Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 7080
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
04/17/2021 .
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The Committee on Appropriations (Hutson) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (527596) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 836 and 837
5 insert:
6 Section 25. Subsections (1), (4), and (5) of section
7 550.6308, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
8 550.6308 Limited intertrack wagering license.—In
9 recognition of the economic importance of the thoroughbred
10 breeding industry to this state, its positive impact on tourism,
11 and of the importance of a permanent thoroughbred sales facility
12 as a key focal point for the activities of the industry, a
13 limited license to conduct intertrack wagering is established to
14 ensure the continued viability and public interest in
15 thoroughbred breeding in Florida.
16 (1) Upon application to the division on or before January
17 31 of each year, any person that is licensed to conduct public
18 sales of thoroughbred horses pursuant to s. 535.01 and, that has
19 conducted at least 8 15 days of thoroughbred horse sales at a
20 permanent sales facility in this state for at least 3
21 consecutive years, and that has conducted at least 1 day of
22 nonwagering thoroughbred racing in this state, with a purse
23 structure of at least $250,000 per year for 2 consecutive years
24 before such application, shall be issued a license, subject to
25 the conditions set forth in this section, to conduct intertrack
26 wagering at such a permanent sales facility during the following
27 periods:
28 (a) Up to 21 days in connection with thoroughbred sales;
29 (b) Between November 1 and May 8;
30 (c) Between May 9 and October 31 at such times and on such
31 days as any thoroughbred, jai alai, or a greyhound permitholder
32 in the same county is not conducting live performances; provided
33 that any such permitholder may waive this requirement, in whole
34 or in part, and allow the licensee under this section to conduct
35 intertrack wagering during one or more of the permitholder’s
36 live performances; and
37 (d) During the weekend of the Kentucky Derby, the
38 Preakness, the Belmont, and a Breeders’ Cup Meet that is
39 conducted before November 1 and after May 8.
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41 No more than one such license may be issued, and no such license
42 may be issued for a facility located within 50 miles of any for
43 profit thoroughbred permitholder’s track.
44 (4) Intertrack wagering under this section may be conducted
45 only on thoroughbred horse racing, except that intertrack
46 wagering may be conducted on any class of pari-mutuel race or
47 game conducted by any class of permitholders licensed under this
48 chapter if all thoroughbred, jai alai, and greyhound
49 permitholders in the same county as the licensee under this
50 section give their consent.
51 (5) The licensee shall be considered a guest track under
52 this chapter. The licensee shall pay 2.5 percent of the total
53 contributions to the daily pari-mutuel pool on wagers accepted
54 at the licensee’s facility on greyhound races or jai alai games
55 to the thoroughbred permitholder that is conducting live races
56 for purses to be paid during its current racing meet. If more
57 than one thoroughbred permitholder is conducting live races on a
58 day during which the licensee is conducting intertrack wagering
59 on greyhound races or jai alai games, the licensee shall
60 allocate these funds between the operating thoroughbred
61 permitholders on a pro rata basis based on the total live handle
62 at the operating permitholders’ facilities.
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64 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
65 And the title is amended as follows:
66 Between lines 1122 and 1123
67 insert:
68 550.6308, F.S.; revising requirements for a limited
69 intertrack wagering license; revising requirements for
70 intertrack wagering; deleting requirements for limited
71 intertrack wagering licensees to make specified
72 payments; amending s.