Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1370
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/28/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Perry) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 24.107,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         24.107 Advertising and promotion of lottery games.—
    8         (3) Beginning January 1, 2018, every advertisement or
    9  promotion of lottery games under this chapter shall include a
   10  warning, which must:
   11         (a) If on television, the Internet, or other electronic
   12  medium, be typed in black font on a white background and occupy
   13  no less than 10 percent of the surface area of the advertisement
   14  or promotion.
   15         (b) If in print, including a newspaper, magazine, or
   16  billboard, be typed in black font on a white background and
   17  occupy no less than 10 percent of the surface area of the
   18  advertisement or promotion.
   19         (c) If on radio, be audibly announced at the conclusion of
   20  the advertisement or promotion.
   21         (d) Contain one of the following messages, with each
   22  message appearing in an equal number of advertisements and
   23  promotions:
   24         1. “WARNING: GAMBLING CAN BE ADDICTIVE.”
   25         2. “WARNING: LOTTERY GAMES MAY BE ADDICTIVE.”
   26         3. “WARNING: LOTTERY GAMES ARE A FORM OF GAMBLING.”
   27         4. “WARNING: YOUR ODDS OF WINNING THE TOP PRIZE ARE
   28  EXTREMELY LOW.”
   29         5. “WARNING: GAMBLING CAN CAUSE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.”
   30         6. “WARNING: PLAYING THE LOTTERY CONSTITUTES GAMBLING.”
   31         Section 2. Subsection (8) is added to section 24.111,
   32  Florida Statutes, to read:
   33         24.111 Vendors; disclosure and contract requirements.—
   34         (8) Beginning January 1, 2018, every contract subject to
   35  this section shall contain a provision that requires the vendor
   36  to place or print a warning on every lottery ticket sold under
   37  this chapter. The required warning must:
   38         (a) Appear on the face of each lottery ticket.
   39         (b) Be typed in black font on a white background.
   40         (c) Occupy no less than 10 percent of the total face of the
   41  lottery ticket.
   42         (d) Contain one of the following messages, with each
   43  message appearing on an equal number of lottery tickets:
   44         1. “WARNING: GAMBLING CAN BE ADDICTIVE.”
   45         2. “WARNING: LOTTERY GAMES MAY BE ADDICTIVE.”
   46         3. “WARNING: LOTTERY GAMES ARE A FORM OF GAMBLING.”
   47         4. “WARNING: YOUR ODDS OF WINNING THE TOP PRIZE ARE
   48  EXTREMELY LOW.”
   49         5. “WARNING: GAMBLING CAN CAUSE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.”
   50         6. “WARNING: PLAYING THE LOTTERY CONSTITUTES GAMBLING.”
   51         (e) Appear on every lottery ticket printed under this
   52  chapter on or after January 1, 2018.
   53         Section 3. Subsections (10) through (15) of section 24.112,
   54  Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (11) through
   55  (16), respectively, and a new subsection (10) is added to that
   56  section, to read:
   57         24.112 Retailers of lottery tickets; authorization of
   58  vending machines to dispense lottery tickets.—
   59         (10) Beginning January 1, 2018, every contract in effect
   60  pursuant to this section shall contain a provision that requires
   61  the retailer to prominently display a sign, provided by the
   62  department, at or near the lottery ticket point of sale which
   63  contains the following message: “WARNING: GAMBLING CAN BE
   64  ADDICTIVE.”
   65         Section 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.
   66  
   67  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   68  And the title is amended as follows:
   69         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   70  and insert:
   71                        A bill to be entitled                      
   72         An act relating to warnings for lottery games;
   73         amending s. 24.107, F.S.; requiring every
   74         advertisement or promotion of lottery games to include
   75         a specified warning; providing requirements for the
   76         warning; amending s. 24.111, F.S.; requiring contracts
   77         entered into between the Department of the Lottery and
   78         a vendor of lottery tickets to include a provision
   79         that requires the vendor to place or print a specified
   80         warning on all lottery tickets; providing requirements
   81         for the warning; amending s. 24.112, F.S.; requiring
   82         contracts entered into between the department and a
   83         retailer of lottery tickets to include a provision
   84         that requires the retailer to prominently display a
   85         sign, provided by the department, with a specified
   86         warning at the point of sale; providing an effective
   87         date.