| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to cardrooms; amending s. 849.086, F.S.; |
| 3 | revising timeframe requirements for hours of operation for |
| 4 | cardrooms; providing an effective date. |
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| 6 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 8 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section |
| 9 | 849.086, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 10 | 849.086 Cardrooms authorized.-- |
| 11 | (7) CONDITIONS FOR OPERATING A CARDROOM.-- |
| 12 | (b) A cardroom may be operated at the facility only when |
| 13 | the facility is authorized to accept wagers on pari-mutuel |
| 14 | events during its authorized meet. A cardroom may operate during |
| 15 | any continuous 12-hour period between the hours of 12 noon and |
| 16 | 12 midnight on any day a pari-mutuel event is conducted live as |
| 17 | a part of its authorized meet. However, a permitholder who holds |
| 18 | a valid cardroom license may operate a cardroom during any |
| 19 | continuous 12-hour period between the hours of 12 noon and 12 |
| 20 | midnight on any day that live racing of the same class of permit |
| 21 | is occurring within 35 miles of its facility if no other holder |
| 22 | of that same class of permit within 35 miles is operating a |
| 23 | cardroom at such time and if all holders of the same class of |
| 24 | permit within the 35-mile area have given their permission in |
| 25 | writing to the permitholder to operate the cardroom during the |
| 26 | designated period. Application to operate a cardroom under this |
| 27 | paragraph must be made to the division as part of the annual |
| 28 | license application. |
| 29 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |