall be given at a uniform rate to all

  7  winners of the awards, shall not be greater than 20 percent of

  8  the announced gross purse, and shall not be less than 15

  9  percent of the announced gross purse if funds are available.

10  In addition, no less than 17 percent nor more than 40 percent,

11  as determined by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders'

12  Association, of the moneys dedicated in this chapter for use

13  as breeders' awards and stallion awards for thoroughbreds

14  shall be returned pro rata to the permitholders that generated

15  the moneys for special racing awards to be distributed by the

16  permitholders to owners of registered Florida-bred

17  thoroughbred horses participating winning in prescribed

18  thoroughbred stakes races, non-stakes races, or both and

19  winning or placing in thoroughbred stakes races, all in

20  accordance with a written agreement establishing the rate,

21  procedure, and eligibility requirements for such awards

22  entered into plan established annually no later than 120 days

23  before the first day of the permitholders' racing meet and

24  agreed upon by the permitholder, the Florida Thoroughbred

25  Breeders' Association, and the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent

26  and Protective Association, Inc., except that the plan for the

27  distribution by any permitholder located in the area described

28  in s. 550.615(9) shall be agreed upon by that permitholder,

29  the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, and the

30  association representing a majority of the thoroughbred

31  racehorse owners and trainers at that location. Awards for


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  1  thoroughbred races are to be paid through the Florida

  2  Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, and awards for

  3  standardbred races are to be paid through the Florida

  4  Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association. Among other

  5  sources specified in this chapter, moneys for thoroughbred

  6  breeders' awards will come from the 0.955 percent of handle

  7  for thoroughbred races conducted, received, broadcast, or

  8  simulcast under this chapter as provided in s. 550.2625(3).

  9  The moneys for quarter horse and harness breeders' awards will

10  come from the breaks and uncashed tickets on live quarter

11  horse and harness racing performances and 1 percent of handle

12  on intertrack wagering. The funds for these breeders' awards

13  shall be paid to the respective breeders' associations by the

14  permitholders conducting the races.

15         (2)  Each breeders' association shall develop a plan

16  each year that will provide for a uniform rate of payment and

17  procedure for breeders' and stallion awards payment. The plan

18  for payment of breeders' and stallion awards may set a cap on

19  winnings and may limit, exclude, or defer payments on to

20  certain classes of races, such as the Florida stallion stakes

21  races, in order to assure that there are adequate revenues to

22  meet the proposed uniform rate. Priority shall be placed on

23  imposing such restrictions in lieu of allowing the uniform

24  rate for breeders' and stallion awards to be less than 15

25  percent of the total purse payment.  The plan must provide for

26  the maximum possible payments within revenues.

27         Section 5.  Subsection (3) of section 550.2625, Florida

28  Statutes, is amended to read:

29         550.2625  Horseracing; minimum purse requirement,

30  Florida breeders' and owners' awards.--

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  1         (3)  Each horseracing permitholder conducting any

  2  thoroughbred race under this chapter, including any intertrack

  3  race taken pursuant to ss. 550.615-550.6305 or any interstate

  4  simulcast taken pursuant to s. 550.3551(3) shall pay a sum

  5  equal to 0.955 percent on all pari-mutuel pools conducted

  6  during any such race for the payment of breeders', and

  7  stallion, or special racing awards as authorized in this

  8  chapter section.  This subsection also applies to all

  9  Breeder's Cup races conducted outside this state taken

10  pursuant to s. 550.3551(3).  On any race originating live in

11  this state which is broadcast out-of-state to any location at

12  which wagers are accepted pursuant to s. 550.3551(2), the host

13  track is required to pay 3.475 percent of the gross revenue

14  derived from such out-of-state broadcasts as breeders', and

15  stallion, or special racing awards.  The Florida Thoroughbred

16  Breeders' Association is authorized to receive these payments

17  from the permitholders and make payments of awards earned.

18  The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association has the right

19  to withhold up to 10 percent of the permitholder's payments

20  under this section as a fee for administering the payments of

21  awards and for general promotion of the industry.  The

22  permitholder shall remit these payments to the Florida

23  Thoroughbred Breeders' Association by the 5th day of each

24  calendar month for such sums accruing during the preceding

25  calendar month and shall report such payments to the division

26  as prescribed by the division.  With the exception of the

27  10-percent fee, the moneys paid by the permitholders shall be

28  maintained in a separate, interest-bearing account, and such

29  payments together with any interest earned shall be used

30  exclusively for the payment of breeders', awards and stallion,

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  1  or special racing awards in accordance with the following

  2  provisions:

  3         (a)  The breeder of each Florida-bred thoroughbred

  4  horse winning a thoroughbred horse race is entitled to an

  5  award of up to, but not exceeding, 20 percent of the announced

  6  gross purse, including nomination fees, eligibility fees,

  7  starting fees, supplementary fees, and moneys added by the

  8  sponsor of the race.

  9         (b)  The owner or owners of the sire of a Florida-bred

10  thoroughbred horse that wins a stakes race is entitled to a

11  stallion award of up to, but not exceeding, 20 percent of the

12  announced gross purse, including nomination fees, eligibility

13  fees, starting fees, supplementary fees, and moneys added by

14  the sponsor of the race.

15         (c)  The owners of registered Florida-bred thoroughbred

16  horses participating winning or placing in thoroughbred stakes

17  races, non-stakes races, or both may receive a special racing

18  an award in accordance with the agreement a plan established

19  pursuant to in s. 550.26165(1).

20         (d)  In order for a breeder of a Florida-bred

21  thoroughbred horse to be eligible to receive a breeder's

22  award, or for the owners of a registered Florida-bred

23  thoroughbred horse to be eligible to receive an award under

24  paragraph (c), the horse must have been registered as a

25  Florida-bred horse with the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders'

26  Association, and the Jockey Club certificate for the horse

27  must show that it has been duly registered as a Florida-bred

28  horse as evidenced by the seal and proper serial number of the

29  Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association registry.  The

30  Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association shall be permitted

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  1  to charge the registrant a reasonable fee for this

  2  verification and registration.

  3         (e)  In order for an owner of the sire of a

  4  thoroughbred horse winning a stakes race to be eligible to

  5  receive a stallion award, the stallion must have been

  6  registered with the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders'

  7  Association, and the breeding of the registered Florida-bred

  8  horse must have occurred in this state. The stallion must be

  9  standing permanently in this state during the period of time

10  between February 1 and June 15 of each year or, if the

11  stallion is dead, must have stood permanently in this state

12  for a period of not less than 1 year immediately prior to its

13  death. The removal of a stallion from this state during the

14  period of time between February 1 and June 15 of any year for

15  any reason, other than exclusively for prescribed medical

16  treatment, as approved by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders'

17  Association, renders the owner or owners of the stallion

18  ineligible to receive a stallion award under any circumstances

19  for offspring sired prior to removal; however, if a removed

20  stallion is returned to this state, all offspring sired

21  subsequent to the return make the owner or owners of the

22  stallion eligible for the stallion award but only for those

23  offspring sired subsequent to such return to this state. The

24  Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association shall maintain

25  complete records showing the date the stallion arrived in this

26  state for the first time, whether or not the stallion remained

27  in the state permanently, the location of the stallion, and

28  whether the stallion is still standing in this state and

29  complete records showing awards earned, received, and

30  distributed. The association may charge the owner, owners, or

31  breeder a reasonable fee for this service.


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  1         (f)  A permitholder conducting a thoroughbred horse

  2  race under the provisions of this chapter shall, within 30

  3  days after the end of the race meet during which the race is

  4  conducted, certify to the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders'

  5  Association such information relating to the thoroughbred

  6  horses winning a stakes or other horserace at the meet as may

  7  be required to determine the eligibility for payment of

  8  breeders', awards and stallion, and special racing awards.

  9         (g)  The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association

10  shall maintain complete records showing the starters and

11  winners in all races conducted at thoroughbred tracks in this

12  state; shall maintain complete records showing awards earned,

13  received, and distributed; and may charge the owner, owners,

14  or breeder a reasonable fee for this service.

15         (h)  The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association

16  shall annually establish a uniform rate and procedure for the

17  payment of breeders' and stallion awards and shall make

18  breeders' and stallion award payments in strict compliance

19  with the established uniform rate and procedure plan.  The

20  plan may set a cap on winnings and may limit, exclude, or

21  defer payments to certain classes of races, such as the

22  Florida stallion stakes races, in order to assure that there

23  are adequate revenues to meet the proposed uniform rate. Such

24  plan must include proposals for the general promotion of the

25  industry. Priority shall be placed upon imposing such

26  restrictions in lieu of allowing the uniform rate to be less

27  than 15 percent of the total purse payment.  The uniform rate

28  and procedure plan must be approved by the division before

29  implementation.  In the absence of an approved plan and

30  procedure, the authorized rate for breeders' and stallion

31  awards is 15 percent of the announced gross purse for each


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  1  race.  Such purse must include nomination fees, eligibility

  2  fees, starting fees, supplementary fees, and moneys added by

  3  the sponsor of the race. If the funds in the account for

  4  payment of breeders' and stallion awards are not sufficient to

  5  meet all earned breeders' and stallion awards, those breeders

  6  and stallion owners not receiving payments have first call on

  7  any subsequent receipts in that or any subsequent year.

  8         (i)  The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association

  9  shall keep accurate records showing receipts and disbursements

10  of such payments and shall annually file a full and complete

11  report to the division showing such receipts and disbursements

12  and the sums withheld for administration.  The division may

13  audit the records and accounts of the Florida Thoroughbred

14  Breeders' Association to determine that payments have been

15  made to eligible breeders and stallion owners in accordance

16  with this section.

17         (j)  If the division finds that the Florida

18  Thoroughbred Breeders' Association has not complied with any

19  provision of this section, the division may order the

20  association to cease and desist from receiving funds and

21  administering funds received under this section.  If the

22  division enters such an order, the permitholder shall make the

23  payments authorized in this section to the division for

24  deposit into the Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund; and any

25  funds in the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association

26  account shall be immediately paid to the Division of

27  Pari-mutuel Wagering for deposit to the Pari-mutuel Wagering

28  Trust Fund.  The division shall authorize payment from these

29  funds to any breeder or stallion owner entitled to an award

30  that has not been previously paid by the Florida Thoroughbred

31  Breeders' Association in accordance with the applicable rate.


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  1         Section 6.  Subsection (4) of section 550.5251, Florida

  2  Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         550.5251  Florida thoroughbred racing; certain permits;

  4  operating days.--

  5         (4)  A thoroughbred racing permitholder may not begin

  6  any race later than 7 p.m. However, Any thoroughbred

  7  permitholder in a county in which the authority for cardrooms

  8  has been approved by the board of county commissioners may

  9  elect not to operate a cardroom and, when conducting live

10  races during its current race meet, may and instead to receive

11  and rebroadcast out-of-state races after the hour of 7 p.m. on

12  any day during which the permitholder conducts live races.

13  However, such permitholder may not engage in both operating a

14  cardroom and receiving or rebroadcasting out-of-state races

15  after 7 p.m.  Permitholders shall be required to elect between

16  either operating a cardroom or engaging in simulcasting after

17  7 p.m. at the time of submitting its application for its

18  annual license pursuant to this section.

19         Section 7.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2),

20  subsections (5), (7), and (8), and paragraphs (a) and (d) of

21  subsection (13) of section 849.086, Florida Statutes, are

22  amended to read:

23         849.086  Cardrooms authorized.--

24         (2)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section:

25         (a)  "Authorized game games" means a game or series of

26  games of poker only those games authorized by s. 849.085(2)(a)

27  and which are played in a nonbanking manner.

28         (5)  LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEES.--No person

29  may operate a cardroom in this state unless such person holds

30  a valid cardroom license issued pursuant to this section.

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  1         (a)  Only those persons holding a valid cardroom

  2  license issued by the division may operate a cardroom.  A

  3  cardroom license may only be issued to a licensed pari-mutuel

  4  permitholder and an authorized cardroom may only be operated

  5  at the same facility at which the permitholder is authorized

  6  under its valid pari-mutuel wagering permit to conduct

  7  pari-mutuel wagering activities. Cardroom licenses are not

  8  transferable.

  9         (b)  After the initial cardroom license is granted, the

10  application for the annual license renewal shall be made in

11  conjunction with the applicant's annual application for its

12  pari-mutuel license. If a permitholder has operated a cardroom

13  during either of the 2 previous fiscal years and fails to

14  include a renewal request for the operation of the cardroom in

15  its annual application for license renewal, the permitholder

16  may amend its annual application to include operation of the

17  cardroom. In order for a cardroom license to be renewed the

18  applicant must have requested, as part of its pari-mutuel

19  annual license application, to conduct at least 90 percent of

20  the total number of live performances conducted by such

21  permitholder during either the state fiscal year in which its

22  initial cardroom license was issued or the state fiscal year

23  immediately prior thereto. If the application is for a harness

24  permitholder cardroom, the applicant must have requested

25  authorization to conduct a minimum of 140 live performances

26  during the state fiscal year immediately prior thereto. If

27  more than one permitholder is operating at a facility, each

28  permitholder must have applied for a license to conduct a full

29  schedule of live racing.

30         (c)  Persons seeking a license or a renewal thereof to

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  1  by the division. Applications for cardroom licenses shall

  2  contain all of the information the division, by rule, may

  3  determine is required to ensure eligibility.

  4         (d)  The annual cardroom license fee for each facility

  5  shall be $1,000 for the first table and $500 for each

  6  additional table to be operated at the cardroom.  This license

  7  fee shall be deposited by the division with the Treasurer to

  8  the credit of the Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund.

  9         (7)  CONDITIONS FOR OPERATING A CARDROOM.--

10         (a)  A cardroom may only be operated only at the

11  location specified on the cardroom license issued by the

12  division, and such location may only be the location at which

13  the pari-mutuel permitholder is authorized to conduct

14  pari-mutuel wagering activities pursuant to such

15  permitholder's valid pari-mutuel permit or as otherwise

16  authorized by law and current license.

17         (b)  A cardroom may be operated at the facility only

18  when the facility is authorized to accept wagers on

19  pari-mutuel events during its authorized meet.  A cardroom may

20  begin operations within 2 hours prior to the post time of the

21  first pari-mutuel event conducted live at the pari-mutuel

22  facility on which wagers are accepted by the facility and must

23  cease operations by 2 a.m. on the following day within 2 hours

24  after the conclusion of the last pari-mutuel event conducted

25  live at the pari-mutuel facility on which wagers are accepted.

26         (c)  A cardroom operator must at all times employ and

27  provide a nonplaying dealer for each table on which authorized

28  card games which traditionally utilize a dealer are conducted

29  at the cardroom.  Such dealers may not have any participatory

30  interest in any game other than the dealing of cards and may

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  1  providing of such dealers by a licensee shall not be construed

  2  as constituting the conducting of a banking game by the

  3  cardroom operator.

  4         (d)  Each cardroom operator shall conspicuously post

  5  upon the premises of the cardroom a notice which contains a

  6  copy of the cardroom license; a list of authorized games

  7  offered by the cardroom; the wagering limits imposed by the

  8  house, if any; any additional house rules regarding operation

  9  of the cardroom or the playing of any game; and all costs to

10  players to participate, including any rake by the house.  In

11  addition, each cardroom operator shall post at each table a

12  notice of the minimum and maximum bets authorized at such

13  table and the fee for participation in the game conducted.

14         (e)  The cardroom facility shall be subject to

15  inspection by the division or any law enforcement agency

16  during the licensee's regular business hours.  The inspection

17  will specifically encompass the permitholder internal control

18  procedures approved by the division.

19         (f)  A cardroom operator may refuse entry to or refuse

20  to allow to play any person who is objectionable, undesirable,

21  or disruptive, but such refusal shall not be on the basis of

22  race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital

23  status, physical handicap, or age, except as provided in this

24  section.

25         (8)  METHOD OF WAGERS; LIMITATION.--

26         (a)  No wagering may be conducted using money or other

27  negotiable currency.  Games may only be played utilizing a

28  wagering system whereby all players' money is first converted

29  by the house to tokens or chips which shall be used for

30  wagering only at that specific cardroom.

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  1         (b)  The cardroom operator may limit the amount wagered

  2  in any game or series of games, but the maximum bet winnings

  3  of any player in a single round, hand, or game may not exceed

  4  $2 $10 in value. There may not be more than three raises in

  5  any round of betting. The fee charged by the cardroom for

  6  participation in the game shall not be included in the

  7  calculation of the limitation on the bet amount pot size

  8  provided in this paragraph.

  9         (13)  TAXES AND OTHER PAYMENTS.--

10         (a)  Each cardroom operator shall pay a tax to the

11  state of 10 percent of the cardroom operation's monthly gross

12  receipts.

13         (d)  Each greyhound and jai alai permitholder that

14  which operates a cardroom facility shall use utilize at least

15  4 percent of such permitholder's cardroom monthly gross

16  receipts to supplement greyhound purses or jai alai prize

17  money, respectively, during the permitholder's next ensuing

18  pari-mutuel meet.  Each thoroughbred and harness horse racing

19  permitholder that which operates a cardroom facility shall use

20  utilize at least 50 percent of such permitholder's cardroom

21  monthly net proceeds as follows:  47 percent to supplement

22  purses and 3 percent to supplement breeders' awards during the

23  permitholder's next ensuing racing meet.

24         Section 8.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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