Amendment
Bill No. 7233
Amendment No. 208059
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Harrell offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Between lines 593 and 594, insert:
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6     Section 9.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and subsection
7(2) of section 849.0935, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
8     849.0935  Charitable, nonprofit organizations; drawings by
9chance; required disclosures; unlawful acts and practices;
10penalties.--
11     (1)  As used in this section, the term:
12     (b)  "Organization" means an organization which is exempt
13from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. s. 501(c)(3),
14(4), (7), (8), (10), or (19), or a chamber of commerce which is
15exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. s.
16501(c)(6), and which has a current determination letter from the
17Internal Revenue Service, and its bona fide members or officers.
18     (2)  The provisions of s. 849.09 shall not be construed to
19prohibit an organization qualified under 26 U.S.C. s. 501(c)(3),
20(4), (7), (8), (10), or (19), or a chamber of commerce qualified
21under 26 U.S.C. s. 501(c)(6), from conducting drawings by chance
22pursuant to the authority granted by this section, provided the
23organization has complied with all applicable provisions of
24chapter 496.
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27     Remove line 22 and insert:
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29amending s. 849.0935, F.S.; revising a definition of the term
30"organization" to include chambers of commerce exempt from
31federal income taxation; including qualified chambers of
32commerce within a limitation against construing application of
33certain lottery prohibition provisions to prohibit certain
34organizations from conducting drawings by chance; providing an
35effective date.


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