Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2432
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11 The Committee on Regulated Industries (Aronberg) recommended
12 the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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18 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2), paragraph
19 (a) of subsection (4), paragraph (c) of subsection (7), and
20 subsection (8) of section 849.086, Florida Statutes, are
21 amended to read:
22 849.086 Cardrooms authorized.--
23 (2) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section:
24 (a) "Authorized game" means a game or series of games
25 of poker or dominoes which are played in a nonbanking manner.
26 (4) AUTHORITY OF DIVISION.--The Division of
27 Pari-mutuel Wagering of the Department of Business and
28 Professional Regulation shall administer this section and
29 regulate the operation of cardrooms under this section and the
30 rules adopted pursuant thereto, and is hereby authorized to:
31 (a) Adopt rules, including, but not limited to: the
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1 issuance of cardroom and employee licenses for cardroom
2 operations; the operation of a cardroom; the review and
3 approval of the play and wagering in a game or series of games
4 of poker or a game of dominoes; recordkeeping and reporting
5 requirements; and the collection of all fees and taxes imposed
6 by this section.
7 (7) CONDITIONS FOR OPERATING A CARDROOM.--
8 (c) A cardroom operator must at all times employ and
9 provide a nonplaying dealer for each table on which authorized
10 card games which traditionally utilize a dealer are conducted
11 at the cardroom. A cardroom operator must at all times employ
12 and provide a nonplaying supervisor for each table on which an
13 authorized dominoes game is conducted at the cardroom. Such
14 dealers or dominoes game supervisors may not have any
15 participatory interest in any game other than the dealing of
16 cards or the supervision of dominoes games and may not have an
17 interest in the outcome of the game. The providing of such
18 dealers or dominoes games supervisors by a licensee shall not
19 be construed as constituting the conducting of a banking game
20 by the cardroom operator.
21 (8) METHOD OF WAGERS; LIMITATION.--
22 (a) No wagering may be conducted using money or other
23 negotiable currency. Games may only be played utilizing a
24 wagering system whereby all players' money is first converted
25 by the house to tokens or chips which shall be used for
26 wagering only at that specific cardroom. No wager of money or
27 any other property or thing of value may be made on the
28 outcome of an authorized game other than by the persons who
29 are playing in such a game or in a series of such games. Any
30 wager authorized by this paragraph must be in strict
31 compliance with this subsection.
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1 (b) The cardroom operator may limit the amount wagered
2 in any game or series of games, but the maximum bet may not
3 exceed $2 in value. There may not be more than three raises in
4 any round of betting. The fee charged by the cardroom for
5 participation in the game shall not be included in the
6 calculation of the limitation on the bet amount provided in
7 this paragraph.
8 (c) The winnings of a player in a single game of
9 dominoes may not exceed $10 in value.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
15 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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18 A bill to be entitled
19 An act relating to cardrooms; amending s.
20 849.086, F.S.; revising definitions to include
21 dominoes as an authorized game; authorizing
22 rulemaking relating to poker and dominoes by
23 the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering of the
24 Department of Business and Professional
25 Regulation; providing for supervision of
26 dominoes games at a cardroom; limiting wagering
27 related to authorized games; limiting winnings
28 on dominoes games; providing an effective date.
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