Senate Bill sb0134

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 134

    By Senator Bullard





    39-4-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to cardrooms; amending s.

  3         849.086, F.S.; providing for cardrooms to

  4         conduct games of dominoes; revising

  5         definitions; defining the term "dominoes";

  6         providing an effective 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 (a), (c), and (e) of subsection

11  (2) and paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section 849.086,

12  Florida Statutes, are amended, paragraphs (h), (i), (j), and

13  (k) of subsection (2) of that section are redesignated as

14  paragraphs (i), (j), (k), and (l), respectively, and a new

15  paragraph (h) is added to that subsection, to read:

16         849.086  Cardrooms authorized.--

17         (2)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section:

18         (a)  "Authorized game" means a game or series of games

19  of poker or dominoes which are played in a nonbanking manner.

20         (c)  "Cardroom" means a facility where authorized card

21  games are played for money or anything of value and to which

22  the public is invited to participate in such games and charged

23  a fee for participation by the operator of such facility.

24  Authorized games and cardrooms do not constitute casino gaming

25  operations.

26         (e)  "Cardroom distributor" means any business that

27  distributes cardroom paraphernalia such as card tables,

28  betting chips, chip holders, dominoes, dominoes tables, drop

29  boxes, banking supplies, playing cards, card shufflers, and

30  other associated equipment to authorized cardrooms.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 134
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 1         (h)  "Dominoes" means a game of dominoes typically

 2  played with a set of 28 flat rectangular blocks, called bones,

 3  which are marked on one side and divided into two equal parts,

 4  with zero to six dots, called pips, in each part. The term

 5  also includes larger sets of blocks that contain a

 6  correspondingly higher number of pips. The term also means the

 7  set of blocks used to play the game.

 8         (6)  BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE

 9  REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEES.--

10         (a)  A person employed or otherwise working in a

11  cardroom as a cardroom manager, floor supervisor, pit boss,

12  dealer, or any other activity related to cardroom operations

13  while the facility is conducting card playing or games of

14  dominoes must hold a valid cardroom employee occupational

15  license issued by the division. Food service, maintenance, and

16  security employees with a current pari-mutuel occupational

17  license and a current background check will not be required to

18  have a cardroom employee occupational license.

19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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22                          SENATE SUMMARY

23    Authorizes cardrooms to conduct domino games. Defines
      terms related to such games.
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