| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to cardrooms; amending s. 849.086, F.S.; |
| 3 | deleting a provision authorizing cardrooms to operate only |
| 4 | during authorized pari-mutuel events; deleting an |
| 5 | exception that allows pari-mutuel permitholders to operate |
| 6 | cardrooms on certain days when they are not holding pari- |
| 7 | mutuel events; providing hours of operation for cardrooms |
| 8 | at any horserace, greyhound, or jai alai facility that |
| 9 | conducted a full schedule of racing or games in the |
| 10 | preceding year; providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section |
| 15 | 849.086, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 16 | 849.086 Cardrooms authorized.-- |
| 17 | (7) CONDITIONS FOR OPERATING A CARDROOM.-- |
| 18 | (b) Any horserace, greyhound, or jai alai permitholder |
| 19 | licensed under this chapter may operate a cardroom at the pari- |
| 20 | mutuel facility on any day between the hours of 12 noon and 12 |
| 21 | midnight if the permitholder conducted a full schedule of live |
| 22 | racing or games in the preceding year. A cardroom may be |
| 23 | operated at the facility only when the facility is authorized to |
| 24 | accept wagers on pari-mutuel events during its authorized meet. |
| 25 | A cardroom may operate between the hours of 12 noon and 12 |
| 26 | midnight on any day a pari-mutuel event is conducted live as a |
| 27 | part of its authorized meet. However, a permitholder who holds a |
| 28 | valid cardroom license may operate a cardroom between the hours |
| 29 | of 12 noon and 12 midnight on any day that live racing of the |
| 30 | same class of permit is occurring within 35 miles of its |
| 31 | facility if no other holder of that same class of permit within |
| 32 | 35 miles is operating a cardroom at such time and if all holders |
| 33 | of the same class of permit within the 35-mile area have given |
| 34 | their permission in writing to the permitholder to operate the |
| 35 | cardroom during the designated period. Application to operate a |
| 36 | cardroom under this paragraph must be made to the division as |
| 37 | part of the annual license application. |
| 38 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |