Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7072
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  02/19/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Stargel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (897172) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 501 - 726
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 26. Section 551.101, Florida Statutes, is amended
    7  to read:
    8         551.101 Slot machine gaming authorized.—Possession of slot
    9  machines and conduct of slot machine gaming are authorized only
   10  at licensed facilities eligible under this chapter. Any licensed
   11  pari-mutuel facility located in Miami-Dade County or Broward
   12  County existing at the time of adoption of s. 23, Art. X of the
   13  State Constitution which that has conducted live racing or games
   14  during calendar years 2002 and 2003 may possess slot machines
   15  and conduct slot machine gaming at the location where the pari
   16  mutuel permitholder is authorized to conduct pari-mutuel
   17  wagering activities pursuant to such permitholder’s valid pari
   18  mutuel permit provided that a majority of voters in a countywide
   19  referendum have approved slot machines at such facility in the
   20  respective county. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
   21  it is not a crime for a person to participate in slot machine
   22  gaming at a pari-mutuel facility licensed to possess slot
   23  machines and conduct slot machine gaming or to participate in
   24  slot machine gaming described in this chapter.
   25         Section 27. Subsections (4) and (11) of section 551.102,
   26  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   27         551.102 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
   28         (4) “Eligible facility” means a any licensed pari-mutuel
   29  facility that meets the requirements of s. 551.104 located in
   30  Miami-Dade County or Broward County existing at the time of
   31  adoption of s. 23, Art. X of the State Constitution that has
   32  conducted live racing or games during calendar years 2002 and
   33  2003 and has been approved by a majority of voters in a
   34  countywide referendum to have slot machines at such facility in
   35  the respective county; any licensed pari-mutuel facility located
   36  within a county as defined in s. 125.011, provided such facility
   37  has conducted live racing for 2 consecutive calendar years
   38  immediately preceding its application for a slot machine
   39  license, pays the required license fee, and meets the other
   40  requirements of this chapter; or any licensed pari-mutuel
   41  facility in any other county in which a majority of voters have
   42  approved slot machines at such facilities in a countywide
   43  referendum held pursuant to a statutory or constitutional
   44  authorization after the effective date of this section in the
   45  respective county, provided such facility has conducted a full
   46  schedule of live racing for 2 consecutive calendar years
   47  immediately preceding its application for a slot machine
   48  license, pays the required license licensed fee, and meets the
   49  other requirements of this chapter and chapters 550 and 849.
   50         (11) “Slot machine licensee” means a pari-mutuel
   51  permitholder that who holds a license issued by the division
   52  pursuant to this chapter which that authorizes such person to
   53  possess a slot machine within facilities as provided in this
   54  chapter specified in s. 23, Art. X of the State Constitution and
   55  allows slot machine gaming.
   56         Section 28. Subsection (2) and paragraph (c) of subsection
   57  (4) of section 551.104, Florida Statutes, are amended, paragraph
   58  (e) is added to subsection (10) of that section, and subsection
   59  (3) of that section is republished, to read:
   60         551.104 License to conduct slot machine gaming.—
   61         (2) If it is determined that the application would not
   62  trigger a reduction in revenue-sharing payments under the Gaming
   63  Compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of
   64  Florida, an application may be approved by the division, but
   65  only for:
   66         (a)A licensed pari-mutuel facility where live racing or
   67  games were conducted during calendar years 2002 and 2003 which
   68  is located in Miami-Dade County or Broward County and is
   69  authorized for slot machine licensure pursuant to s. 23, Art. X
   70  of the State Constitution; or
   71         (b)A licensed pari-mutuel facility where a full schedule
   72  of live horseracing has been conducted for 2 consecutive
   73  calendar years immediately preceding its application for a slot
   74  machine license and which is located within a county as defined
   75  in s. 125.011 after the voters of the county where the
   76  applicant’s facility is located have authorized by referendum
   77  slot machines within pari-mutuel facilities in that county as
   78  specified in s. 23, Art. X of the State Constitution.
   79         (3) A slot machine license may be issued only to a licensed
   80  pari-mutuel permitholder, and slot machine gaming may be
   81  conducted only at the eligible facility at which the
   82  permitholder is authorized under its valid pari-mutuel wagering
   83  permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering activities.
   84         (4) As a condition of licensure and to maintain continued
   85  authority for the conduct of slot machine gaming, the slot
   86  machine licensee shall:
   87         (c) Conduct no fewer than a full schedule of live racing or
   88  games as defined in s. 550.002(11), excluding any. A
   89  permitholder’s responsibility to conduct such number of live
   90  races or games shall be reduced by the number of races or games
   91  that could not be conducted as a due to the direct result of
   92  fire, war, hurricane, or other disaster or event beyond the
   93  control of the permitholder. This paragraph does not apply to a
   94  harness racing permitholder, jai alai permitholder, quarter
   95  horse racing permitholder, greyhound racing permitholder that
   96  conducted a full schedule of live racing for a period of at
   97  least 10 consecutive state fiscal years after the 2002-2003
   98  state fiscal year, or thoroughbred racing permitholder that
   99  holds a slot machine license if it has entered into an agreement
  100  with another thoroughbred racing permitholder to conduct its
  101  race meet at the other thoroughbred racing permitholder’s
  102  facility.
  103         (10)
  104         (e) Each slot machine licensee that does not offer live
  105  racing shall withhold 2 percent of the licensee’s net revenue
  106  after taxes from slot machines to be deposited into a purse pool
  107  to be paid as purses to licensed pari-mutuel facilities offering
  108  live racing or games.
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  110  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  111  And the title is amended as follows:
  112         Delete lines 1329 - 1347
  113  and insert:
  114         revising provisions that authorize slot machine gaming
  115         at certain facilities; amending s. 551.102, F.S.;
  116         revising definitions of the terms “eligible facility”
  117         and “slot machine licensee” for purposes of provisions
  118         relating to slot machines; amending s. 551.104, F.S.;
  119         providing that an application to conduct slot machine
  120         gaming may be approved only if the application would
  121         not trigger a reduction in revenue-sharing payments
  122         under the Gaming Compact between the Seminole Tribe of
  123         Florida and the State of Florida; specifying the
  124         facilities that may be authorized by the division to
  125         conduct slot machine gaming; exempting certain
  126         permitholders from a requirement that they conduct a
  127         full schedule of live racing as a condition of
  128         maintaining authority to conduct slot machine gaming;
  129         requiring licensees to withhold a specified percentage
  130         of net revenue after taxes from specified sources
  131         under certain circumstances; creating s. 551.1042,
  132         F.S.; prohibiting