Senate Bill sb0690

    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 690

    By Senators Sebesta and Wise





    16-186-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to recreational activities at

  3         facilities for elderly or disabled adults;

  4         authorizing bingo games for residents or

  5         clients of certain facilities for the elderly

  6         or disabled and for their guests; providing

  7         conditions; providing for use of proceeds;

  8         providing exemption from local regulation and

  9         fees; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Notwithstanding section 849.0931, Florida

14  Statutes, bingo games for residents or clients of facilities

15  licensed or authorized under part II, part III, or part V of

16  chapter 400, Florida Statutes, chapter 651, Florida Statutes,

17  or section 430.206, Florida Statutes, and for their guests, or

18  for residents of government-financed, government-insured, or

19  government-subsidized housing for the elderly and their

20  guests, may be conducted if such games are held in the

21  facility, played exclusively by residents or clients and their

22  guests, and conducted by residents, staff, or volunteers of

23  the facility, and if neither the facility nor any third party

24  derives financial benefit from such games. Games conducted in

25  a facility licensed under part II, part III, or part IV of

26  chapter 400, Florida Statutes, for residents or clients with a

27  diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia may not

28  be played with the personal funds of residents or clients and

29  must be supervised by paid or volunteer staff. Prizes may be

30  claimed only by residents or clients of these facilities or by

31  guests who are residents or clients of other similarly

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 690
    16-186-04




 1  licensed or authorized facilities. Net proceeds must be

 2  returned to players in the form of prizes after expenses for

 3  refreshments and bingo supplies are deducted. Any county or

 4  municipality that regulates the playing of bingo shall exempt

 5  bingo games conducted pursuant to this section from regulation

 6  and fees.

 7         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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10                          SENATE SUMMARY

11    Authorizes bingo games at nursing homes, assisted living
      facilities, adult day care centers, intermediate care
12    facilities for the developmentally disabled, multiservice
      senior centers, and certain government-financed,
13    government-insured, or government-subsidized housing, for
      residents or clients and their guests, if the games are
14    conducted by residents, staff, or volunteers and neither
      the facility nor any third party benefits financially.
15    Exempts such games from county and municipal regulation
      and fees. Requires supervision of persons with
16    Alzheimer's disease who play bingo and prohibits their
      playing with their personal funds. Requires that net
17    proceeds be returned to players in the form of prizes
      after expenses for refreshments and bingo supplies are
18    deducted.

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