Senate Bill sb2004

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2004

    By Senator Garcia





    40-1160-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to thoroughbred racing;

  3         amending s. 550.5251, F.S.; deleting a

  4         requirement that certain permitholders operate

  5         a specified number of days each season;

  6         clarifying that certain permits continue in

  7         effect despite actions by regulatory

  8         authorities; extending a qualifying period for

  9         certain permittees; providing an effective

10         date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsections (1), (2), and (3) of section

15  550.5251, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

16         550.5251  Florida thoroughbred racing; certain permits;

17  operating days.--

18         (1)  Each thoroughbred permitholder under whose permit

19  thoroughbred racing was conducted in this state at any time

20  between January 1, 1987, and January 1, 2005 1988, shall

21  annually be entitled to apply for and annually receive

22  thoroughbred racing days and dates as set forth in this

23  section. As regards such permitholders, the annual

24  thoroughbred racing season shall be from June 1 of any year

25  through May 31 of the following year and shall be known as the

26  "Florida Thoroughbred Racing Season."

27         (2)  Each permitholder referred to in subsection (1)

28  shall annually, during the period commencing December 15 of

29  each year and ending January 4 of the following year, file in

30  writing with the division its application to conduct one or

31  more thoroughbred racing meetings during the thoroughbred

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 1  racing season commencing on the following June 1. Each

 2  application shall specify the number and dates of all

 3  performances that the permitholder intends to conduct during

 4  that thoroughbred racing season.  On or before February 15 of

 5  each year, the division shall issue a license authorizing each

 6  permitholder to conduct performances on the dates specified in

 7  its application.  Up to March 31 of each year, each

 8  permitholder may request and shall be granted changes in its

 9  authorized performances; but thereafter, as a condition

10  precedent to the validity of its license and its right to

11  retain its permit, each permitholder must operate the full

12  number of days authorized on each of the dates set forth in

13  its license.

14         (3)  Each thoroughbred permit referred to in subsection

15  (1), including, but not limited to, any permit originally

16  issued as a summer thoroughbred horse racing permit, is hereby

17  validated and shall continue in full force and effect,

18  irrespective of any action that the division may have taken or

19  may take against the permittee.

20         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Revises provisions relating to thoroughbred racing.
      Extends a qualifying period for permittees. Deletes a
25    requirement that permitholders operate a specified number
      of days each season. Clarifies that certain permits
26    continue in effect despite actions by regulatory
      authorities.
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