| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to cardrooms; amending s. 849.086, F.S.; |
| 3 | revising the time period when cardrooms may be operated at |
| 4 | pari-mutuel facilities of certain horserace permitholders; |
| 5 | providing conditions for operation; providing an effective |
| 6 | date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Paragraphs (c), (d), (e), and (f) of subsection |
| 11 | (7) of section 849.086, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as |
| 12 | paragraphs (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively, and a new |
| 13 | paragraph (c) is added to that subsection to read: |
| 14 | 849.086 Cardrooms authorized.-- |
| 15 | (7) CONDITIONS FOR OPERATING A CARDROOM.-- |
| 16 | (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), any horserace |
| 17 | permitholder licensed under this section may operate a cardroom |
| 18 | at the pari-mutuel facility on any day between the hours of 12 |
| 19 | noon and 12 midnight if the permitholder conducted a full |
| 20 | schedule of live racing or games in the preceding year. |
| 21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |