Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 710
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/10/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Dean and Sachs)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (566168) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 1936 - 1938
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    6         Between lines 4517 and 4518
    7  insert:
    8         Section 85. Slot machine licensees.—Notwithstanding any law
    9  to the contrary, when a resort licensee receives final
   10  authorization to conduct limited gaming activities in Miami-Dade
   11  or Broward Counties, a pari-mutuel facility licensed to operate
   12  slot machine gaming under s. 551.104, Florida Statutes, shall be
   13  entitled to conduct all games identified in s. 551.301(14)
   14  pursuant to the provisions of s. 551.316 and the rules of the
   15  Commission. Such facilities shall pay the same tax on gross
   16  receipts of such limited gaming as the resort licensee located
   17  within Miami-Dade or Broward Counties, and shall be entitled to
   18  operate slot machines and limited gaming in the same manner as
   19  permitted by a resort licensee, including, but not limited to
   20  days and hours of operation, complimentary food and beverages,
   21  credit instruments pursuant to the rules adopted by the
   22  Commission. For purposes of this section, "final authorization"
   23  shall mean the announced opening date of the resort casino, or
   24  the actual opening date, whichever shall occur first. The
   25  provisions of s. 551.3135 shall not apply to any slot machine
   26  licensee licensed as of July 1, 2012.
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   30  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   31         And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete line 4901
   33  and insert:
   34         by the act; providing that certain slot machine
   35         licensees may conduct limited gaming with a slot
   36         machine license; providing terms; providing for
   37         severability; providing an