Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 4-B
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11  The Committee on Regulated Industries (Geller) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 41, between lines 16 and 17,
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18         Section 4.  An annual fee of $500 per slot machine is
19  imposed upon each slot machine approved for use at any
20  eligible facility as defined in s. 551.102, Florida Statutes,
21  which is within 1 mile of any neighboring municipality. A
22  "neighboring municipality" is defined as a municipality that
23  does not have an eligible facility but has more than two
24  facilities located within 1 mile of its municipal borders.
25  Revenue from the fees imposed by this section must be used by
26  the neighboring municipality to fund the adverse public
27  health, safety, and welfare and public works and traffic
28  impacts that will be caused by the implementation of Section
29  23, Article X of the State Constitution and that will occur as
30  a direct result of slot machine operations. The annual fee
31  must be remitted to the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering to be
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 4-B
                        Barcode 614416
 1  deposited into the Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund and
 2  distributed by the division to any neighboring municipality.
 3  The fee must be remitted by February 1 of each year based on
 4  the number of slot machines approved by the division as of
 5  January 1.
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11  And the title is amended as follows:
12         On page 2, line 14, after the semicolon,
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15         imposing an annual fee on certain slot
16         machines; providing for the use of the revenue
17         generated by the collection of the annual fee;
18         providing that the annual fee must be remitted
19         to the division to be deposited into the
20         Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund and distributed
21         by the division;
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