Florida Senate - 2010                              CS for SB 364
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       580-02453-10                                           2010364c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to bingo; amending s. 849.0931, F.S.;
    3         authorizing the dispensing of instant bingo tickets by
    4         electronic or mechanical devices; requiring that such
    5         devices be capable of recording certain transaction
    6         information; providing an effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (13) of
   11  section 849.0931, Florida Statutes, to read:
   12         849.0931 Bingo authorized; conditions for conduct;
   13  permitted uses of proceeds; limitations.—
   14         (13)
   15         (i) Instant bingo tickets may be dispensed, subject to the
   16  other provisions of this section, by an electronic or mechanical
   17  device. An electronic or mechanical device used to dispense
   18  instant bingo tickets is not a slot machine under s. 849.15 or
   19  s. 849.16, a coin-operated amusement machine as defined in s.
   20  212.02(24), or an amusement game or machine under s. 849.161. An
   21  electronic or mechanical device used to dispense instant bingo
   22  tickets is not subject to the tax in s. 212.05(1)(h) or s.
   23  212.0515. However, the device must be capable of recording each
   24  ticket dispensed, the number of coins or amount of money
   25  received for each ticket, and totals of each for all tickets
   26  dispensed.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.