| 1 | Representative R. Garcia offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 324 and 325, insert: |
| 5 | Section 8. Subsection (8) is added to section 550.09515, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 7 | 550.09515 Thoroughbred horse taxes; abandoned interest in |
| 8 | a permit for nonpayment of taxes.-- |
| 9 | (8) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, a |
| 10 | thoroughbred permit that has been revoked by the division |
| 11 | heretofore or hereafter pursuant to s. 550.5251 or has escheated |
| 12 | to the state pursuant to this section shall be deemed to |
| 13 | continue in existence and held by the division in abeyance |
| 14 | subject to reissuance pursuant to this subsection. Any such |
| 15 | permit shall be subject to reissuance by the division and shall |
| 16 | be reissued to a qualified applicant for use at the same |
| 17 | facility at which the permit was last operated as a thoroughbred |
| 18 | permit. The prior holder of any revoked or escheated |
| 19 | thoroughbred permit rendered subject to reissuance by this |
| 20 | subsection shall not be disqualified for receipt of a reissued |
| 21 | thoroughbred permit if the primary reason for the revocation or |
| 22 | escheat of the thoroughbred permit was for any reason other than |
| 23 | the prior holder's disqualification on grounds of moral |
| 24 | turpitude. Nonpayment of taxes on handle shall not be considered |
| 25 | a ground of moral turpitude. If more than one applicant applies |
| 26 | for reissuance of a thoroughbred permit pursuant to the terms |
| 27 | and conditions of this subsection, the division shall give |
| 28 | preference to an applicant not currently in possession of |
| 29 | another pari-mutuel permit issued pursuant to this chapter. |
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| 33 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 34 | Between lines 23 and 24, insert: |
| 35 | amending s. 550.09515, F.S.; providing for reissuance of a |
| 36 | pari-mutuel permit that has been revoked by the Division of |
| 37 | Pari-mutuel Wagering of the Department of Business and |
| 38 | Professional Regulation or has escheated to the state; |