| 1 | Representative(s) Sands offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 1, between line(s) 21 and 22, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2), paragraph (a) |
| 6 | of subsection (4), paragraph (c) of subsection (7), and |
| 7 | paragraph (c) of subsection (12) of section 849.086, Florida |
| 8 | Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 9 | 849.086 Cardrooms authorized.-- |
| 10 | (2) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section: |
| 11 | (a)1. "Authorized game" means a game or series of games of |
| 12 | poker which are played in a nonbanking manner. |
| 13 | 2. "Authorized game facilitated by certified electronic |
| 14 | gaming equipment" means an authorized game as defined in |
| 15 | subparagraph 1. which is played on an electronic poker table |
| 16 | that shuffles, deals, pays pots, and otherwise conducts the game |
| 17 | electronically so that players can play the game without a human |
| 18 | dealer. The electronic gaming equipment must be certified by a |
| 19 | department-approved, independent testing laboratory as providing |
| 20 | a mathematically random shuffle and deal process with an equal |
| 21 | probability of occurrence for each card. |
| 22 | (4) AUTHORITY OF DIVISION.--The Division of Pari-mutuel |
| 23 | Wagering of the Department of Business and Professional |
| 24 | Regulation shall administer this section and regulate the |
| 25 | operation of cardrooms under this section and the rules adopted |
| 26 | pursuant thereto, and is hereby authorized to: |
| 27 | (a) Adopt rules, including, but not limited to: the |
| 28 | issuance of cardroom and employee licenses for cardroom |
| 29 | operations; the operation of a cardroom; procedures for and |
| 30 | operation of authorized games facilitated by certified |
| 31 | electronic gaming equipment; recordkeeping and reporting |
| 32 | requirements; and the collection of all fees and taxes imposed |
| 33 | by this section. |
| 34 | (7) CONDITIONS FOR OPERATING A CARDROOM.-- |
| 35 | (c) Except for authorized games facilitated by certified |
| 36 | electronic gaming equipment, a cardroom operator must at all |
| 37 | times employ and provide a nonplaying dealer for each table on |
| 38 | which authorized card games which traditionally utilize a dealer |
| 39 | are conducted at the cardroom. Such dealers may not have any |
| 40 | participatory interest in any game other than the dealing of |
| 41 | cards and may not have an interest in the outcome of the game. |
| 42 | The providing of such dealers by a licensee shall not be |
| 43 | construed as constituting the conducting of a banking game by |
| 44 | the cardroom operator. |
| 45 | (12) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.-- |
| 46 | (c) No electronic or mechanical devices, except mechanical |
| 47 | card shufflers or authorized games facilitated by certified |
| 48 | electronic gaming equipment, may be used to conduct any |
| 49 | authorized game in a cardroom. |
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| 52 | ========= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ========= |
| 53 | On page 1, line(s) 8, |
| 54 | remove: All of that line |
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| 56 | and insert: |
| 57 | trademark; amending s. 849.086, F.S.; defining the term |
| 58 | "authorized game facilitated by certified electronic gaming |
| 59 | equipment"; authorizing the use of certain electronic equipment |
| 60 | to facilitate play of games of poker; requiring certification of |
| 61 | such equipment; authorizing the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering |
| 62 | of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to |
| 63 | adopt rules; providing an effective date. |