Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2148, 1st Eng.
                        Barcode 100648
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11  Senator Bullard moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 2, before line 1,
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16  insert:  
17         Section 1.  Paragraphs (a), (c), and (e) of subsection
18  (2), paragraph (a) of subsection (4), paragraph (a) of
19  subsection (6), paragraph (c) of subsection (7), and paragraph
20  (a) of subsection (8) of section 849.086, Florida Statutes,
21  are amended, and present paragraphs (h), (i), (j), and (k) of
22  subsection (2) of that section are redesignated as paragraphs
23  (i), (j), (k), and (l), respectively, and a new paragraph (h)
24  is added to that subsection, to read:
25         849.086  Cardrooms authorized.--
26         (2)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section:
27         (a)  "Authorized game" means a game or series of games
28  of poker or dominoes which are played in a nonbanking manner.
29         (c)  "Cardroom" means a facility where authorized card
30  games are played for money or anything of value and to which
31  the public is invited to participate in such games and charged
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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2148, 1st Eng. Barcode 100648 1 a fee for participation by the operator of such facility. 2 Authorized games and cardrooms do not constitute casino gaming 3 operations. 4 (e) "Cardroom distributor" means any business that 5 distributes cardroom paraphernalia such as card tables, 6 betting chips, chip holders, dominoes, dominoes tables, drop 7 boxes, banking supplies, playing cards, card shufflers, and 8 other associated equipment to authorized cardrooms. 9 (h) "Dominoes" means a game of dominoes typically 10 played with a set of 28 flat rectangular blocks, called bones, 11 marked on one side, which is divided into two equal parts, 12 with from zero to six dots, called pips, in each part. There 13 are larger sets of blocks which contain a correspondingly 14 higher number of pips. The term "dominoes" also refers to the 15 set of blocks used to play the game. 16 (4) AUTHORITY OF DIVISION.--The Division of 17 Pari-mutuel Wagering of the Department of Business and 18 Professional Regulation shall administer this section and 19 regulate the operation of cardrooms under this section and the 20 rules adopted pursuant thereto, and is hereby authorized to: 21 (a) Adopt rules, including, but not limited to: the 22 issuance of cardroom and employee licenses for cardroom 23 operations; the operation of a cardroom; the review and 24 approval of the play and wagering in a game or series of games 25 of poker or a game of dominoes; recordkeeping and reporting 26 requirements; and the collection of all fees and taxes imposed 27 by this section. 28 (6) BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE 29 REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEES.-- 30 (a) A person employed or otherwise working in a 31 cardroom as a cardroom manager, floor supervisor, pit boss, 2 5:50 PM 04/29/05 s2148e1c-39-tn9
Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2148, 1st Eng. Barcode 100648 1 dealer, or any other activity related to cardroom operations 2 while the facility is conducting card playing or games of 3 dominoes must hold a valid cardroom employee occupational 4 license issued by the division. Food service, maintenance, and 5 security employees with a current pari-mutuel occupational 6 license and a current background check will not be required to 7 have a cardroom employee occupational license. 8 (7) CONDITIONS FOR OPERATING A CARDROOM.-- 9 (c) A cardroom operator must at all times employ and 10 provide a nonplaying dealer for each table on which authorized 11 card games which traditionally utilize a dealer are conducted 12 at the cardroom. A cardroom operator must at all times employ 13 and provide a nonplaying supervisor for each table on which an 14 authorized dominoes game is conducted at the cardroom. Such 15 dealers or dominoes game supervisors may not have any 16 participatory interest in any game other than the dealing of 17 cards or the supervision of dominoes games and may not have an 18 interest in the outcome of the game. The providing of such 19 dealers or dominoes games supervisors by a licensee shall not 20 be construed as constituting the conducting of a banking game 21 by the cardroom operator. 22 (8) METHOD OF WAGERS; LIMITATION.-- 23 (a) No wagering may be conducted using money or other 24 negotiable currency. Games may only be played utilizing a 25 wagering system whereby all players' money is first converted 26 by the house to tokens or chips which shall be used for 27 wagering only at that specific cardroom. No wager of money or 28 any other property or thing of value may be made on the 29 outcome of an authorized game other than by the persons who 30 are playing in such a game or in a series of such games. Any 31 wager authorized by this paragraph must be in strict 3 5:50 PM 04/29/05 s2148e1c-39-tn9
Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2148, 1st Eng. Barcode 100648 1 compliance with this subsection. 2 3 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 4 5 6 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 7 And the title is amended as follows: 8 On page 1, line 2, after the semicolon, 9 10 insert: 11 amending s. 849.086, F.S.; revising definitions 12 to include dominoes as an authorized game and 13 to allow games other than card games to be 14 played in cardrooms; authorizing rulemaking 15 relating to poker and dominoes by the Division 16 of Pari-mutuel Wagering of the Department of 17 Business and Professional Regulation; providing 18 for supervision of dominoes games at a 19 cardroom; limiting wagering related to 20 authorized games; 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 5:50 PM 04/29/05 s2148e1c-39-tn9