Senate Bill sb0632

    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 632

    By Senator Argenziano





    3-609A-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to jai alai; amending s.

  3         550.002, F.S.; redefining the term "full

  4         schedule of live racing or games" for purposes

  5         of ch. 550, F.S., to include a jai alai

  6         permitholder that conducted a certain number of

  7         live performances in a specified year; amending

  8         s. 550.09511, F.S.; providing the amount of

  9         license fees and taxes for a jai alai

10         permitholder that conducts fewer than 100 live

11         performances in any fiscal year; providing an

12         effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Subsection (11) of section 550.002, Florida

17  Statutes, is amended to read:

18         550.002  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the

19  term:

20         (11)  "Full schedule of live racing or games" means,

21  for a greyhound or jai alai permitholder, the conduct of a

22  combination of at least 100 live evening or matinee

23  performances during the preceding year; for a jai alai

24  permitholder that conducted at least 100 live performances

25  during the 2002-2003 state fiscal year, the conduct of at

26  least 40 live evening or matinee performances during the

27  preceding year; for a permitholder who has a converted permit

28  or filed an application on or before June 1, 1990, for a

29  converted permit, the conduct of a combination of at least 100

30  live evening and matinee wagering performances during either

31  of the 2 preceding years; for a harness permitholder, the

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 1  conduct of at least 100 live regular wagering performances

 2  during the preceding year; for a quarter horse permitholder,

 3  the conduct of at least 40 live regular wagering performances

 4  during the preceding year; and for a thoroughbred

 5  permitholder, the conduct of at least 40 live regular wagering

 6  performances during the preceding year. For a permitholder

 7  which is restricted by statute to certain operating periods

 8  within the year when other members of its same class of permit

 9  are authorized to operate throughout the year, the specified

10  number of live performances which constitute a full schedule

11  of live racing or games shall be adjusted pro rata in

12  accordance with the relationship between its authorized

13  operating period and the full calendar year and the resulting

14  specified number of live performances shall constitute the

15  full schedule of live games for such permitholder and all

16  other permitholders of the same class within 100 air miles of

17  such permitholder. A live performance must consist of no fewer

18  than eight races or games conducted live for each of a minimum

19  of three performances each week at the permitholder's licensed

20  facility under a single admission charge.

21         Section 2.  Subsection (5) is added to section

22  550.09511, Florida Statutes, to read:

23         550.09511  Jai alai taxes; abandoned interest in a

24  permit for nonpayment of taxes.--

25         (5)  A jai alai permitholder conducting fewer than 100

26  live performances in any state fiscal year shall pay to the

27  state the same aggregate amount of daily license fees on live

28  jai alai games, admissions tax, and tax on live handle as that

29  permitholder paid to the state during the most recent prior

30  state fiscal year in which the jai alai permitholder conducted

31  at least 100 live performances.

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 1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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 4                          SENATE SUMMARY

 5    Amends the definition of the term "full schedule of live
      racing or games" to include a jai alai permitholder that
 6    conducted 100 live performances during 2002-2003.
      Specifies the amount of fees and taxes for a jai alai
 7    permitholder that conducts fewer than 100 live
      performances in a fiscal year.
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