Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1520
Barcode 221776
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
.
.
1 .
.
2 .
.
3 .
.
4 ______________________________________________________________
5
6
7
8
9
10 ______________________________________________________________
11 The Committee on Commerce and Consumer Services (Lynn)
12 recommended the following amendment:
13
14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 On page 20, lines 4-20, delete those lines
16
17 and insert:
18 Section 8. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 849.094,
19 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20 849.094 Game promotion in connection with sale of
21 consumer products or services.--
22 (1) As used in this section, the term:
23 (a) "Game promotion" means, but is not limited to, a
24 contest, game of chance, or gift enterprise, conducted within
25 or throughout the state and other states in connection with
26 the sale of consumer products or services, and in which the
27 elements of chance and prize are present. However, "game
28 promotion" shall not be construed to apply to bingo games
29 conducted pursuant to s. 849.0931.
30 (b) "Operator" means any person, firm, corporation, or
31 association on whose behalf a game promotion is conducted or
1
9:52 AM 03/21/05 s1520c-cm07-c8p
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1520
Barcode 221776
1 agent or employee thereof who promotes, operates, or conducts
2 a game promotion, except any charitable nonprofit
3 organization.
4 (3) The operator of a game promotion in which the
5 total announced value of the prizes offered is greater than
6 $5,000 shall file with the Department of Agriculture and
7 Consumer Services a copy of the rules and regulations of the
8 game promotion and a list of all prizes and prize categories
9 offered at least 7 days before the commencement of the game
10 promotion. Such rules and regulations may not thereafter be
11 changed, modified, or altered. The operator of a game
12 promotion shall conspicuously post the rules and regulations
13 of such game promotion in each and every retail outlet or
14 place where such game promotion may be played or participated
15 in by the public and shall also publish the rules and
16 regulations in all advertising copy used in connection
17 therewith. However, such advertising copy need only include
18 the material terms of the rules and regulations if the
19 advertising copy includes a website address, a toll-free
20 telephone number, or a mailing address where the full rules
21 and regulations may be viewed, heard, or obtained for the full
22 duration of the game promotion. Such disclosures must be
23 legible. Radio and television announcements may indicate that
24 the rules and regulations are available at retail outlets or
25 from the operator of the promotion. A nonrefundable filing fee
26 of $100 shall accompany each filing and shall be used to pay
27 the costs incurred in administering and enforcing the
28 provisions of this section.
29
30
31
2
9:52 AM 03/21/05 s1520c-cm07-c8p
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1520
Barcode 221776
1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ===============
2 And the title is amended as follows:
3 On page 2, line 22, after the semicolon,
4
5 insert:
6 providing requirements relating to disclosure
7 of the rules and regulations of a game
8 promotion;
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
3
9:52 AM 03/21/05 s1520c-cm07-c8p