Senate Bill sb0632c1

    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 632

    By the Committee on Appropriations; and Senator Argenziano





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  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

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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 permitholder who

24  has a converted permit or filed an application on or before

25  June 1, 1990, for a converted permit, the conduct of a

26  combination of at least 100 live evening and matinee wagering

27  performances during either of the 2 preceding years; for a jai

28  alai permitholder that conducted at least 100 live

29  performances during the 2002-2003 state fiscal year, the

30  conduct of at least 40 live evening or matinee performances

31  during the preceding year; 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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 3          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 4                         Senate Bill 632

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 6  The committee substitute removes language that required jai
    alai frontons to conduct a specified number of performances if
 7  they are approved for video lottery games.

 8  The amendment reorganizes current law related to a full
    schedule of live racing or games for certain jai alai
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