SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB's 1940 & 2636
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 352752
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11  Senator Geller moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 3, between lines 9 and 10,
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17         3.  This chapter does not apply to any children's
18  amusement center having amusement games that operate by means
19  of the insertion of a coin or other currency or other token
20  and that may entitle the person operating the game or machine
21  to receive points or coupons that may be exchanged for noncash
22  prizes, toys, or novelties for children under the age of 14
23  years. As used in this subparagraph, the term "children's
24  amusement center" means a place of business, the general
25  concept or theme of which is the amusement or entertainment of
26  children under the age of 14 years and that operates
27  coin-operated amusement games and machines in which the
28  majority of such games or machines are for the use or
29  operation by children under the age of 14 years. The term does
30  not include any business that allows the use of video poker
31  games or any other game or device classified as a gambling
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB's 1940 & 2636
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 352752
 1  device in chapter 24 of 15 U.S.C. s. 1171 unless excluded from
 2  these requirements under subsection (2) or subsection (3) of
 3  s. 1178. Points or coupons received by a player may be
 4  exchanged only at the same business or a franchise thereof.
 5  Points or coupons received by a player may not be exchanged
 6  for any credit card, gift certificate, or similar conveyance,
 7  or for cash, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, or coupons
 8  redeemable for cash, alcoholic beverages, or tobacco products.
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12  And the title is amended as follows:
13         On page 1, line 8, after the semicolon,
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16         providing an exemption from regulation for
17         certain children's amusement centers;
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