Senate Bill sb2710

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2710

    By Senator Garcia





    40-1655-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to pari-mutuel permitholders;

  3         amending s. 550.5251, F.S.; revising certain

  4         requirements for licensing and permits for

  5         thoroughbred racing permitholders; revising the

  6         timeframe for the application of certain

  7         requirements; deleting a requirement that

  8         thoroughbred permitholders operate the full

  9         number of authorized days; providing for the

10         validity of certain permits notwithstanding

11         action by the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering;

12         providing an effective date.

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

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

17  550.5251, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

18         550.5251  Florida thoroughbred racing; certain permits;

19  operating days.--

20         (1)  Each thoroughbred permitholder under whose permit

21  thoroughbred racing was conducted in this state at any time

22  between January 1, 1987, and January 1, 2007 1988, shall

23  annually be entitled to apply for and annually receive

24  thoroughbred racing days and dates as set forth in this

25  section. As regards such permitholders, the annual

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

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

28  "Florida Thoroughbred Racing Season."

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

30  shall annually, during the period commencing December 15 of

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

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2710
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 1  writing with the division its application to conduct one or

 2  more thoroughbred racing meetings during the thoroughbred

 3  racing season commencing on the following June 1. Each

 4  application shall specify the number and dates of all

 5  performances that the permitholder intends to conduct during

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

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

 8  permitholder to conduct performances on the dates specified in

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

10  permitholder may request and shall be granted changes in its

11  authorized performances; but thereafter, as a condition

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

13  retain its permit, each permitholder must operate the full

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

15  its license.

16         (3)  Each thoroughbred permit referred to in subsection

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

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

19  validated and shall continue in full force and effect,

20  irrespective of any action that the division may take or may

21  have heretofore taken against the permit.

22         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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25                          SENATE SUMMARY

26    Revises certain requirements for licensing and permits
      for thoroughbred racing permitholders. Deletes a
27    requirement that thoroughbred permitholders operate the
      full number of authorized days. Provides for the validity
28    of certain permits notwithstanding action by the Division
      of Pari-mutuel Wagering.
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