Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7080
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Hutson) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Present subsections (24) through (28) of section
    6  550.002, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (25)
    7  through (29), respectively, a new subsection (24) is added to
    8  that section, and subsections (11), (17), (20), (21), (22),
    9  (23), and (31) and present subsections (26) and (29) of that
   10  section are amended, to read:
   11         550.002 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
   12         (11) “Full schedule of live racing or games” means, for a
   13  greyhound or jai alai permitholder, the conduct of a combination
   14  of at least 100 live evening or matinee performances during the
   15  preceding year; for a permitholder who has a converted permit or
   16  filed an application on or before June 1, 1990, for a converted
   17  permit, the conduct of a combination of at least 100 live
   18  evening and matinee wagering performances during either of the 2
   19  preceding years; for a jai alai permitholder who does not
   20  operate slot machines in its pari-mutuel facility, who has
   21  conducted at least 100 live performances per year for at least
   22  10 years after December 31, 1992, and whose handle on live jai
   23  alai games conducted at its pari-mutuel facility has been less
   24  than $4 million per state fiscal year for at least 2 consecutive
   25  years after June 30, 1992, the conduct of a combination of at
   26  least 40 live evening or matinee performances during the
   27  preceding year; for a jai alai permitholder who operates slot
   28  machines in its pari-mutuel facility, the conduct of a
   29  combination of at least 150 performances during the preceding
   30  year; for a harness permitholder, the conduct of at least 100
   31  live regular wagering performances during the preceding year;
   32  for a quarter horse permitholder at its facility unless an
   33  alternative schedule of at least 20 live regular wagering
   34  performances is agreed upon by the permitholder and either the
   35  Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association or the horsemen’s
   36  association representing the majority of the quarter horse
   37  owners and trainers at the facility and filed with the division
   38  along with its annual date application, in the 2010-2011 fiscal
   39  year, the conduct of at least 20 regular wagering performances,
   40  in the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 fiscal years, the conduct of at
   41  least 30 live regular wagering performances, and for every
   42  fiscal year after the 2012-2013 fiscal year, the conduct of at
   43  least 40 live regular wagering performances; for a quarter horse
   44  permitholder leasing another licensed racetrack, the conduct of
   45  160 events at the leased facility; and for a thoroughbred
   46  permitholder, the conduct of at least 40 live regular wagering
   47  performances during the preceding year. For a permitholder which
   48  is restricted by statute to certain operating periods within the
   49  year when other members of its same class of permit are
   50  authorized to operate throughout the year, the specified number
   51  of live performances which constitute a full schedule of live
   52  racing or games shall be adjusted pro rata in accordance with
   53  the relationship between its authorized operating period and the
   54  full calendar year and the resulting specified number of live
   55  performances shall constitute the full schedule of live games
   56  for such permitholder and all other permitholders of the same
   57  class within 100 air miles of such permitholder. A live
   58  performance must consist of no fewer than eight races or games
   59  conducted live for each of a minimum of three performances each
   60  week at the permitholder’s licensed facility under a single
   61  admission charge.
   62         (17) “Intertrack wager” or “intertrack wagering” means a
   63  particular form of pari-mutuel wagering in which wagers are
   64  accepted at a permitted, in-state track, fronton, or pari-mutuel
   65  facility on a race or game transmitted from and performed live
   66  at, or simulcast signal rebroadcast from, another in-state pari
   67  mutuel facility.
   68         (20) “Meet” or “meeting” means the conduct of live racing
   69  or jai alai, or wagering on intertrack or simulcast events, for
   70  any stake, purse, prize, or premium.
   71         (21) “Operating day” means a continuous period of 24 hours
   72  starting with the beginning of the first performance of a race
   73  or game, even though the operating day may start during one
   74  calendar day and extend past midnight except that no greyhound
   75  race or jai alai game may commence after 1:30 a.m.
   76         (22) “Pari-mutuel” or “pari-mutuel wagering” means a system
   77  of betting on races or games in which the winners divide the
   78  total amount bet, after deducting management expenses and taxes,
   79  in proportion to the sums they have wagered individually and
   80  with regard to the odds assigned to particular outcomes.
   81         (23) “Pari-mutuel facility” means the grounds or property
   82  of a cardroom, racetrack, fronton, or other facility used by a
   83  licensed permitholder for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering.
   84         (24)“Permitholder” or “permittee” means a holder of a
   85  permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering in this state as
   86  authorized in this chapter.
   87         (27)(26) “Post time” means the time set for the arrival at
   88  the starting point of the horses or greyhounds in a race or the
   89  beginning of a game in jai alai.
   90         (29)“Racing greyhound” means a greyhound that is or was
   91  used, or is being bred, raised, or trained to be used, in racing
   92  at a pari-mutuel facility and is registered with the National
   93  Greyhound Association.
   94         (31) “Same class of races, games, or permit” means, with
   95  respect to a jai alai permitholder, jai alai games or other jai
   96  alai permitholders; with respect to a greyhound permitholder,
   97  greyhound races or other greyhound permitholders conducting
   98  pari-mutuel wagering; with respect to a thoroughbred
   99  permitholder, thoroughbred races or other thoroughbred
  100  permitholders; with respect to a harness permitholder, harness
  101  races or other harness permitholders; with respect to a quarter
  102  horse permitholder, quarter horse races or other quarter horse
  103  permitholders.
  104         Section 2. Section 550.0115, Florida Statutes, is amended
  105  to read:
  106         550.0115 Permitholder operating license.—After a permit has
  107  been issued by the division, and after the permit has been
  108  approved by election, the division shall issue to the
  109  permitholder an annual operating license to conduct pari-mutuel
  110  wagering operations at the location specified in the permit
  111  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
  112         Section 3. Section 550.01215, Florida Statutes, is amended
  113  to read:
  114         550.01215 License application; periods of operation;
  115  license fees; bond, conversion of permit.—
  116         (1) Each permitholder shall annually, during the period
  117  between December 15 and January 4, file in writing with the
  118  division its application for an operating a license for a pari
  119  mutuel facility for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering during
  120  the next state fiscal year, including intertrack and simulcast
  121  race wagering to conduct performances during the next state
  122  fiscal year. Each application for live performances must shall
  123  specify the number, dates, and starting times of all live
  124  performances that which the permitholder intends to conduct. It
  125  must shall also specify which performances will be conducted as
  126  charity or scholarship performances.
  127         (a)In addition, Each application for an operating a
  128  license also must shall include:,
  129         1. For each permitholder, whether the permitholder intends
  130  to accept wagers on intertrack or simulcast events.
  131         2.For each permitholder that which elects to operate a
  132  cardroom, the dates and periods of operation the permitholder
  133  intends to operate the cardroom. or,
  134         3. For each thoroughbred racing permitholder that which
  135  elects to receive or rebroadcast out-of-state races after 7
  136  p.m., the dates for all performances that which the permitholder
  137  intends to conduct.
  138         (b)1.A greyhound permitholder may not conduct live racing.
  139  A jai alai permitholder, harness horse racing permitholder, or
  140  quarter horse racing permitholder may elect not to conduct live
  141  racing or games. Except as provided in s. 550.5251(1)(b), a
  142  thoroughbred permitholder must conduct live racing. A greyhound
  143  permitholder, jai alai permitholder, harness horse racing
  144  permitholder, or quarter horse racing permitholder that does not
  145  conduct live racing or games retains its permit; is a pari
  146  mutuel facility as defined in s. 550.002(23); if such
  147  permitholder has been issued a slot machine license, the
  148  facility where such permit is located remains an eligible
  149  facility as defined in s. 551.102(4), continues to be eligible
  150  for a slot machine license pursuant to s. 551.104(3), and is
  151  exempt from ss. 551.104(4)(c) and (10) and 551.114(2) and (4);
  152  is eligible, but not required, to be a guest track and, if the
  153  permitholder is a harness horse racing permitholder, to be a
  154  host track for purposes of intertrack wagering and simulcasting
  155  pursuant to ss. 550.3551, 550.615, 550.625, and 550.6305; and
  156  remains eligible for a cardroom license.
  157         2.A permitholder or licensee may not conduct live
  158  greyhound racing or dogracing in connection with any wager for
  159  money or any other thing of value in the state. The division may
  160  deny, suspend, or revoke any permit or license under this
  161  chapter if a permitholder or licensee conducts live greyhound
  162  racing or dogracing in violation of this subparagraph. In
  163  addition to, or in lieu of, denial, suspension, or revocation,
  164  the division may impose a civil penalty of up to $5,000 against
  165  the permitholder or licensee for a violation of this
  166  subparagraph. All penalties imposed and collected must be
  167  deposited with the Chief Financial Officer to the credit of the
  168  General Revenue Fund.
  169         (c) Permitholders may shall be entitled to amend their
  170  applications through February 28.
  171         (d)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, other than
  172  a permitholder issued a permit pursuant to s. 550.3345, a pari
  173  mutuel permitholder may not be issued an operating license for
  174  the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering, slot machine gaming, or the
  175  operation of a cardroom if the permitholder did not hold an
  176  operating license on January 1, 2021.
  177         (2) After the first license has been issued to a
  178  permitholder, all subsequent annual applications for a license
  179  shall be accompanied by proof, in such form as the division may
  180  by rule require, that the permitholder continues to possess the
  181  qualifications prescribed by this chapter, and that the permit
  182  has not been disapproved at a later election.
  183         (3) The division shall issue each license no later than
  184  March 15. Each permitholder shall operate all performances at
  185  the date and time specified on its license. The division shall
  186  have the authority to approve minor changes in racing dates
  187  after a license has been issued. The division may approve
  188  changes in racing dates after a license has been issued when
  189  there is no objection from any operating permitholder located
  190  within 50 miles of the permitholder requesting the changes in
  191  operating dates. In the event of an objection, the division
  192  shall approve or disapprove the change in operating dates based
  193  upon the impact on operating permitholders located within 50
  194  miles of the permitholder requesting the change in operating
  195  dates. In making the determination to change racing dates, the
  196  division shall take into consideration the impact of such
  197  changes on state revenues. Notwithstanding any other provision
  198  of law, and for the 2021-2022 state fiscal year only, the
  199  division may approve changes in operating dates for a jai alai
  200  permitholder, harness horse racing permitholder, or quarter
  201  horse racing permitholder if the request for such changes is
  202  received before July 1, 2021.
  203         (4) In the event that a permitholder fails to operate all
  204  performances specified on its license at the date and time
  205  specified, the division shall hold a hearing to determine
  206  whether to fine or suspend the permitholder’s license, unless
  207  such failure was the direct result of fire, strike, war, or
  208  other disaster or event beyond the ability of the permitholder
  209  to control. Financial hardship to the permitholder shall not, in
  210  and of itself, constitute just cause for failure to operate all
  211  performances on the dates and at the times specified.
  212         (5) In the event that performances licensed to be operated
  213  by a permitholder are vacated, abandoned, or will not be used
  214  for any reason, any permitholder shall be entitled, pursuant to
  215  rules adopted by the division, to apply to conduct performances
  216  on the dates for which the performances have been abandoned. The
  217  division shall issue an amended license for all such replacement
  218  performances which have been requested in compliance with the
  219  provisions of this chapter and division rules.
  220         (6)Any permit which was converted from a jai alai permit
  221  to a greyhound permit may be converted to a jai alai permit at
  222  any time if the permitholder never conducted greyhound racing or
  223  if the permitholder has not conducted greyhound racing for a
  224  period of 12 consecutive months.
  225         Section 4. Section 550.0235, Florida Statutes, is amended
  226  to read:
  227         550.0235 Limitation of civil liability.—No permitholder
  228  licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering permittee conducting a
  229  racing meet pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; no
  230  division director or employee of the division; and no steward,
  231  judge, or other person appointed to act pursuant to this chapter
  232  shall be held liable to any person, partnership, association,
  233  corporation, or other business entity for any cause whatsoever
  234  arising out of, or from, the performance by such permittee,
  235  director, employee, steward, judge, or other person of her or
  236  his duties and the exercise of her or his discretion with
  237  respect to the implementation and enforcement of the statutes
  238  and rules governing the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering, so long
  239  as she or he acted in good faith. This section shall not limit
  240  liability in any situation in which the negligent maintenance of
  241  the premises or the negligent conduct of a race contributed to
  242  an accident; nor shall it limit any contractual liability.
  243         Section 5. Subsections (1) and (7) of section 550.0351,
  244  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  245         550.0351 Charity racing days.—
  246         (1) The division shall, upon the request of a permitholder,
  247  authorize each horseracing permitholder, dogracing permitholder,
  248  and jai alai permitholder up to five charity or scholarship days
  249  in addition to the regular racing days authorized by law.
  250         (7)In addition to the charity days authorized by this
  251  section, any dogracing permitholder may allow its facility to be
  252  used for conducting “hound dog derbies” or “mutt derbies” on any
  253  day during each racing season by any charitable, civic, or
  254  nonprofit organization for the purpose of conducting “hound dog
  255  derbies” or “mutt derbies” if only dogs other than those usually
  256  used in dogracing (greyhounds) are permitted to race and if
  257  adults and minors are allowed to participate as dog owners or
  258  spectators. During these racing events, betting, gambling, and
  259  the sale or use of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
  260         Section 6. Subsection (4) of section 550.0425, Florida
  261  Statutes, is amended to read:
  262         550.0425 Minors attendance at pari-mutuel performances;
  263  restrictions.—
  264         (4)Minor children of licensed greyhound trainers, kennel
  265  operators, or other licensed persons employed in the kennel
  266  compound areas may be granted access to kennel compound areas
  267  without being licensed, provided they are in no way employed
  268  unless properly licensed, and only when under the direct
  269  supervision of one of their parents or legal guardian.
  270         Section 7. Subsections (2) and (14) of section 550.054,
  271  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  272         550.054 Application for permit to conduct pari-mutuel
  273  wagering.—
  274         (2) Upon each application filed and approved, a permit
  275  shall be issued to the applicant setting forth the name of the
  276  permitholder, the location of the pari-mutuel facility, the type
  277  of pari-mutuel activity desired to be conducted, and a statement
  278  showing qualifications of the applicant to conduct pari-mutuel
  279  performances under this chapter; however, a permit is
  280  ineffectual to authorize any pari-mutuel performances until
  281  approved by a majority of the electors participating in a
  282  ratification election in the county in which the applicant
  283  proposes to conduct pari-mutuel wagering activities. In
  284  addition, an application may not be considered, nor may a permit
  285  be issued by the division or be voted upon in any county, to
  286  conduct horseraces, harness horse races, or pari-mutuel wagering
  287  dograces at a location within 100 miles of an existing pari
  288  mutuel facility, or for jai alai within 50 miles of an existing
  289  pari-mutuel facility; this distance shall be measured on a
  290  straight line from the nearest property line of one pari-mutuel
  291  facility to the nearest property line of the other facility.
  292         (14)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
  293  permit for the operation of a pari-mutuel facility, cardroom, or
  294  slot machine facility may only be held by facilities with
  295  permits on January 1, 2021.
  296         (b)Any holder of a permit to conduct jai alai may apply to
  297  the division to convert such permit to a permit to conduct
  298  greyhound racing in lieu of jai alai if:
  299         1.Such permit is located in a county in which the division
  300  has issued only two pari-mutuel permits pursuant to this
  301  section;
  302         2.Such permit was not previously converted from any other
  303  class of permit; and
  304         3.The holder of the permit has not conducted jai alai
  305  games during a period of 10 years immediately preceding his or
  306  her application for conversion under this subsection.
  307         (b) The division, upon application from the holder of a jai
  308  alai permit meeting all conditions of this section, shall
  309  convert the permit and shall issue to the permitholder a permit
  310  to conduct greyhound racing. A permitholder of a permit
  311  converted under this section shall be required to apply for and
  312  conduct a full schedule of live racing each fiscal year to be
  313  eligible for any tax credit provided by this chapter. The holder
  314  of a permit converted under former subsection (14) of this
  315  section, Florida Statutes 2020, pursuant to this subsection or
  316  any holder of a permit to conduct greyhound racing located in a
  317  county in which it is the only permit issued pursuant to this
  318  section who operates at a leased facility pursuant to s. 550.475
  319  may move the location for which the permit has been issued to
  320  another location within a 30-mile radius of the location fixed
  321  in the permit issued in that county, provided the move does not
  322  cross the county boundary and such location is approved under
  323  the zoning regulations of the county or municipality in which
  324  the permit is located, and upon such relocation may use the
  325  permit for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering and the operation
  326  of a cardroom. The provisions of s. 550.6305(9)(d) and (f) shall
  327  apply to any permit converted under former subsection (14) of
  328  this section, Florida Statutes 2020, this subsection and shall
  329  continue to apply to any permit which was previously included
  330  under and subject to such provisions before a conversion
  331  pursuant to this section occurred.
  332         Section 8. Subsection (4) of section 550.09511, Florida
  333  Statutes, is amended to read:
  334         550.09511 Jai alai taxes; abandoned interest in a permit
  335  for nonpayment of taxes.—
  336         (4)A jai alai permitholder conducting fewer than 100 live
  337  performances in any calendar year shall pay to the state the
  338  same aggregate amount of daily license fees on live jai alai
  339  games, admissions tax, and tax on live handle as that
  340  permitholder paid to the state during the most recent prior
  341  calendar year in which the jai alai permitholder conducted at
  342  least 100 live performances.
  343         Section 9. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
  344  550.09512, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  345         550.09512 Harness horse taxes; abandoned interest in a
  346  permit for nonpayment of taxes.—
  347         (3)(a) The permit of a harness horse permitholder who is
  348  conducting live harness horse performances and who does not pay
  349  tax on handle for any such live harness horse performances
  350  conducted for a full schedule of live races during any 2
  351  consecutive state fiscal years shall be void and may not be
  352  reissued shall escheat to and become the property of the state
  353  unless such failure to operate and pay tax on handle was the
  354  direct result of fire, strike, war, pandemic, or other disaster
  355  or event beyond the ability of the permitholder to control.
  356  Financial hardship to the permitholder shall not, in and of
  357  itself, constitute just cause for failure to operate and pay tax
  358  on handle.
  359         Section 10. Subsections (2) and (9) of section 550.105,
  360  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  361         550.105 Occupational licenses of racetrack employees; fees;
  362  denial, suspension, and revocation of license; penalties and
  363  fines.—
  364         (2)(a) The following licenses shall be issued to persons or
  365  entities with access to the backside, racing animals, jai alai
  366  players’ room, jockeys’ room, drivers’ room, totalisator room,
  367  the mutuels, or money room, or to persons who, by virtue of the
  368  position they hold, might be granted access to these areas or to
  369  any other person or entity in one of the following categories
  370  and with fees not to exceed the following amounts for any 12
  371  month period:
  372         1. Business licenses: any business such as a vendor,
  373  contractual concessionaire, contract kennel, business owning
  374  racing animals, trust or estate, totalisator company, stable
  375  name, or other fictitious name: $50.
  376         2. Professional occupational licenses: professional persons
  377  with access to the backside of a racetrack or players’ quarters
  378  in jai alai such as trainers, officials, veterinarians, doctors,
  379  nurses, EMT’s, jockeys and apprentices, drivers, jai alai
  380  players, owners, trustees, or any management or officer or
  381  director or shareholder or any other professional-level person
  382  who might have access to the jockeys’ room, the drivers’ room,
  383  the backside, racing animals, kennel compound, or managers or
  384  supervisors requiring access to mutuels machines, the money
  385  room, or totalisator equipment: $40.
  386         3. General occupational licenses: general employees with
  387  access to the jockeys’ room, the drivers’ room, racing animals,
  388  the backside of a racetrack or players’ quarters in jai alai,
  389  such as grooms, kennel helpers, leadouts, pelota makers, cesta
  390  makers, or ball boys, or a practitioner of any other occupation
  391  who would have access to the animals or, the backside, or the
  392  kennel compound, or who would provide the security or
  393  maintenance of these areas, or mutuel employees, totalisator
  394  employees, money-room employees, or any employee with access to
  395  mutuels machines, the money room, or totalisator equipment or
  396  who would provide the security or maintenance of these areas:
  397  $10.
  398  
  399  The individuals and entities that are licensed under this
  400  paragraph require heightened state scrutiny, including the
  401  submission by the individual licensees or persons associated
  402  with the entities described in this chapter of fingerprints for
  403  a Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal records check.
  404         (b) The division shall adopt rules pertaining to pari
  405  mutuel occupational licenses, licensing periods, and renewal
  406  cycles.
  407         (9) The tax imposed by this section is in lieu of all
  408  license, excise, or occupational taxes to the state or any
  409  county, municipality, or other political subdivision, except
  410  that, if a race meeting or game is held or conducted in a
  411  municipality, the municipality may assess and collect an
  412  additional tax against any person conducting live racing or
  413  games within its corporate limits, which tax may not exceed $150
  414  per day for horseracing or $50 per day for dogracing or jai
  415  alai. Except as provided in this chapter, a municipality may not
  416  assess or collect any additional excise or revenue tax against
  417  any person conducting race meetings within the corporate limits
  418  of the municipality or against any patron of any such person.
  419         Section 11. Section 550.1155, Florida Statutes, is amended
  420  to read:
  421         550.1155 Authority of stewards, judges, panel of judges, or
  422  player’s manager to impose penalties against occupational
  423  licensees; disposition of funds collected.—
  424         (1) The stewards at a horse racetrack; the judges at a dog
  425  track; or the judges, a panel of judges, or a player’s manager
  426  at a jai alai fronton may impose a civil penalty against any
  427  occupational licensee for violation of the pari-mutuel laws or
  428  any rule adopted by the division. The penalty may not exceed
  429  $1,000 for each count or separate offense or exceed 60 days of
  430  suspension for each count or separate offense.
  431         (2) All penalties imposed and collected pursuant to this
  432  section at each horse or dog racetrack or jai alai fronton shall
  433  be deposited into a board of relief fund established by the
  434  pari-mutuel permitholder. Each association shall name a board of
  435  relief composed of three of its officers, with the general
  436  manager of the permitholder being the ex officio treasurer of
  437  such board. Moneys deposited into the board of relief fund shall
  438  be disbursed by the board for the specific purpose of aiding
  439  occupational licenseholders and their immediate family members
  440  at each pari-mutuel facility.
  441         Section 12. Section 550.1647, Florida Statutes, is amended
  442  to read:
  443         550.1647 Greyhound permitholders; unclaimed tickets;
  444  breaks.—All money or other property represented by any
  445  unclaimed, uncashed, or abandoned pari-mutuel ticket which has
  446  remained in the custody of or under the control of any greyhound
  447  permitholder authorized to conduct greyhound racing pari-mutuel
  448  wagering pools in this state for a period of 1 year after the
  449  date the pari-mutuel ticket was issued, if the rightful owner or
  450  owners thereof have made no claim or demand for such money or
  451  other property within that period of time, shall, with respect
  452  to live races conducted by the permitholder, be remitted to the
  453  state pursuant to s. 550.1645; however, such permitholder shall
  454  be entitled to a credit in each state fiscal year in an amount
  455  equal to the actual amount remitted in the prior state fiscal
  456  year which may be applied against any taxes imposed pursuant to
  457  this chapter. In addition, each permitholder shall pay, from any
  458  source, including the proceeds from performances conducted
  459  pursuant to s. 550.0351, an amount not less than 10 percent of
  460  the amount of the credit provided by this section to any bona
  461  fide organization that promotes or encourages the adoption of
  462  greyhounds. As used in this chapter, the term “bona fide
  463  organization that promotes or encourages the adoption of
  464  greyhounds” means any organization that provides evidence of
  465  compliance with chapter 496 and possesses a valid exemption from
  466  federal taxation issued by the Internal Revenue Service. Such
  467  bona fide organization, as a condition of adoption, must provide
  468  sterilization of greyhounds by a licensed veterinarian before
  469  relinquishing custody of the greyhound to the adopter. The fee
  470  for sterilization may be included in the cost of adoption.
  471         Section 13. Section 550.1648, Florida Statutes, is
  472  repealed.
  473         Section 14. Section 550.175, Florida Statutes, is amended
  474  to read:
  475         550.175 Petition for election to revoke permit.—Upon
  476  petition of 20 percent of the qualified electors of any county
  477  wherein any pari-mutuel wagering racing has been licensed and
  478  conducted under this chapter, the county commissioners of such
  479  county shall provide for the submission to the electors of such
  480  county at the then next succeeding general election the question
  481  of whether any permit or permits theretofore granted shall be
  482  continued or revoked, and if a majority of the electors voting
  483  on such question in such election vote to cancel or recall the
  484  permit theretofore given, the division may not thereafter grant
  485  any license on the permit so recalled. Every signature upon
  486  every recall petition must be signed in the presence of the
  487  clerk of the board of county commissioners at the office of the
  488  clerk of the circuit court of the county, and the petitioner
  489  must present at the time of such signing her or his registration
  490  receipt showing the petitioner’s qualification as an elector of
  491  the county at the time of the signing of the petition. Not more
  492  than one permit may be included in any one petition; and, in all
  493  elections in which the recall of more than one permit is voted
  494  on, the voters shall be given an opportunity to vote for or
  495  against the recall of each permit separately. Nothing in this
  496  chapter shall be construed to prevent the holding of later
  497  referendum or recall elections.
  498         Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 550.1815, Florida
  499  Statutes, is amended to read:
  500         550.1815 Certain persons prohibited from holding racing or
  501  jai alai permits; suspension and revocation.—
  502         (1) A corporation, general or limited partnership, sole
  503  proprietorship, business trust, joint venture, or unincorporated
  504  association, or other business entity may not hold any
  505  horseracing or greyhound dogracing permit or jai alai fronton
  506  permit in this state if any one of the persons or entities
  507  specified in paragraph (a) has been determined by the division
  508  not to be of good moral character or has been convicted of any
  509  offense specified in paragraph (b).
  510         (a)1. The permitholder;
  511         2. An employee of the permitholder;
  512         3. The sole proprietor of the permitholder;
  513         4. A corporate officer or director of the permitholder;
  514         5. A general partner of the permitholder;
  515         6. A trustee of the permitholder;
  516         7. A member of an unincorporated association permitholder;
  517         8. A joint venturer of the permitholder;
  518         9. The owner of more than 5 percent of any equity interest
  519  in the permitholder, whether as a common shareholder, general or
  520  limited partner, voting trustee, or trust beneficiary; or
  521         10. An owner of any interest in the permit or permitholder,
  522  including any immediate family member of the owner, or holder of
  523  any debt, mortgage, contract, or concession from the
  524  permitholder, who by virtue thereof is able to control the
  525  business of the permitholder.
  526         (b)1. A felony in this state;
  527         2. Any felony in any other state which would be a felony if
  528  committed in this state under the laws of this state;
  529         3. Any felony under the laws of the United States;
  530         4. A felony under the laws of another state if related to
  531  gambling which would be a felony under the laws of this state if
  532  committed in this state; or
  533         5. Bookmaking as defined in s. 849.25.
  534         Section 16. Subsection (2) of section 550.24055, Florida
  535  Statutes, is amended to read:
  536         550.24055 Use of controlled substances or alcohol
  537  prohibited; testing of certain occupational licensees; penalty;
  538  evidence of test or action taken and admissibility for criminal
  539  prosecution limited.—
  540         (2) The occupational licensees, by applying for and holding
  541  such licenses, are deemed to have given their consents to submit
  542  to an approved chemical test of their breath for the purpose of
  543  determining the alcoholic content of their blood and to a urine
  544  or blood test for the purpose of detecting the presence of
  545  controlled substances. Such tests shall only be conducted upon
  546  reasonable cause that a violation has occurred as shall be
  547  determined solely by the stewards at a horseracing meeting or
  548  the judges or board of judges at a dogtrack or jai alai meet.
  549  The failure to submit to such test may result in a suspension of
  550  the person’s occupational license for a period of 10 days or
  551  until this section has been complied with, whichever is longer.
  552         (a) If there was at the time of the test 0.05 percent or
  553  less by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood, the person is
  554  presumed not to have been under the influence of alcoholic
  555  beverages to the extent that the person’s normal faculties were
  556  impaired, and no action of any sort may be taken by the
  557  stewards, judges, or board of judges or the division.
  558         (b) If there was at the time of the test an excess of 0.05
  559  percent but less than 0.08 percent by weight of alcohol in the
  560  person’s blood, that fact does not give rise to any presumption
  561  that the person was or was not under the influence of alcoholic
  562  beverages to the extent that the person’s faculties were
  563  impaired, but the stewards, judges, or board of judges may
  564  consider that fact in determining whether or not the person will
  565  be allowed to officiate or participate in any given race or jai
  566  alai game.
  567         (c) If there was at the time of the test 0.08 percent or
  568  more by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood, that fact is
  569  prima facie evidence that the person was under the influence of
  570  alcoholic beverages to the extent that the person’s normal
  571  faculties were impaired, and the stewards or judges may take
  572  action as set forth in this section, but the person may not
  573  officiate at or participate in any race or jai alai game on the
  574  day of such test.
  575  
  576  All tests relating to alcohol must be performed in a manner
  577  substantially similar, or identical, to the provisions of s.
  578  316.1934 and rules adopted pursuant to that section. Following a
  579  test of the urine or blood to determine the presence of a
  580  controlled substance as defined in chapter 893, if a controlled
  581  substance is found to exist, the stewards, judges, or board of
  582  judges may take such action as is permitted in this section.
  583         Section 17. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5), paragraphs (b)
  584  and (c) of subsection (6), paragraph (a) of subsection (9), and
  585  subsection (13) of section 550.2415, Florida Statutes, are
  586  amended to read:
  587         550.2415 Racing of animals under certain conditions
  588  prohibited; penalties; exceptions.—
  589         (5) The division shall implement a split-sample procedure
  590  for testing animals under this section.
  591         (d)For the testing of a racing greyhound, if there is an
  592  insufficient quantity of the secondary (split) sample for
  593  confirmation of the division laboratory’s positive result, the
  594  division may commence administrative proceedings as prescribed
  595  in this chapter and consistent with chapter 120.
  596         (6)
  597         (b)The division shall, by rule, establish the procedures
  598  for euthanizing greyhounds. However, a greyhound may not be put
  599  to death by any means other than by lethal injection of the drug
  600  sodium pentobarbital. A greyhound may not be removed from this
  601  state for the purpose of being destroyed.
  602         (c)It is a violation of this chapter for an occupational
  603  licensee to train a greyhound using live or dead animals. A
  604  greyhound may not be taken from this state for the purpose of
  605  being trained through the use of live or dead animals.
  606         (9)(a) The division may conduct a postmortem examination of
  607  any animal that is injured at a permitted racetrack while in
  608  training or in competition and that subsequently expires or is
  609  destroyed. The division may conduct a postmortem examination of
  610  any animal that expires while housed at a permitted racetrack,
  611  association compound, or licensed kennel or farm. Trainers and
  612  owners shall be requested to comply with this paragraph as a
  613  condition of licensure.
  614         (13)The division may implement by rule medication levels
  615  for racing greyhounds recommended by the University of Florida
  616  College of Veterinary Medicine developed pursuant to an
  617  agreement between the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering and the
  618  University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. The
  619  University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine may provide
  620  written notification to the division that it has completed
  621  research or review on a particular drug pursuant to the
  622  agreement and when the College of Veterinary Medicine has
  623  completed a final report of its findings, conclusions, and
  624  recommendations to the division.
  625         Section 18. Subsection (8) of section 550.334, Florida
  626  Statutes, is amended to read
  627         550.334 Quarter horse racing; substitutions.—
  628         (8) To be eligible to conduct intertrack wagering, a
  629  quarter horse racing permitholder must have conducted a full
  630  schedule of live racing in the preceding year.
  631         Section 19. Subsections (2) and (4), paragraph (a) of
  632  subsection (6), and subsection (11) of section 550.3551, Florida
  633  Statutes, are amended to read:
  634         550.3551 Transmission of racing and jai alai information;
  635  commingling of pari-mutuel pools.—
  636         (2) Any horse track, dog track, or fronton licensed under
  637  this chapter may transmit broadcasts of races or games conducted
  638  at the enclosure of the licensee to locations outside this
  639  state.
  640         (a) All broadcasts of horseraces transmitted to locations
  641  outside this state must comply with the provisions of the
  642  Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, 92 Stat. 1811, 15 U.S.C. ss.
  643  3001 et seq.
  644         (b) Wagers accepted by any out-of-state pari-mutuel
  645  permitholder or licensed betting system on a race broadcasted
  646  under this subsection may be, but are not required to be,
  647  included in the pari-mutuel pools of the horse track in this
  648  state that broadcasts the race upon which wagers are accepted.
  649  The handle, as referred to in s. 550.0951(3), does not include
  650  any wagers accepted by an out-of-state pari-mutuel permitholder
  651  or licensed betting system, irrespective of whether such wagers
  652  are included in the pari-mutuel pools of the Florida
  653  permitholder as authorized by this subsection.
  654         (4) Any greyhound permitholder or jai alai permitholder dog
  655  track or fronton licensed under this chapter may receive at its
  656  licensed location broadcasts of dograces or jai alai games
  657  conducted at other tracks or frontons located outside the state
  658  at the track enclosure of the licensee during its operational
  659  meeting. All forms of pari-mutuel wagering are allowed on
  660  dograces or jai alai games broadcast under this subsection. All
  661  money wagered by patrons on dograces broadcast under this
  662  subsection shall be computed in the amount of money wagered each
  663  performance for purposes of taxation under ss. 550.0951 and
  664  550.09511.
  665         (6)(a) A maximum of 20 percent of the total number of races
  666  on which wagers are accepted by a greyhound permitholder not
  667  located as specified in s. 550.615(6) may be received from
  668  locations outside this state. A permitholder conducting live
  669  races or games may not conduct fewer than eight live races or
  670  games on any authorized race day except as provided in this
  671  subsection. A thoroughbred permitholder may not conduct fewer
  672  than eight live races on any race day without the written
  673  approval of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and
  674  the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association,
  675  Inc., unless it is determined by the department that another
  676  entity represents a majority of the thoroughbred racehorse
  677  owners and trainers in the state. If conducting live racing, a
  678  harness permitholder may conduct fewer than eight live races on
  679  any authorized race day., except that such permitholder must
  680  conduct a full schedule of live racing during its race meet
  681  consisting of at least eight live races per authorized race day
  682  for at least 100 days. Any harness horse permitholder that
  683  during the preceding racing season conducted a full schedule of
  684  live racing may, at any time during its current race meet,
  685  receive full-card broadcasts of harness horse races conducted at
  686  harness racetracks outside this state at the harness track of
  687  the permitholder and accept wagers on such harness races. With
  688  specific authorization from the division for special racing
  689  events, a permitholder may conduct fewer than eight live races
  690  or games when the permitholder also broadcasts out-of-state
  691  races or games. The division may not grant more than two such
  692  exceptions a year for a permitholder in any 12-month period, and
  693  those two exceptions may not be consecutive.
  694         (11) Greyhound permitholders tracks and jai alai
  695  permitholders frontons have the same privileges as provided in
  696  this section to horserace permitholders horse tracks, as
  697  applicable, subject to rules adopted under subsection (10).
  698         Section 20. Subsections (1), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of
  699  section 550.3615, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  700         550.3615 Bookmaking on the grounds of a permitholder;
  701  penalties; reinstatement; duties of track employees; penalty;
  702  exceptions.—
  703         (1) Any person who engages in bookmaking, as defined in s.
  704  849.25, on the grounds or property of a pari-mutuel facility
  705  commits permitholder of a horse or dog track or jai alai fronton
  706  is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as
  707  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  708  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, any person
  709  convicted under the provisions of this subsection shall not have
  710  adjudication of guilt suspended, deferred, or withheld.
  711         (3) Any person who has been convicted of bookmaking in this
  712  state or any other state of the United States or any foreign
  713  country shall be denied admittance to and shall not attend any
  714  pari-mutuel facility racetrack or fronton in this state during
  715  its racing seasons or operating dates, including any practice or
  716  preparational days, for a period of 2 years after the date of
  717  conviction or the date of final appeal. Following the conclusion
  718  of the period of ineligibility, the director of the division may
  719  authorize the reinstatement of an individual following a hearing
  720  on readmittance. Any such person who knowingly violates this
  721  subsection commits is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first
  722  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
  723         (4) If the activities of a person show that this law is
  724  being violated, and such activities are either witnessed or are
  725  common knowledge by any pari-mutuel facility track or fronton
  726  employee, it is the duty of that employee to bring the matter to
  727  the immediate attention of the permitholder, manager, or her or
  728  his designee, who shall notify a law enforcement agency having
  729  jurisdiction. Willful failure by the pari-mutuel facility on the
  730  part of any track or fronton employee to comply with the
  731  provisions of this subsection is a ground for the division to
  732  suspend or revoke that employee’s license for pari-mutuel
  733  facility track or fronton employment.
  734         (5) Each permittee shall display, in conspicuous places at
  735  a pari-mutuel facility track or fronton and in all race and jai
  736  alai daily programs, a warning to all patrons concerning the
  737  prohibition and penalties of bookmaking contained in this
  738  section and s. 849.25. The division shall adopt rules concerning
  739  the uniform size of all warnings and the number of placements
  740  throughout a pari-mutuel facility track or fronton. Failure on
  741  the part of the permittee to display such warnings may result in
  742  the imposition of a $500 fine by the division for each offense.
  743         (6) This section does not apply to any person attending a
  744  track or fronton or employed by or attending a pari-mutuel
  745  facility a track or fronton who places a bet through the
  746  legalized pari-mutuel pool for another person, provided such
  747  service is rendered gratuitously and without fee or other
  748  reward.
  749         Section 21. Section 550.475, Florida Statutes, is amended
  750  to read:
  751         550.475 Lease of pari-mutuel facilities by pari-mutuel
  752  permitholders.—Holders of valid pari-mutuel permits for the
  753  conduct of any pari-mutuel wagering jai alai games, dogracing,
  754  or thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing in this state are
  755  entitled to lease any and all of their facilities to any other
  756  holder of a same class valid pari-mutuel permit for jai alai
  757  games, dogracing, or thoroughbred or standardbred horse racing,
  758  when located within a 35-mile radius of each other; and such
  759  lessee is entitled to a permit and license to conduct intertrack
  760  wagering and operate its race meet or jai alai games at the
  761  leased premises.
  762         Section 22. Subsection (1) of section 550.5251, Florida
  763  Statutes, is amended to read:
  764         550.5251 Florida thoroughbred racing; certain permits;
  765  operating days.—
  766         (1)(a) Each thoroughbred permitholder shall annually,
  767  during the period commencing December 15 of each year and ending
  768  January 4 of the following year, file in writing with the
  769  division its application to conduct one or more thoroughbred
  770  racing meetings during the thoroughbred racing season commencing
  771  on the following July 1. Each application shall specify the
  772  number and dates of all performances that the permitholder
  773  intends to conduct during that thoroughbred racing season. On or
  774  before March 15 of each year, the division shall issue a license
  775  authorizing each permitholder to conduct performances on the
  776  dates specified in its application. Up to February 28 of each
  777  year, each permitholder may request and shall be granted changes
  778  in its authorized performances; but thereafter, as a condition
  779  precedent to the validity of its license and its right to retain
  780  its permit, each permitholder must operate the full number of
  781  days authorized on each of the dates set forth in its license.
  782         (b)A thoroughbred permitholder that has conducted live
  783  racing for at least 5 years prior to July 1, 2020, and that has
  784  not filed with the division an application to conduct one or
  785  more thoroughbred racing meetings under this section for the
  786  thoroughbred racing season commencing July 1, 2021, retains its
  787  permit; is a pari-mutuel facility as defined in s. 550.002(23);
  788  if such permitholder has been issued a slot machine license, the
  789  facility where such permit is located remains an eligible
  790  facility as defined in s. 551.102(4), continues to be eligible
  791  for a slot machine license pursuant to s. 551.104(3), and is
  792  exempt from ss. 551.104(4)(c) and (10) and 551.114(2); is
  793  eligible, but not required, to be a guest track; and remains
  794  eligible for a cardroom license.
  795         Section 23. Subsections (2) and (8) of section 550.615,
  796  Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (11) is added to
  797  that section, to read:
  798         550.615 Intertrack wagering.—
  799         (2) A pari-mutuel permitholder that has met the applicable
  800  requirement for that permitholder to conduct live racing or
  801  games under s. 550.01215(1)(b), if any, on January 1, 2021, Any
  802  track or fronton licensed under this chapter which in the
  803  preceding year conducted a full schedule of live racing is
  804  qualified to, at any time, receive broadcasts of any class of
  805  pari-mutuel race or game and accept wagers on such races or
  806  games conducted by any class of permitholders licensed under
  807  this chapter.
  808         (8) In any three contiguous counties of the state where
  809  there are only three permitholders, all of which are greyhound
  810  permitholders, if any permitholder leases the facility of
  811  another permitholder for all or any portion of the conduct of
  812  its live race meet pursuant to s. 550.475, such lessee may
  813  conduct intertrack wagering at its pre-lease permitted facility
  814  throughout the entire year, including while its live meet is
  815  being conducted at the leased facility, if such permitholder has
  816  conducted a full schedule of live racing during the preceding
  817  fiscal year at its pre-lease permitted facility or at a leased
  818  facility, or combination thereof.
  819         (11)Any greyhound permitholder licensed under this chapter
  820  to conduct pari-mutuel wagering is qualified to, at any time,
  821  receive broadcasts of any class of pari-mutuel race or game and
  822  accept wagers on such races or games conducted by any class of
  823  permitholders licensed under this chapter.
  824         Section 24. Subsection (2) of section 550.6305, Florida
  825  Statutes, is amended to read:
  826         550.6305 Intertrack wagering; guest track payments;
  827  accounting rules.—
  828         (2) For the purposes of calculation of odds and payoffs and
  829  distribution of the pari-mutuel pools, all intertrack wagers
  830  shall be combined with the pari-mutuel pools at the host track.
  831  Notwithstanding this subsection or subsection (4), a greyhound
  832  pari-mutuel permitholder may conduct intertrack wagering without
  833  combining pari-mutuel pools on not more than three races in any
  834  week, not to exceed 20 races in a year. All other provisions
  835  concerning pari-mutuel takeout and payments, including state tax
  836  payments, apply as if the pool had been combined.
  837         Section 25. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section
  838  551.104, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  839         551.104 License to conduct slot machine gaming.—
  840         (4) As a condition of licensure and to maintain continued
  841  authority for the conduct of slot machine gaming, the slot
  842  machine licensee shall:
  843         (c) If a thoroughbred permitholder, conduct no fewer than a
  844  full schedule of live racing or games as defined in s.
  845  550.002(11). A permitholder’s responsibility to conduct such
  846  number of live races or games shall be reduced by the number of
  847  races or games that could not be conducted due to the direct
  848  result of fire, war, hurricane, or other disaster or event
  849  beyond the control of the permitholder.
  850         Section 26. Subsection (4) of section 551.114, Florida
  851  Statutes, is amended to read:
  852         551.114 Slot machine gaming areas.—
  853         (4) Designated slot machine gaming areas must may be
  854  located at the address specified in the licensed permitholder’s
  855  slot machine license issued for fiscal year 2020-2021 within the
  856  current live gaming facility or in an existing building that
  857  must be contiguous and connected to the live gaming facility. If
  858  a designated slot machine gaming area is to be located in a
  859  building that is to be constructed, that new building must be
  860  contiguous and connected to the live gaming facility.
  861         Section 27. Subsection (5) of section 565.02, Florida
  862  Statutes, is amended to read:
  863         565.02 License fees; vendors; clubs; caterers; and others.—
  864         (5) A caterer at a pari-mutuel facility licensed under
  865  chapter 550 horse or dog racetrack or jai alai fronton may
  866  obtain a license upon the payment of an annual state license tax
  867  of $675. Such caterer’s license shall permit sales only within
  868  the enclosure in which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted such
  869  races or jai alai games are conducted, and such licensee shall
  870  be permitted to sell only during the period beginning 10 days
  871  before and ending 10 days after racing or jai alai under the
  872  authority of the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering of the
  873  Department of Business and Professional Regulation is conducted
  874  at such racetrack or jai alai fronton. Except as in this
  875  subsection otherwise provided, caterers licensed hereunder shall
  876  be treated as vendors licensed to sell by the drink the
  877  beverages mentioned herein and shall be subject to all the
  878  provisions hereof relating to such vendors.
  879         Section 28. Subsection (5) and paragraph (d) of subsection
  880  (13) of section 849.086, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  881         849.086 Cardrooms authorized.—
  882         (5) LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEES.—No person may
  883  operate a cardroom in this state unless such person holds a
  884  valid cardroom license issued pursuant to this section.
  885         (a) Only those persons holding a valid cardroom license
  886  issued by the division may operate a cardroom. A cardroom
  887  license may only be issued to a licensed pari-mutuel
  888  permitholder and an authorized cardroom may only be operated at
  889  the same facility at which the permitholder is authorized under
  890  its valid pari-mutuel wagering permit to conduct pari-mutuel
  891  wagering activities. An initial cardroom license shall be issued
  892  to a pari-mutuel permitholder only after its facilities are in
  893  place and after it conducts its first day of pari-mutuel
  894  activities on live racing or games.
  895         (b) After the initial cardroom license is granted, the
  896  application for the annual license renewal shall be made in
  897  conjunction with the applicant’s annual application for its
  898  pari-mutuel license. If a permitholder has operated a cardroom
  899  during any of the 3 previous fiscal years and fails to include a
  900  renewal request for the operation of the cardroom in its annual
  901  application for license renewal, the permitholder may amend its
  902  annual application to include operation of the cardroom.
  903         (c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a cardroom
  904  license may not be issued to any permitholder that did not hold
  905  a cardroom license on January 1, 2021. In order for a cardroom
  906  license to be renewed the applicant must have requested, as part
  907  of its pari-mutuel annual license application, to conduct at
  908  least 90 percent of the total number of live performances
  909  conducted by such permitholder during either the state fiscal
  910  year in which its initial cardroom license was issued or the
  911  state fiscal year immediately prior thereto if the permitholder
  912  ran at least a full schedule of live racing or games in the
  913  prior year. If the application is for a harness permitholder
  914  cardroom, the applicant must have requested authorization to
  915  conduct a minimum of 140 live performances during the state
  916  fiscal year immediately prior thereto. If more than one
  917  permitholder is operating at a facility, each permitholder must
  918  have applied for a license to conduct a full schedule of live
  919  racing.
  920         (d)(c) Persons seeking a license or a renewal thereof to
  921  operate a cardroom shall make application on forms prescribed by
  922  the division. Applications for cardroom licenses shall contain
  923  all of the information the division, by rule, may determine is
  924  required to ensure eligibility.
  925         (e)(d) The annual cardroom license fee for each facility
  926  shall be $1,000 for each table to be operated at the cardroom.
  927  The license fee shall be deposited by the division with the
  928  Chief Financial Officer to the credit of the Pari-mutuel
  929  Wagering Trust Fund.
  930         (13) TAXES AND OTHER PAYMENTS.—
  931         (d)1. Each greyhound and jai alai permitholder that
  932  conducts live performances and operates a cardroom facility
  933  shall use at least 4 percent of such permitholder’s cardroom
  934  monthly gross receipts to supplement greyhound purses or jai
  935  alai prize money, respectively, during the permitholder’s next
  936  ensuing pari-mutuel meet.
  937         2. Each thoroughbred permitholder or and harness horse
  938  racing permitholder that conducts live performances and operates
  939  a cardroom facility shall use at least 50 percent of such
  940  permitholder’s cardroom monthly net proceeds as follows: 47
  941  percent to supplement purses and 3 percent to supplement
  942  breeders’ awards during the permitholder’s next ensuing racing
  943  meet.
  944         3. No cardroom license or renewal thereof shall be issued
  945  to an applicant holding a permit under chapter 550 to conduct
  946  pari-mutuel wagering meets of quarter horse racing and
  947  conducting live performances unless the applicant has on file
  948  with the division a binding written agreement between the
  949  applicant and the Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association or
  950  the association representing a majority of the horse owners and
  951  trainers at the applicant’s eligible facility, governing the
  952  payment of purses on live quarter horse races conducted at the
  953  licensee’s pari-mutuel facility. The agreement governing purses
  954  may direct the payment of such purses from revenues generated by
  955  any wagering or gaming the applicant is authorized to conduct
  956  under Florida law. All purses shall be subject to the terms of
  957  chapter 550.
  958         Section 29. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  959  made by this act to section 550.002, Florida Statutes, in a
  960  reference thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
  961  380.0651, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  962         380.0651 Statewide guidelines, standards, and exemptions.—
  963         (2) STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS.—The following developments are
  964  exempt from s. 380.06:
  965         (c) Any proposed addition to an existing sports facility
  966  complex if the addition meets the following characteristics:
  967         1. It would not operate concurrently with the scheduled
  968  hours of operation of the existing facility;
  969         2. Its seating capacity would be no more than 75 percent of
  970  the capacity of the existing facility; and
  971         3. The sports facility complex property was owned by a
  972  public body before July 1, 1983.
  973  
  974  This exemption does not apply to any pari-mutuel facility as
  975  defined in s. 550.002.
  976  
  977  If a use is exempt from review pursuant to paragraphs (a)-(u),
  978  but will be part of a larger project that is subject to review
  979  pursuant to s. 380.06(12), the impact of the exempt use must be
  980  included in the review of the larger project, unless such exempt
  981  use involves a development that includes a landowner, tenant, or
  982  user that has entered into a funding agreement with the state
  983  land planning agency under the Innovation Incentive Program and
  984  the agreement contemplates a state award of at least $50
  985  million.
  986         Section 30. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  987  made by this act to section 550.002, Florida Statutes, in a
  988  reference thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section
  989  402.82, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  990         402.82 Electronic benefits transfer program.—
  991         (4) Use or acceptance of an electronic benefits transfer
  992  card is prohibited at the following locations or for the
  993  following activities:
  994         (c) A pari-mutuel facility as defined in s. 550.002.
  995         Section 31. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  996  made by this act to section 550.002, Florida Statutes, in a
  997  reference thereto, subsection (1) of section 480.0475, Florida
  998  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  999         480.0475 Massage establishments; prohibited practices.—
 1000         (1) A person may not operate a massage establishment
 1001  between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. This subsection does
 1002  not apply to a massage establishment:
 1003         (a) Located on the premises of a health care facility as
 1004  defined in s. 408.07; a health care clinic as defined in s.
 1005  400.9905(4); a hotel, motel, or bed and breakfast inn, as those
 1006  terms are defined in s. 509.242; a timeshare property as defined
 1007  in s. 721.05; a public airport as defined in s. 330.27; or a
 1008  pari-mutuel facility as defined in s. 550.002;
 1009         (b) In which every massage performed between the hours of
 1010  midnight and 5 a.m. is performed by a massage therapist acting
 1011  under the prescription of a physician or physician assistant
 1012  licensed under chapter 458, an osteopathic physician or
 1013  physician assistant licensed under chapter 459, a chiropractic
 1014  physician licensed under chapter 460, a podiatric physician
 1015  licensed under chapter 461, an advanced practice registered
 1016  nurse licensed under part I of chapter 464, or a dentist
 1017  licensed under chapter 466; or
 1018         (c) Operating during a special event if the county or
 1019  municipality in which the establishment operates has approved
 1020  such operation during the special event.
 1021         Section 32. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
 1022  
 1023  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 1024  And the title is amended as follows:
 1025         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 1026  and insert:
 1027                        A bill to be entitled                      
 1028         An act relating to requirements for pari-mutuel
 1029         permitholders to conduct racing or games; amending s.
 1030         550.002, F.S.; revising and providing definitions;
 1031         amending s. 550.0115, F.S.; conforming provisions to
 1032         changes made by the act; amending s. 550.01215, F.S.;
 1033         revising the application requirements for an operating
 1034         license to conduct pari-mutuel wagering for a pari
 1035         mutuel facility; prohibiting greyhound permitholders
 1036         from conducting live racing; authorizing jai alai
 1037         permitholders, harness horse racing permitholders, and
 1038         quarter horse racing permitholders to elect not to
 1039         conduct live racing or games; requiring certain
 1040         thoroughbred permitholders to conduct live racing;
 1041         specifying that certain permitholders that do not
 1042         conduct live racing or games retain their permit and
 1043         remain pari-mutuel facilities; specifying that, if
 1044         such permitholder has been issued a slot machine
 1045         license, the permitholder’s facility remains an
 1046         eligible facility, continues to be eligible for a slot
 1047         machine license, is exempt from certain provisions of
 1048         ch. 551, F.S., is eligible to be a guest track, and,
 1049         if the permitholder is a harness horse racing
 1050         permitholder, is eligible to be a host track for
 1051         intertrack wagering and simulcasting, and remains
 1052         eligible for a cardroom license; prohibiting a
 1053         permitholder or licensee from conducting live
 1054         greyhound racing or dogracing in connection with any
 1055         wager for money or any other thing of value in the
 1056         state; providing administrative and civil penalties;
 1057         prohibiting operating licenses from being issued
 1058         unless a specified requirement is met; authorizing the
 1059         Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering to approve a change
 1060         in racing dates for certain permitholders if the
 1061         request for a change is received before a specified
 1062         date and under certain circumstances; deleting a
 1063         provision authorizing the conversion of certain
 1064         permits to a jai alai permit under certain
 1065         circumstances; amending s. 550.0235, F.S.; conforming
 1066         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
 1067         550.0351, F.S.; deleting a provision relating to hound
 1068         dog derbies and mutt derbies; amending s. 550.0425,
 1069         F.S.; deleting a provision authorizing certain
 1070         children to be granted access to kennel compound areas
 1071         under certain circumstances; amending s. 550.054,
 1072         F.S.; revising requirements to hold a permit from the
 1073         operation of a pari-mutuel facility, cardroom, or slot
 1074         machine facility; prohibiting the relocation of
 1075         certain facilities and cardrooms and the conversion of
 1076         pari-mutuel wagering permits; deleting provisions
 1077         relating to the conversion of jai alai permits to
 1078         greyhound racing permits; conforming provisions to
 1079         changes made by the act; amending s. 550.09511, F.S.;
 1080         deleting a provision relating to the payment of
 1081         certain taxes and fees by jai alai permitholders
 1082         conducting fewer than a specified number of live
 1083         performances; amending s. 550.09512, F.S.; revising
 1084         the circumstances for which a harness horse
 1085         permitholder’s permit is voided for failing to pay
 1086         certain taxes; amending ss. 550.105, 550.1155, and
 1087         550.1647, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
 1088         by the act; repealing s. 550.1648, F.S., relating to
 1089         greyhound adoptions; amending ss. 550.175 and
 1090         550.1815, and 550.24055, F.S.; conforming provisions
 1091         to changes made by the act; amending s. 550.2415,
 1092         F.S.; deleting provisions relating to the testing,
 1093         euthanasia, and training of racing greyhounds;
 1094         amending ss. 550.334 and 550.3551, F.S.; conforming
 1095         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
 1096         550.3615, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
 1097         by the act; prohibiting a person convicted of
 1098         bookmaking from attending or being admitted to a pari
 1099         mutuel facility; requiring pari-mutuel facility
 1100         employees to notify certain persons of unlawful
 1101         activities; providing civil penalties; requiring a
 1102         permittee to display certain warnings relating to
 1103         bookmaking at his or her pari-mutuel facility;
 1104         revising applicability; amending s. 550.475, F.S.;
 1105         revising provisions relating to leasing pari-mutuel
 1106         facilities; amending s. 550.5251, F.S.; specifying
 1107         that certain thoroughbred permitholders who have not
 1108         filed an application to conduct specified thoroughbred
 1109         racing meetings retain their permits and remain pari
 1110         mutuel facilities; specifying that, if such
 1111         permitholder has been issued a slot machine license,
 1112         the permitholder’s facility remains an eligible
 1113         facility and continues to be eligible for a slot
 1114         machine license; specifying that such permitholders
 1115         are exempt from certain provisions of ch. 551, F.S.,
 1116         are eligible to be a guest track, and remains eligible
 1117         for a cardroom license; amending s. 550.615, F.S.;
 1118         revising requirements relating to intertrack wagering;
 1119         specifying that greyhound permitholders are qualified
 1120         to receive certain broadcasts and accept specified
 1121         wagers; amending s. 550.6305, F.S.; conforming
 1122         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
 1123         551.104, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
 1124         by the act; amending s. 551.114, F.S.; revising
 1125         requirements for the locations of designated slot
 1126         machine gaming areas; amending s. 565.02, F.S.;
 1127         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
 1128         amending s. 849.086, F.S.; prohibiting a cardroom
 1129         license from being issued to certain permitholders;
 1130         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
 1131         reenacting ss. 380.0651(2)(c), 402.82(4)(c), and
 1132         480.0475(1), F.S., relating to statewide guidelines,
 1133         the electronic benefits transfer program, and massage
 1134         establishments, respectively, to incorporate the
 1135         amendments made to s. 550.002, F.S., in references
 1136         thereto; providing an effective date.