Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 490
       
       
        
       By Senator Thompson
       
       
       
       
       
       12-00397-15                                            2015490__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to state lotteries; amending s.
    3         24.121, F.S.; requiring the Department of the Lottery
    4         to equitably apportion revenues to certain state
    5         universities to be used for funding breast cancer
    6         research and providing services for certain
    7         individuals who have breast cancer; creating s.
    8         24.132, F.S.; offering a special instant lottery game
    9         called “Ticket for the Cure” by the department for a
   10         limited time; prohibiting the department from
   11         unreasonably diminishing the efforts devoted to
   12         marketing other instant lottery games; requiring the
   13         department to allocate net revenue to be used for
   14         funding breast cancer research and providing services
   15         for certain individuals who have breast cancer;
   16         restricting the use of funds; defining terms;
   17         authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing
   18         an effective date.
   19          
   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   21  
   22         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
   23  24.121, Florida Statutes, is amended, present paragraph (f) of
   24  that subsection is redesignated as paragraph (g), and a new
   25  paragraph (f) is added to that subsection, to read:
   26         24.121 Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for
   27  public education.—
   28         (5)
   29         (b) Except as provided in paragraphs (c)-(f) (c), (d), and
   30  (e), the Legislature shall equitably apportion moneys in the
   31  trust fund among public schools, community colleges, and
   32  universities.
   33         (f) The department shall equitably apportion the net
   34  revenues received under s. 24.132 to state universities that
   35  have medical research facilities or that are associated with
   36  medical research facilities. The moneys received by the state
   37  universities shall be used for the purposes of funding breast
   38  cancer research and providing services for low-income, uninsured
   39  individuals who have breast cancer. The funds may not be used
   40  for institutional, organizational, or community-based overhead
   41  costs, indirect costs, or levies.
   42         Section 2. Section 24.132, Florida Statutes, is created to
   43  read:
   44         24.132 Ticket for the Cure.—
   45         (1) The department shall offer a special instant lottery
   46  game called “Ticket for the Cure.” The game shall commence on
   47  January 1, 2016, and shall be discontinued on December 31, 2021.
   48  While instant lottery tickets are sold for the Ticket for the
   49  Cure lottery game, the department may not unreasonably diminish
   50  the efforts devoted to marketing other instant lottery games.
   51         (2) The department shall allocate the net revenue from the
   52  Ticket for the Cure lottery game pursuant to s. 24.121(5)(f) for
   53  the purposes of funding breast cancer research and providing
   54  services for low-income, uninsured individuals who have breast
   55  cancer. The funds may not be used for institutional,
   56  organizational, or community-based overhead costs, indirect
   57  costs, or levies. As used in this subsection, the term:
   58         (a) “Net revenue” means the total amount of moneys received
   59  for instant lottery tickets that have been sold less the sum of
   60  the amount paid out in prizes and the actual administrative
   61  expenses of the department solely related to the Ticket for the
   62  Cure lottery game.
   63         (b) “Research” includes, but is not limited to,
   64  expenditures to develop and advance the understanding,
   65  techniques, and modalities that are effective in the detection,
   66  screening, prevention, and treatment of breast cancer, including
   67  clinical trials.
   68         (3) The department may adopt rules to administer this
   69  section.
   70         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.