Florida Senate - 2015                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7088
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Regulated Industries
       
       
       
       
       
       580-03407C-15                                         20157088pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a 1-year extension of the
    3         authorization of banking or banked card games in the
    4         Seminole Tribe Gaming Compact; amending s. 285.710,
    5         F.S.; authorizing and directing the Governor to
    6         execute a specified written amendment to the Gaming
    7         Compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the
    8         State of Florida; authorizing and directing the
    9         Governor to cooperate with the Tribe in seeking
   10         approval of the amendment; providing that the
   11         amendment of the compact does not require legislative
   12         ratification in certain circumstances; providing an
   13         effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 285.710, Florida
   18  Statutes, is amended to read:
   19         285.710 Compact authorization.—
   20         (3)(a) The Gaming Compact between the Seminole Tribe of
   21  Florida and the State of Florida, executed by the Governor and
   22  the Tribe on April 7, 2010, is ratified and approved. The
   23  Governor shall cooperate with the Tribe in seeking approval of
   24  the compact from the United States Secretary of the Interior.
   25         (b) The Gaming Compact between the Seminole Tribe of
   26  Florida and the State of Florida, executed by the Governor and
   27  the Tribe on April 7, 2010, may be amended to authorize the
   28  Seminole Tribe to conduct banking or banked card games for 1
   29  additional year, ending on July 31, 2016, and to provide for
   30  automatic termination of the banking or banked card games after
   31  that date without a grace period. The Governor is authorized and
   32  directed to execute a written amendment to the Gaming Compact
   33  between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida,
   34  executed by the Governor and the Tribe on April 7, 2010,
   35  providing for the conduct of banking or banked card games
   36  through July 31, 2016, and providing for automatic termination
   37  of those games after that date without a grace period, on the
   38  same terms and conditions, without further revision. The
   39  Governor is authorized and directed to cooperate with the Tribe
   40  in seeking approval of the amendment to the compact from the
   41  United States Secretary of the Interior. Notwithstanding
   42  paragraph (8)(f) and s. 285.712, the amendment of the compact to
   43  provide for the conduct of banking or banked card games does not
   44  require legislative ratification, so long as the amendment
   45  strictly conforms to this subsection.
   46         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.