Amendment
Bill No. 1377
Amendment No. 647593
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Holloway offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
4     Between lines 115 and 116, insert:
5     (13)  TAXES AND OTHER PAYMENTS.--
6     (h)  One-quarter of the moneys deposited into the
7Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund pursuant to paragraph (g) shall,
8by October 1 of each year, be distributed to the local
9government that approved the cardroom under subsection (16)
10counties in which the cardrooms are located; however, if two or
11more pari-mutuel racetracks are located within the same
12incorporated municipality, the cardroom funds shall be
13distributed to the municipality. If a pari-mutuel facility is
14situated in such a manner that it is located in more than one
15county, the site of the cardroom facility shall determine the
16location for purposes of disbursement of tax revenues under this
17paragraph. The division shall, by September 1 of each year,
18determine: the amount of taxes deposited into the Pari-mutuel
19Wagering Trust Fund pursuant to this section from each cardroom
20licensee; the location by county of each cardroom; whether the
21cardroom is located in the unincorporated area of the county or
22within an incorporated municipality; and, the total amount to be
23distributed to each eligible county and municipality.
24     (16)  LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVAL.--The
25Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering shall not issue any initial
26license under this section except upon proof in such form as the
27division may prescribe that the local government where the
28applicant for such license desires to conduct cardroom gaming
29has voted to approve such activity by a majority vote of the
30governing body of the municipality or the governing body of the
31county if the facility is not located in a municipality a
32majority of the county commissioners in the county where the
33applicant for such license desires to conduct cardroom gaming
34has voted to approve such activity within the county.
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38     Remove line(s) 14 and insert:
39     Section 1.  Subsections (7) and (8), paragraph (h) of
40subsection (13), and subsection (16) of section 849.086,
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44     Remove line(s) 9 and insert:
45term "gross receipts" for purposes of tournaments;
46providing that the city or county granting approval of an
47initial cardroom license is to receive funds from the
48Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund; requiring approval of a
49cardroom by vote of the governing body of either a
50municipality or county depending upon the location of the
51pari-mutuel facility;


CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.