| 1 | Representative Mayfield offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 259 and 260 insert: |
| 5 | Section 5. Notwithstanding section 849.0931, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, bingo games for residents or clients of facilities |
| 7 | licensed or authorized under part II, part III, or part V of |
| 8 | chapter 400, Florida Statutes, chapter 651, Florida Statutes, or |
| 9 | section 430.206, Florida Statutes, and for their guests, or for |
| 10 | residents of government-financed, government-insured, or |
| 11 | government-subsidized housing for the elderly and their guests, |
| 12 | may be conducted if such games are held in the facility, played |
| 13 | exclusively by residents or clients and their guests, and |
| 14 | conducted by residents, staff, or volunteers of the facility, |
| 15 | and if neither the facility nor any third party derives |
| 16 | financial benefit from such games. Games conducted in a facility |
| 17 | licensed under part II, part III, or part V of chapter 400, |
| 18 | Florida Statutes, for residents or clients with a diagnosis of |
| 19 | Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia may not be played with |
| 20 | the personal funds of residents or clients and must be |
| 21 | supervised by paid or volunteer staff. Prizes may be claimed |
| 22 | only by residents or clients of these facilities or by guests |
| 23 | who are residents or clients of other similarly licensed or |
| 24 | authorized facilities. Net proceeds must be returned to players |
| 25 | in the form of prizes after expenses for refreshments and bingo |
| 26 | supplies are deducted. Any county or municipality that regulates |
| 27 | the playing of bingo shall exempt bingo games conducted pursuant |
| 28 | to this section from regulation and fees. |
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| 31 | Remove line 11 and insert: |
| 32 | references thereto; authorizing bingo games for residents |
| 33 | or clients of certain facilities for the elderly or |
| 34 | disabled and for their guests; providing conditions; |
| 35 | providing for use of proceeds; providing exemption from |
| 36 | local regulation and fees; providing an effective date. |