Florida Senate - 2021 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 8-A
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD/2R .
05/18/2021 12:51 PM .
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Senator Jones moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 291 - 1233
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5 A jai alai permitholder or quarter horse racing permitholder may
6 elect not to conduct live racing or games. A harness horse
7 racing permitholder or thoroughbred permitholder must conduct
8 live racing. A greyhound permitholder, jai alai permitholder, or
9 quarter horse racing permitholder that does not conduct live
10 racing or games retains its permit; is a pari-mutuel facility as
11 defined in s. 550.002(23); if such permitholder has been issued
12 a slot machine license, the facility where such permit is
13 located remains an eligible facility as defined in s.
14 551.102(4), continues to be eligible for a slot machine license
15 pursuant to s. 551.104(3), and is exempt from ss. 551.104(4)(c)
16 and (10) and 551.114(2); is eligible, but not required, to be a
17 guest track; and remains eligible for a cardroom license.
18 2. A permitholder or licensee may not conduct live
19 greyhound racing or dogracing in connection with any wager for
20 money or any other thing of value in the state. The division may
21 deny, suspend, or revoke any permit or license under this
22 chapter if a permitholder or licensee conducts live greyhound
23 racing or dogracing in violation of this subparagraph. In
24 addition to, or in lieu of, denial, suspension, or revocation of
25 such permit or license, the division may impose a civil penalty
26 of up to $5,000 against the permitholder or licensee for a
27 violation of this subparagraph. All penalties imposed and
28 collected must be deposited with the Chief Financial Officer to
29 the credit of the General Revenue Fund.
30 (c) Permitholders may shall be entitled to amend their
31 applications through February 28.
32 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, other than
33 a permitholder issued a permit pursuant to s. 550.3345, a pari
34 mutuel permitholder may not be issued an operating license for
35 the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering, slot machine gaming, or the
36 operation of a cardroom if the permitholder did not hold an
37 operating license for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for
38 fiscal year 2020-2021.
39 (2) After the first license has been issued to a
40 permitholder, all subsequent annual applications for a license
41 shall be accompanied by proof, in such form as the division may
42 by rule require, that the permitholder continues to possess the
43 qualifications prescribed by this chapter, and that the permit
44 has not been disapproved at a later election.
45 (3) The division shall issue each license no later than
46 March 15. Each permitholder shall operate all performances at
47 the date and time specified on its license. The division shall
48 have the authority to approve minor changes in racing dates
49 after a license has been issued. The division may approve
50 changes in racing dates after a license has been issued when
51 there is no objection from any operating permitholder that is
52 conducting live racing or games and that is located within 50
53 miles of the permitholder requesting the changes in operating
54 dates. In the event of an objection, the division shall approve
55 or disapprove the change in operating dates based upon the
56 impact on operating permitholders located within 50 miles of the
57 permitholder requesting the change in operating dates. In making
58 the determination to change racing dates, the division shall
59 take into consideration the impact of such changes on state
60 revenues. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and for
61 the 2021-2022 state fiscal year only, the division may approve
62 changes in operating dates for a jai alai permitholder, harness
63 horse racing permitholder, or quarter horse racing permitholder
64 if the request for such changes is received before October 1,
65 2021.
66 (4) In the event that a permitholder fails to operate all
67 performances specified on its license at the date and time
68 specified, the division shall hold a hearing to determine
69 whether to fine or suspend the permitholder’s license, unless
70 such failure was the direct result of fire, strike, war,
71 hurricane, pandemic, or other disaster or event beyond the
72 ability of the permitholder to control. Financial hardship to
73 the permitholder shall not, in and of itself, constitute just
74 cause for failure to operate all performances on the dates and
75 at the times specified.
76 (5) In the event that performances licensed to be operated
77 by a permitholder are vacated, abandoned, or will not be used
78 for any reason, any permitholder shall be entitled, pursuant to
79 rules adopted by the division, to apply to conduct performances
80 on the dates for which the performances have been abandoned. The
81 division shall issue an amended license for all such replacement
82 performances which have been requested in compliance with the
83 provisions of this chapter and division rules.
84 (6) Any permit which was converted from a jai alai permit
85 to a greyhound permit may be converted to a jai alai permit at
86 any time if the permitholder never conducted greyhound racing or
87 if the permitholder has not conducted greyhound racing for a
88 period of 12 consecutive months.
89 Section 4. Section 550.0235, Florida Statutes, is amended
90 to read:
91 550.0235 Limitation of civil liability.—No permitholder
92 licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering permittee conducting a
93 racing meet pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; no
94 division director or employee of the division; and no steward,
95 judge, or other person appointed to act pursuant to this chapter
96 shall be held liable to any person, partnership, association,
97 corporation, or other business entity for any cause whatsoever
98 arising out of, or from, the performance by such permittee,
99 director, employee, steward, judge, or other person of her or
100 his duties and the exercise of her or his discretion with
101 respect to the implementation and enforcement of the statutes
102 and rules governing the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering, so long
103 as she or he acted in good faith. This section shall not limit
104 liability in any situation in which the negligent maintenance of
105 the premises or the negligent conduct of a race contributed to
106 an accident; nor shall it limit any contractual liability.
107 Section 5. Subsection (8) of section 550.0351, Florida
108 Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (7) and subsection (1)
109 and present subsection (7) are amended to read:
110 550.0351 Charity racing days.—
111 (1) The division shall, upon the request of a permitholder,
112 authorize each horseracing permitholder, dogracing permitholder,
113 and jai alai permitholder up to five charity or scholarship days
114 in addition to the regular racing days authorized by law.
115 (7) In addition to the charity days authorized by this
116 section, any dogracing permitholder may allow its facility to be
117 used for conducting “hound dog derbies” or “mutt derbies” on any
118 day during each racing season by any charitable, civic, or
119 nonprofit organization for the purpose of conducting “hound dog
120 derbies” or “mutt derbies” if only dogs other than those usually
121 used in dogracing (greyhounds) are permitted to race and if
122 adults and minors are allowed to participate as dog owners or
123 spectators. During these racing events, betting, gambling, and
124 the sale or use of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
125 Section 6. Subsection (4) of section 550.0425, Florida
126 Statutes, is amended to read:
127 550.0425 Minors attendance at pari-mutuel performances;
128 restrictions.—
129 (4) Minor children of licensed greyhound trainers, kennel
130 operators, or other licensed persons employed in the kennel
131 compound areas may be granted access to kennel compound areas
132 without being licensed, provided they are in no way employed
133 unless properly licensed, and only when under the direct
134 supervision of one of their parents or legal guardian.
135 Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 550.054, Florida
136 Statutes, is amended, paragraph (c) is added to subsection (9)
137 of that section, and subsection (15) is added to that section,
138 to read:
139 550.054 Application for permit to conduct pari-mutuel
140 wagering.—
141 (2) Upon each application filed and approved, a permit
142 shall be issued to the applicant setting forth the name of the
143 permitholder, the location of the pari-mutuel facility, the type
144 of pari-mutuel activity desired to be conducted, and a statement
145 showing qualifications of the applicant to conduct pari-mutuel
146 performances under this chapter; however, a permit is
147 ineffectual to authorize any pari-mutuel performances until
148 approved by a majority of the electors participating in a
149 ratification election in the county in which the applicant
150 proposes to conduct pari-mutuel wagering activities. In
151 addition, an application may not be considered, nor may a permit
152 be issued by the division or be voted upon in any county, to
153 conduct horseraces, harness horse races, or pari-mutuel wagering
154 dograces at a location within 100 miles of an existing pari
155 mutuel facility, or for jai alai within 50 miles of an existing
156 pari-mutuel facility; this distance shall be measured on a
157 straight line from the nearest property line of one pari-mutuel
158 facility to the nearest property line of the other facility.
159 (9)
160 (c) The division shall revoke the permit of any
161 permitholder, other than a permitholder issued a permit pursuant
162 to s. 550.3345, who did not hold an operating license for the
163 conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for fiscal year 2020-2021. A
164 permit revoked under this paragraph is void and may not be
165 reissued.
166 (15)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
167 permit for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering and associated
168 cardroom or slot machine licenses may only be held by a
169 permitholder who held an operating license for the conduct of
170 pari-mutuel wagering for fiscal year 2020-2021.
171 (b) All permits issued under this chapter held by
172 permitholders on January 1, 2021, are deemed valid for the sole
173 and exclusive purpose of satisfying all conditions for the valid
174 issuance of the permits if such permitholder held an operating
175 license for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for fiscal year
176 2020-2021.
177 (c) Additional permits for the conduct of pari-mutuel
178 wagering may not be approved or issued by the division after
179 January 1, 2021.
180 (d) A permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering may not be
181 converted to another class of permit.
182 Section 8. Section 550.0745, Florida Statutes, is amended
183 to read:
184 550.0745 Conversion of pari-mutuel permit to Summer jai
185 alai permit periods of operation.—A permitholder issued a permit
186 under former subsection (1) of this section, 2020 Florida
187 Statutes, for the operation of a jai alai fronton during the
188 summer season may conduct pari-mutuel wagering throughout the
189 year
190 (1) The owner or operator of a pari-mutuel permit who is
191 authorized by the division to conduct pari-mutuel pools on
192 exhibition sports in any county having five or more such pari
193 mutuel permits and whose mutuel play from the operation of such
194 pari-mutuel pools for the 2 consecutive years next prior to
195 filing an application under this section has had the smallest
196 play or total pool within the county may apply to the division
197 to convert its permit to a permit to conduct a summer jai alai
198 fronton in such county during the summer season commencing on
199 May 1 and ending on November 30 of each year on such dates as
200 may be selected by such permittee for the same number of days
201 and performances as are allowed and granted to winter jai alai
202 frontons within such county. If a permittee who is eligible
203 under this section to convert a permit declines to convert, a
204 new permit is hereby made available in that permittee’s county
205 to conduct summer jai alai games as provided by this section,
206 notwithstanding mileage and permit ratification requirements. If
207 a permittee converts a quarter horse permit pursuant to this
208 section, nothing in this section prohibits the permittee from
209 obtaining another quarter horse permit. Such permittee shall pay
210 the same taxes as are fixed and required to be paid from the
211 pari-mutuel pools of winter jai alai permittees and is bound by
212 all of the rules and provisions of this chapter which apply to
213 the operation of winter jai alai frontons. Such permittee shall
214 only be permitted to operate a jai alai fronton after its
215 application has been submitted to the division and its license
216 has been issued pursuant to the application. The license is
217 renewable from year to year as provided by law.
218 (2) Such permittee is entitled to the issuance of a license
219 for the operation of a jai alai fronton during the summer season
220 as fixed in this section. A permittee granted a license under
221 this section may not conduct pari-mutuel pools during the summer
222 season except at a jai alai fronton as provided in this section.
223 Such license authorizes the permittee to operate at any jai alai
224 permittee’s plant it may lease or build within such county.
225 (3) Such license for the operation of a jai alai fronton
226 shall never be permitted to be operated during the jai alai
227 winter season; and neither the jai alai winter licensee or the
228 jai alai summer licensee shall be permitted to operate on the
229 same days or in competition with each other. This section does
230 not prevent the summer jai alai permittee from leasing the
231 facilities of the winter jai alai permittee for the operation of
232 the summer meet.
233 (4) The provisions of this chapter which prohibit the
234 location and operation of jai alai frontons within a specified
235 distance from the location of another jai alai fronton or other
236 permittee and which prohibit the division from granting any
237 permit at a location within a certain designated area do not
238 apply to the provisions of this section and do not prevent the
239 issuance of a license under this section.
240 Section 9. Subsection (4) of section 550.09511, Florida
241 Statutes, is amended to read:
242 550.09511 Jai alai taxes; abandoned interest in a permit
243 for nonpayment of taxes.—
244 (4) A jai alai permitholder conducting fewer than 100 live
245 performances in any calendar year shall pay to the state the
246 same aggregate amount of daily license fees on live jai alai
247 games, admissions tax, and tax on live handle as that
248 permitholder paid to the state during the most recent prior
249 calendar year in which the jai alai permitholder conducted at
250 least 100 live performances.
251 Section 10. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
252 550.09512, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
253 550.09512 Harness horse taxes; abandoned interest in a
254 permit for nonpayment of taxes.—
255 (3)(a) The permit of a harness horse permitholder who does
256 not pay tax on handle for live harness horse performances for a
257 full schedule of live races during any 2 consecutive state
258 fiscal years shall be void and may not be reissued shall escheat
259 to and become the property of the state unless such failure to
260 operate and pay tax on handle was the direct result of fire,
261 strike, war, hurricane, pandemic, or other disaster or event
262 beyond the ability of the permitholder to control. Financial
263 hardship to the permitholder shall not, in and of itself,
264 constitute just cause for failure to operate and pay tax on
265 handle.
266 Section 11. Subsections (2) and (9) of section 550.105,
267 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
268 550.105 Occupational licenses of racetrack employees; fees;
269 denial, suspension, and revocation of license; penalties and
270 fines.—
271 (2)(a) The following licenses shall be issued to persons or
272 entities with access to the backside, racing animals, jai alai
273 players’ room, jockeys’ room, drivers’ room, totalisator room,
274 the mutuels, or money room, or to persons who, by virtue of the
275 position they hold, might be granted access to these areas or to
276 any other person or entity in one of the following categories
277 and with fees not to exceed the following amounts for any 12
278 month period:
279 1. Business licenses: any business such as a vendor,
280 contractual concessionaire, contract kennel, business owning
281 racing animals, trust or estate, totalisator company, stable
282 name, or other fictitious name: $50.
283 2. Professional occupational licenses: professional persons
284 with access to the backside of a racetrack or players’ quarters
285 in jai alai such as trainers, officials, veterinarians, doctors,
286 nurses, EMT’s, jockeys and apprentices, drivers, jai alai
287 players, owners, trustees, or any management or officer or
288 director or shareholder or any other professional-level person
289 who might have access to the jockeys’ room, the drivers’ room,
290 the backside, racing animals, kennel compound, or managers or
291 supervisors requiring access to mutuels machines, the money
292 room, or totalisator equipment: $40.
293 3. General occupational licenses: general employees with
294 access to the jockeys’ room, the drivers’ room, racing animals,
295 the backside of a racetrack or players’ quarters in jai alai,
296 such as grooms, kennel helpers, leadouts, pelota makers, cesta
297 makers, or ball boys, or a practitioner of any other occupation
298 who would have access to the animals or, the backside, or the
299 kennel compound, or who would provide the security or
300 maintenance of these areas, or mutuel employees, totalisator
301 employees, money-room employees, or any employee with access to
302 mutuels machines, the money room, or totalisator equipment or
303 who would provide the security or maintenance of these areas:
304 $10.
305
306 The individuals and entities that are licensed under this
307 paragraph require heightened state scrutiny, including the
308 submission by the individual licensees or persons associated
309 with the entities described in this chapter of fingerprints for
310 a Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal records check.
311 (b) The division shall adopt rules pertaining to pari
312 mutuel occupational licenses, licensing periods, and renewal
313 cycles.
314 (9) The tax imposed by this section is in lieu of all
315 license, excise, or occupational taxes to the state or any
316 county, municipality, or other political subdivision, except
317 that, if a race meeting or game is held or conducted in a
318 municipality, the municipality may assess and collect an
319 additional tax against any person conducting live racing or
320 games within its corporate limits, which tax may not exceed $150
321 per day for horseracing or $50 per day for dogracing or jai
322 alai. Except as provided in this chapter, a municipality may not
323 assess or collect any additional excise or revenue tax against
324 any person conducting race meetings within the corporate limits
325 of the municipality or against any patron of any such person.
326 Section 12. Section 550.1155, Florida Statutes, is amended
327 to read:
328 550.1155 Authority of stewards, judges, panel of judges, or
329 player’s manager to impose penalties against occupational
330 licensees; disposition of funds collected.—
331 (1) The stewards at a horse racetrack; the judges at a dog
332 track; or the judges, a panel of judges, or a player’s manager
333 at a jai alai fronton may impose a civil penalty against any
334 occupational licensee for violation of the pari-mutuel laws or
335 any rule adopted by the division. The penalty may not exceed
336 $1,000 for each count or separate offense or exceed 60 days of
337 suspension for each count or separate offense.
338 (2) All penalties imposed and collected pursuant to this
339 section at each horse or dog racetrack or jai alai fronton shall
340 be deposited into a board of relief fund established by the
341 pari-mutuel permitholder. Each association shall name a board of
342 relief composed of three of its officers, with the general
343 manager of the permitholder being the ex officio treasurer of
344 such board. Moneys deposited into the board of relief fund shall
345 be disbursed by the board for the specific purpose of aiding
346 occupational licenseholders and their immediate family members
347 at each pari-mutuel facility.
348 Section 13. Section 550.1647, Florida Statutes, is amended
349 to read:
350 550.1647 Greyhound permitholders; unclaimed tickets;
351 breaks.—All money or other property represented by any
352 unclaimed, uncashed, or abandoned pari-mutuel ticket which has
353 remained in the custody of or under the control of any greyhound
354 permitholder authorized to conduct greyhound racing pari-mutuel
355 wagering pools in this state for a period of 1 year after the
356 date the pari-mutuel ticket was issued, if the rightful owner or
357 owners thereof have made no claim or demand for such money or
358 other property within that period of time, shall, with respect
359 to live races conducted by the permitholder, be remitted to the
360 state pursuant to s. 550.1645; however, such permitholder shall
361 be entitled to a credit in each state fiscal year in an amount
362 equal to the actual amount remitted in the prior state fiscal
363 year which may be applied against any taxes imposed pursuant to
364 this chapter. In addition, each permitholder shall pay, from any
365 source, including the proceeds from performances conducted
366 pursuant to s. 550.0351, an amount not less than 10 percent of
367 the amount of the credit provided by this section to any bona
368 fide organization that promotes or encourages the adoption of
369 greyhounds. As used in this chapter, the term “bona fide
370 organization that promotes or encourages the adoption of
371 greyhounds” means any organization that provides evidence of
372 compliance with chapter 496 and possesses a valid exemption from
373 federal taxation issued by the Internal Revenue Service. Such
374 bona fide organization, as a condition of adoption, must provide
375 sterilization of greyhounds by a licensed veterinarian before
376 relinquishing custody of the greyhound to the adopter. The fee
377 for sterilization may be included in the cost of adoption.
378 Section 14. Section 550.1648, Florida Statutes, is
379 repealed.
380 Section 15. Section 550.175, Florida Statutes, is amended
381 to read:
382 550.175 Petition for election to revoke permit.—Upon
383 petition of 20 percent of the qualified electors of any county
384 wherein any pari-mutuel wagering racing has been licensed and
385 conducted under this chapter, the county commissioners of such
386 county shall provide for the submission to the electors of such
387 county at the then next succeeding general election the question
388 of whether any permit or permits theretofore granted shall be
389 continued or revoked, and if a majority of the electors voting
390 on such question in such election vote to cancel or recall the
391 permit theretofore given, the division may not thereafter grant
392 any license on the permit so recalled. Every signature upon
393 every recall petition must be signed in the presence of the
394 clerk of the board of county commissioners at the office of the
395 clerk of the circuit court of the county, and the petitioner
396 must present at the time of such signing her or his registration
397 receipt showing the petitioner’s qualification as an elector of
398 the county at the time of the signing of the petition. Not more
399 than one permit may be included in any one petition; and, in all
400 elections in which the recall of more than one permit is voted
401 on, the voters shall be given an opportunity to vote for or
402 against the recall of each permit separately. Nothing in this
403 chapter shall be construed to prevent the holding of later
404 referendum or recall elections.
405 Section 16. Subsection (1) of section 550.1815, Florida
406 Statutes, is amended to read:
407 550.1815 Certain persons prohibited from holding racing or
408 jai alai permits; suspension and revocation.—
409 (1) A corporation, general or limited partnership, sole
410 proprietorship, business trust, joint venture, or unincorporated
411 association, or other business entity may not hold any
412 horseracing or greyhound dogracing permit or jai alai fronton
413 permit in this state if any one of the persons or entities
414 specified in paragraph (a) has been determined by the division
415 not to be of good moral character or has been convicted of any
416 offense specified in paragraph (b).
417 (a)1. The permitholder;
418 2. An employee of the permitholder;
419 3. The sole proprietor of the permitholder;
420 4. A corporate officer or director of the permitholder;
421 5. A general partner of the permitholder;
422 6. A trustee of the permitholder;
423 7. A member of an unincorporated association permitholder;
424 8. A joint venturer of the permitholder;
425 9. The owner of more than 5 percent of any equity interest
426 in the permitholder, whether as a common shareholder, general or
427 limited partner, voting trustee, or trust beneficiary; or
428 10. An owner of any interest in the permit or permitholder,
429 including any immediate family member of the owner, or holder of
430 any debt, mortgage, contract, or concession from the
431 permitholder, who by virtue thereof is able to control the
432 business of the permitholder.
433 (b)1. A felony in this state;
434 2. Any felony in any other state which would be a felony if
435 committed in this state under the laws of this state;
436 3. Any felony under the laws of the United States;
437 4. A felony under the laws of another state if related to
438 gambling which would be a felony under the laws of this state if
439 committed in this state; or
440 5. Bookmaking as defined in s. 849.25.
441 Section 17. Subsection (2) of section 550.24055, Florida
442 Statutes, is amended to read:
443 550.24055 Use of controlled substances or alcohol
444 prohibited; testing of certain occupational licensees; penalty;
445 evidence of test or action taken and admissibility for criminal
446 prosecution limited.—
447 (2) The occupational licensees, by applying for and holding
448 such licenses, are deemed to have given their consents to submit
449 to an approved chemical test of their breath for the purpose of
450 determining the alcoholic content of their blood and to a urine
451 or blood test for the purpose of detecting the presence of
452 controlled substances. Such tests shall only be conducted upon
453 reasonable cause that a violation has occurred as shall be
454 determined solely by the stewards at a horseracing meeting or
455 the judges or board of judges at a dogtrack or jai alai meet.
456 The failure to submit to such test may result in a suspension of
457 the person’s occupational license for a period of 10 days or
458 until this section has been complied with, whichever is longer.
459 (a) If there was at the time of the test 0.05 percent or
460 less by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood, the person is
461 presumed not to have been under the influence of alcoholic
462 beverages to the extent that the person’s normal faculties were
463 impaired, and no action of any sort may be taken by the
464 stewards, judges, or board of judges or the division.
465 (b) If there was at the time of the test an excess of 0.05
466 percent but less than 0.08 percent by weight of alcohol in the
467 person’s blood, that fact does not give rise to any presumption
468 that the person was or was not under the influence of alcoholic
469 beverages to the extent that the person’s faculties were
470 impaired, but the stewards, judges, or board of judges may
471 consider that fact in determining whether or not the person will
472 be allowed to officiate or participate in any given race or jai
473 alai game.
474 (c) If there was at the time of the test 0.08 percent or
475 more by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood, that fact is
476 prima facie evidence that the person was under the influence of
477 alcoholic beverages to the extent that the person’s normal
478 faculties were impaired, and the stewards or judges may take
479 action as set forth in this section, but the person may not
480 officiate at or participate in any race or jai alai game on the
481 day of such test.
482
483 All tests relating to alcohol must be performed in a manner
484 substantially similar, or identical, to the provisions of s.
485 316.1934 and rules adopted pursuant to that section. Following a
486 test of the urine or blood to determine the presence of a
487 controlled substance as defined in chapter 893, if a controlled
488 substance is found to exist, the stewards, judges, or board of
489 judges may take such action as is permitted in this section.
490 Section 18. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (5) of
491 section 550.2415, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
492 paragraphs (d) and (e), respectively, paragraphs (d) and (e) of
493 subsection (6) are redesignated as paragraphs (b) and (c),
494 respectively, and paragraph (d) of subsection (5), paragraphs
495 (b) and (c) of subsection (6), paragraph (a) of subsection (9),
496 and subsection (13) of that section are amended to read:
497 550.2415 Racing of animals under certain conditions
498 prohibited; penalties; exceptions.—
499 (5) The division shall implement a split-sample procedure
500 for testing animals under this section.
501 (d) For the testing of a racing greyhound, if there is an
502 insufficient quantity of the secondary (split) sample for
503 confirmation of the division laboratory’s positive result, the
504 division may commence administrative proceedings as prescribed
505 in this chapter and consistent with chapter 120.
506 (6)
507 (b) The division shall, by rule, establish the procedures
508 for euthanizing greyhounds. However, a greyhound may not be put
509 to death by any means other than by lethal injection of the drug
510 sodium pentobarbital. A greyhound may not be removed from this
511 state for the purpose of being destroyed.
512 (c) It is a violation of this chapter for an occupational
513 licensee to train a greyhound using live or dead animals. A
514 greyhound may not be taken from this state for the purpose of
515 being trained through the use of live or dead animals.
516 (9)(a) The division may conduct a postmortem examination of
517 any animal that is injured at a permitted racetrack while in
518 training or in competition and that subsequently expires or is
519 destroyed. The division may conduct a postmortem examination of
520 any animal that expires while housed at a permitted racetrack,
521 association compound, or licensed kennel or farm. Trainers and
522 owners shall be requested to comply with this paragraph as a
523 condition of licensure.
524 (13) The division may implement by rule medication levels
525 for racing greyhounds recommended by the University of Florida
526 College of Veterinary Medicine developed pursuant to an
527 agreement between the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering and the
528 University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. The
529 University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine may provide
530 written notification to the division that it has completed
531 research or review on a particular drug pursuant to the
532 agreement and when the College of Veterinary Medicine has
533 completed a final report of its findings, conclusions, and
534 recommendations to the division.
535 Section 19. Subsection (8) of section 550.334, Florida
536 Statutes, is amended to read:
537 550.334 Quarter horse racing; substitutions.—
538 (8) To be eligible to conduct intertrack wagering, a
539 quarter horse racing permitholder must have conducted a full
540 schedule of live racing in the preceding year.
541 Section 20. Paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (2) and
542 subsection (3) of section 550.3345, Florida Statutes, are
543 amended to read:
544 550.3345 Conversion of quarter horse permit to a limited
545 thoroughbred permit.—
546 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the holder
547 of a quarter horse racing permit issued under s. 550.334 may,
548 within 1 year after the effective date of this section, apply to
549 the division for a transfer of the quarter horse racing permit
550 to a not-for-profit corporation formed under state law to serve
551 the purposes of the state as provided in subsection (1). The
552 board of directors of the not-for-profit corporation must be
553 comprised of 11 members, 4 of whom shall be designated by the
554 applicant, 4 of whom shall be designated by the Florida
555 Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, and 3 of whom shall be
556 designated by the other 8 directors, with at least 1 of these 3
557 members being an authorized representative of another
558 thoroughbred permitholder in this state. The not-for-profit
559 corporation shall submit an application to the division for
560 review and approval of the transfer in accordance with s.
561 550.054. Upon approval of the transfer by the division, and
562 notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
563 not-for-profit corporation may, within 1 year after its receipt
564 of the permit, request that the division convert the quarter
565 horse racing permit to a permit authorizing the holder to
566 conduct pari-mutuel wagering meets of thoroughbred racing.
567 Neither the transfer of the quarter horse racing permit nor its
568 conversion to a limited thoroughbred permit shall be subject to
569 the mileage limitation or the ratification election as set forth
570 under s. 550.054(2) or s. 550.0651. Upon receipt of the request
571 for such conversion, the division shall timely issue a converted
572 permit. The converted permit and the not-for-profit corporation
573 shall be subject to the following requirements:
574 (a) All net revenues derived by the not-for-profit
575 corporation under the thoroughbred horse racing permit and any
576 license issued to the not-for-profit corporation under chapter
577 849, after the funding of operating expenses and capital
578 improvements, shall be dedicated to the enhancement of
579 thoroughbred purses and breeders’, stallion, and special racing
580 awards under this chapter; the general promotion of the
581 thoroughbred horse breeding industry; and the care in this state
582 of thoroughbred horses retired from racing.
583 (e) A No permit converted under this section and a license
584 issued to the not-for-profit corporation under chapter 849 are
585 not is eligible for transfer to another person or entity.
586 (3) Unless otherwise provided in this section, after
587 conversion, the permit and the not-for-profit corporation shall
588 be treated under the laws of this state as a thoroughbred permit
589 and as a thoroughbred permitholder, respectively, with the
590 exception of ss. 550.09515(3) and 550.6308 s. 550.09515(3).
591 Section 21. Subsections (2) and (4), paragraph (a) of
592 subsection (6), and subsection (11) of section 550.3551, Florida
593 Statutes, are amended to read:
594 550.3551 Transmission of racing and jai alai information;
595 commingling of pari-mutuel pools.—
596 (2) Any horse track, dog track, or fronton licensed under
597 this chapter may transmit broadcasts of races or games conducted
598 at the enclosure of the licensee to locations outside this
599 state.
600 (a) All broadcasts of horseraces transmitted to locations
601 outside this state must comply with the provisions of the
602 Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, 92 Stat. 1811, 15 U.S.C. ss.
603 3001 et seq.
604 (b) Wagers accepted by any out-of-state pari-mutuel
605 permitholder or licensed betting system on a race broadcasted
606 under this subsection may be, but are not required to be,
607 included in the pari-mutuel pools of the horse track in this
608 state that broadcasts the race upon which wagers are accepted.
609 The handle, as referred to in s. 550.0951(3), does not include
610 any wagers accepted by an out-of-state pari-mutuel permitholder
611 or licensed betting system, irrespective of whether such wagers
612 are included in the pari-mutuel pools of the Florida
613 permitholder as authorized by this subsection.
614 (4) Any greyhound permitholder or jai alai permitholder dog
615 track or fronton licensed under this chapter may receive at its
616 licensed location broadcasts of dograces or jai alai games
617 conducted at other tracks or frontons located outside the state
618 at the track enclosure of the licensee during its operational
619 meeting. All forms of pari-mutuel wagering are allowed on
620 dograces or jai alai games broadcast under this subsection. All
621 money wagered by patrons on dograces broadcast under this
622 subsection shall be computed in the amount of money wagered each
623 performance for purposes of taxation under ss. 550.0951 and
624 550.09511.
625 (6)(a) A maximum of 20 percent of the total number of races
626 on which wagers are accepted by a greyhound permitholder not
627 located as specified in s. 550.615(6) may be received from
628 locations outside this state. A permitholder conducting live
629 races or games may not conduct fewer than eight live races or
630 games on any authorized race day except as provided in this
631 subsection. A thoroughbred permitholder may not conduct fewer
632 than eight live races on any race day without the written
633 approval of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and
634 the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association,
635 Inc., unless it is determined by the department that another
636 entity represents a majority of the thoroughbred racehorse
637 owners and trainers in the state. A harness permitholder may
638 conduct fewer than eight live races on any authorized race day,
639 except that such permitholder must conduct a full schedule of
640 live racing during its race meet consisting of at least eight
641 live races per authorized race day for at least 100 days. Any
642 harness horse permitholder that during the preceding racing
643 season conducted a full schedule of live racing may, at any time
644 during its current race meet, receive full-card broadcasts of
645 harness horse races conducted at harness racetracks outside this
646 state at the harness track of the permitholder and accept wagers
647 on such harness races. With specific authorization from the
648 division for special racing events, a permitholder may conduct
649 fewer than eight live races or games when the permitholder also
650 broadcasts out-of-state races or games. The division may not
651 grant more than two such exceptions a year for a permitholder in
652 any 12-month period, and those two exceptions may not be
653 consecutive.
654 (11) Greyhound permitholders tracks and jai alai
655 permitholders frontons have the same privileges as provided in
656 this section to horserace permitholders horse tracks, as
657 applicable, subject to rules adopted under subsection (10).
658 Section 22. Subsections (1), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of
659 section 550.3615, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
660 550.3615 Bookmaking on the grounds of a permitholder;
661 penalties; reinstatement; duties of track employees; penalty;
662 exceptions.—
663 (1) Any person who engages in bookmaking, as defined in s.
664 849.25, on the grounds or property of a pari-mutuel facility
665 commits permitholder of a horse or dog track or jai alai fronton
666 is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as
667 provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
668 Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, any person
669 convicted under the provisions of this subsection shall not have
670 adjudication of guilt suspended, deferred, or withheld.
671 (3) Any person who has been convicted of bookmaking in this
672 state or any other state of the United States or any foreign
673 country shall be denied admittance to and shall not attend any
674 pari-mutuel facility racetrack or fronton in this state during
675 its racing seasons or operating dates, including any practice or
676 preparational days, for a period of 2 years after the date of
677 conviction or the date of final appeal. Following the conclusion
678 of the period of ineligibility, the director of the division may
679 authorize the reinstatement of an individual following a hearing
680 on readmittance. Any such person who knowingly violates this
681 subsection commits is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first
682 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
683 (4) If the activities of a person show that this law is
684 being violated, and such activities are either witnessed by or
685 are common knowledge of by any pari-mutuel facility track or
686 fronton employee, it is the duty of that employee to bring the
687 matter to the immediate attention of the permitholder, manager,
688 or her or his designee, who shall notify a law enforcement
689 agency having jurisdiction. Willful failure by the pari-mutuel
690 facility on the part of any track or fronton employee to comply
691 with the provisions of this subsection is a ground for the
692 division to suspend or revoke that employee’s license for pari
693 mutuel facility track or fronton employment.
694 (5) Each permittee shall display, in conspicuous places at
695 a pari-mutuel facility track or fronton and in all race and jai
696 alai daily programs, a warning to all patrons concerning the
697 prohibition and penalties of bookmaking contained in this
698 section and s. 849.25. The division shall adopt rules concerning
699 the uniform size of all warnings and the number of placements
700 throughout a pari-mutuel facility track or fronton. Failure on
701 the part of the permittee to display such warnings may result in
702 the imposition of a $500 fine by the division for each offense.
703 (6) This section does not apply to any person attending a
704 track or fronton or employed by or attending a pari-mutuel
705 facility a track or fronton who places a bet through the
706 legalized pari-mutuel pool for another person, provided such
707 service is rendered gratuitously and without fee or other
708 reward.
709 Section 23. Effective October 1, 2021, section 550.3616,
710 Florida Statutes, is created to read:
711 550.3616 Racing greyhounds or other dogs prohibited;
712 penalty.—A person authorized to conduct gaming or pari-mutuel
713 operations in this state may not race greyhounds or any member
714 of the Canis familiaris subspecies in connection with any wager
715 for money or any other thing of value in this state. A person
716 who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the first
717 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A
718 person who commits a second or subsequent violation commits a
719 felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
720 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. Notwithstanding the
721 provisions of s. 948.01, any person convicted under this section
722 may not have adjudication of guilt suspended, deferred, or
723 withheld.
724 Section 24. Section 550.475, Florida Statutes, is amended
725 to read:
726 550.475 Lease of pari-mutuel facilities by pari-mutuel
727 permitholders.—Holders of valid pari-mutuel permits for the
728 conduct of any pari-mutuel wagering jai alai games, dogracing,
729 or thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing in this state are
730 entitled to lease any and all of their facilities to any other
731 holder of a same class valid pari-mutuel permit for jai alai
732 games, dogracing, or thoroughbred or standardbred horse racing,
733 when located within a 35-mile radius of each other; and such
734 lessee is entitled to a permit and license to conduct intertrack
735 wagering and operate its race meet or jai alai games at the
736 leased premises.
737 Section 25. Subsection (2) of section 550.5251, Florida
738 Statutes, is amended to read:
739 550.5251 Florida thoroughbred racing; certain permits;
740 operating days.—
741 (2) A thoroughbred racing permitholder may not begin any
742 race later than 7 p.m. Any thoroughbred permitholder in a county
743 in which the authority for cardrooms has been approved by the
744 board of county commissioners may operate a cardroom and, when
745 conducting live races during its current race meet, may receive
746 and rebroadcast out-of-state races after the hour of 7 p.m. on
747 any day during which the permitholder conducts live races.
748 Section 26. Subsections (1), (2), and (8) of section
749 550.615, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (11) is
750 added to that section, to read:
751 550.615 Intertrack wagering.—
752 (1) Any thoroughbred horserace permitholder licensed under
753 this chapter which has conducted a full schedule of live racing
754 may, at any time, receive broadcasts of horseraces and accept
755 wagers on horseraces conducted by horserace permitholders
756 licensed under this chapter at its facility.
757 (2) Except as provided in subsection (1), a pari-mutuel
758 permitholder that has met the applicable requirement for that
759 permitholder to conduct live racing or games under s.
760 550.01215(1)(b), if any, for fiscal year 2020-2021 Any track or
761 fronton licensed under this chapter which in the preceding year
762 conducted a full schedule of live racing is qualified to, at any
763 time, receive broadcasts of any class of pari-mutuel race or
764 game and accept wagers on such races or games conducted by any
765 class of permitholders licensed under this chapter.
766 (8) In any three contiguous counties of the state where
767 there are only three permitholders, all of which are greyhound
768 permitholders, if any permitholder leases the facility of
769 another permitholder for all or any portion of the conduct of
770 its live race meet pursuant to s. 550.475, such lessee may
771 conduct intertrack wagering at its pre-lease permitted facility
772 throughout the entire year, including while its live meet is
773 being conducted at the leased facility, if such permitholder has
774 conducted a full schedule of live racing during the preceding
775 fiscal year at its pre-lease permitted facility or at a leased
776 facility, or combination thereof.
777 (11) Any greyhound permitholder licensed under this chapter
778 to conduct pari-mutuel wagering is qualified to, at any time,
779 receive broadcasts of any class of pari-mutuel race or game and
780 accept wagers on such races or games conducted by any class of
781 permitholders licensed under this chapter.
782 Section 27. Subsection (2) of section 550.6305, Florida
783 Statutes, is amended to read:
784 550.6305 Intertrack wagering; guest track payments;
785 accounting rules.—
786 (2) For the purposes of calculation of odds and payoffs and
787 distribution of the pari-mutuel pools, all intertrack wagers
788 shall be combined with the pari-mutuel pools at the host track.
789 Notwithstanding this subsection or subsection (4), a greyhound
790 pari-mutuel permitholder may conduct intertrack wagering without
791 combining pari-mutuel pools on not more than three races in any
792 week, not to exceed 20 races in a year. All other provisions
793 concerning pari-mutuel takeout and payments, including state tax
794 payments, apply as if the pool had been combined.
795 Section 28. Subsections (1), (4), and (5) of section
796 550.6308, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
797 550.6308 Limited intertrack wagering license.—In
798 recognition of the economic importance of the thoroughbred
799 breeding industry to this state, its positive impact on tourism,
800 and of the importance of a permanent thoroughbred sales facility
801 as a key focal point for the activities of the industry, a
802 limited license to conduct intertrack wagering is established to
803 ensure the continued viability and public interest in
804 thoroughbred breeding in Florida.
805 (1) Upon application to the division on or before January
806 31 of each year, any person that is licensed to conduct public
807 sales of thoroughbred horses pursuant to s. 535.01 and, that has
808 conducted at least 8 15 days of thoroughbred horse sales at a
809 permanent sales facility in this state for at least 3
810 consecutive years, and that has conducted at least 1 day of
811 nonwagering thoroughbred racing in this state, with a purse
812 structure of at least $250,000 per year for 2 consecutive years
813 before such application, shall be issued a license, subject to
814 the conditions set forth in this section, to conduct intertrack
815 wagering at such a permanent sales facility during the following
816 periods:
817 (a) Up to 21 days in connection with thoroughbred sales;
818 (b) Between November 1 and May 8;
819 (c) Between May 9 and October 31 at such times and on such
820 days as any thoroughbred, jai alai, or a greyhound permitholder
821 in the same county is not conducting live performances; provided
822 that any such permitholder may waive this requirement, in whole
823 or in part, and allow the licensee under this section to conduct
824 intertrack wagering during one or more of the permitholder’s
825 live performances; and
826 (d) During the weekend of the Kentucky Derby, the
827 Preakness, the Belmont, and a Breeders’ Cup Meet that is
828 conducted before November 1 and after May 8.
829
830 No more than one such license may be issued, and no such license
831 may be issued for a facility located within 50 miles of any
832 thoroughbred permitholder’s track.
833 (4) Intertrack wagering under this section may be conducted
834 only on thoroughbred horse racing, except that intertrack
835 wagering may be conducted on any class of pari-mutuel race or
836 game conducted by any class of permitholders licensed under this
837 chapter if all thoroughbred, jai alai, and greyhound
838 permitholders in the same county as the licensee under this
839 section give their consent.
840 (4)(5) The licensee shall be considered a guest track under
841 this chapter. The licensee shall pay 2.5 percent of the total
842 contributions to the daily pari-mutuel pool on wagers accepted
843 at the licensee’s facility on greyhound races or jai alai games
844 to the thoroughbred permitholder that is conducting live races
845 for purses to be paid during its current racing meet. If more
846 than one thoroughbred permitholder is conducting live races on a
847 day during which the licensee is conducting intertrack wagering
848 on greyhound races or jai alai games, the licensee shall
849 allocate these funds between the operating thoroughbred
850 permitholders on a pro rata basis based on the total live handle
851 at the operating permitholders’ facilities.
852 Section 29. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section
853 551.104, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
854 551.104 License to conduct slot machine gaming.—
855 (4) As a condition of licensure and to maintain continued
856 authority for the conduct of slot machine gaming, the slot
857 machine licensee shall:
858 (c) If a thoroughbred permitholder or harness horse racing
859 permitholder, conduct no fewer than a full schedule of live
860 racing or games as defined in s. 550.002(11). A permitholder’s
861 responsibility to conduct such number of live races or games
862 shall be reduced by the number of races or games that could not
863 be conducted due to the direct result of fire, strike, war,
864 hurricane, pandemic, or other disaster or event beyond the
865 control of the permitholder.
866 Section 30. Subsection (4) of section 551.114, Florida
867 Statutes, is amended to read:
868 551.114 Slot machine gaming areas.—
869 (4) Designated slot machine gaming areas must may be
870 located at the address specified in the licensed permitholder’s
871 slot machine license issued for fiscal year 2020-2021 within the
872 current live gaming facility or in an existing building that
873 must be contiguous and connected to the live gaming facility. If
874 a designated slot machine gaming area is to be located in a
875 building that is to be constructed, that new building must be
876 contiguous and connected to the live gaming facility.
877 Section 31. Section 551.116, Florida Statutes, is amended
878 to read:
879 551.116 Days and hours of operation.—Slot machine gaming
880 areas may be open 24 hours per day daily throughout the year.
881 The slot machine gaming areas may be open a cumulative amount of
882 18 hours per day on Monday through Friday and 24 hours per day
883 on Saturday and Sunday and on those holidays specified in s.
884 110.117(1).
885 Section 32. Subsection (1) of section 551.121, Florida
886 Statutes, is amended to read:
887 551.121 Prohibited activities and devices; exceptions.—
888 (1) Complimentary or reduced-cost alcoholic beverages may
889 not be served to persons playing a slot machine. Alcoholic
890 beverages served to persons playing a slot machine shall cost at
891 least the same amount as alcoholic beverages served to the
892 general public at a bar within the facility.
893 Section 33. Subsection (5) of section 565.02, Florida
894 Statutes, is amended to read:
895 565.02 License fees; vendors; clubs; caterers; and others.—
896 (5) A caterer at a pari-mutuel facility licensed under
897 chapter 550 horse or dog racetrack or jai alai fronton may
898 obtain a license upon the payment of an annual state license tax
899 of $675. Such caterer’s license shall permit sales only within
900 the enclosure in which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted such
901 races or jai alai games are conducted, and such licensee shall
902 be permitted to sell only during the period beginning 10 days
903 before and ending 10 days after racing or jai alai under the
904 authority of the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering of the
905 Department of Business and Professional Regulation is conducted
906 at such racetrack or jai alai fronton. Except as in this
907 subsection otherwise provided, caterers licensed hereunder shall
908 be treated as vendors licensed to sell by the drink the
909 beverages mentioned herein and shall be subject to all the
910 provisions hereof relating to such vendors.
911 Section 34. Subsection (5), paragraphs (a) and (b) of
912 subsection (7), and paragraph (d) of subsection (13) of section
913 849.086, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
914 849.086 Cardrooms authorized.—
915 (5) LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEES.—No person may
916 operate a cardroom in this state unless such person holds a
917 valid cardroom license issued pursuant to this section.
918 (a) Only those persons holding a valid cardroom license
919 issued by the division may operate a cardroom. A cardroom
920 license may only be issued to a licensed pari-mutuel
921 permitholder and an authorized cardroom may only be operated at
922 the same facility at which the permitholder is authorized under
923 its valid pari-mutuel wagering permit to conduct pari-mutuel
924 wagering activities. An initial cardroom license shall be issued
925 to a pari-mutuel permitholder only after its facilities are in
926 place and after it conducts its first day of pari-mutuel
927 activities on live racing or games.
928 (b) After the initial cardroom license is granted, the
929 application for the annual license renewal shall be made in
930 conjunction with the applicant’s annual application for its
931 pari-mutuel license. If a permitholder has operated a cardroom
932 during any of the 3 previous fiscal years and fails to include a
933 renewal request for the operation of the cardroom in its annual
934 application for license renewal, the permitholder may amend its
935 annual application to include operation of the cardroom.
936 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a pari
937 mutuel permitholder, other than a permitholder issued a permit
938 pursuant to s. 550.3345, may not be issued a license for the
939 operation of a cardroom if the permitholder did not hold an
940 operating license for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for
941 fiscal year 2020-2021. In order for an initial cardroom license
942 to be issued to a thoroughbred permitholder or harness horse
943 racing permitholder issued a permit pursuant s. 550.3345, the
944 applicant must have requested, as part of its pari-mutuel annual
945 license application, to conduct at least a full schedule of live
946 racing. In order for a cardroom license to be renewed for a
947 thoroughbred permitholder or harness horse racing permitholder,
948 the
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951 And the title is amended as follows:
952 Delete lines 10 - 71
953 and insert:
954 permitholders and quarter horse racing permitholders
955 to elect not to conduct live racing or games;
956 requiring thoroughbred permitholders and harness horse
957 racing permitholders to conduct live racing;
958 specifying that certain permitholders who do not
959 conduct live racing or games retain their permit and
960 remain pari-mutuel facilities; specifying that, if
961 such permitholder has been issued a slot machine
962 license, the permitholder’s facility remains an
963 eligible facility, continues to be eligible for a slot
964 machine license, is exempt from certain provisions of
965 ch. 551, F.S., is eligible to be a guest track, and
966 remains eligible for a cardroom license; prohibiting a
967 permitholder or licensee from conducting live
968 greyhound racing or dogracing in connection with any
969 wager for money or any other thing of value in the
970 state; providing administrative and civil penalties;
971 providing requirements for the funds generated from
972 such penalties; prohibiting operating licenses from
973 being issued to a pari-mutuel permitholder unless a
974 specified requirement is met; authorizing the Division
975 of Pari-mutuel Wagering to approve a change in racing
976 dates for certain permitholders if the request for a
977 change is received before a specified date and under
978 certain circumstances for a specified fiscal year;
979 deleting a provision authorizing the conversion of
980 certain permits to a jai alai permit under certain
981 circumstances; conforming provisions to changes made
982 by the act; amending s. 550.0235, F.S.; conforming
983 provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
984 550.0351, F.S.; deleting a provision relating to hound
985 dog derbies and mutt derbies; conforming provisions to
986 changes made by the act; amending s. 550.0425, F.S.;
987 deleting a provision authorizing certain minors to be
988 granted access to kennel compound areas under certain
989 circumstances; amending s. 550.054, F.S.; requiring
990 the division to revoke the permit of certain
991 permitholders; specifying such revoked permit is void
992 and may not be reissued; revising requirements to hold
993 a permit for the operation of a pari-mutuel facility
994 and an associated cardroom or slot machine facility;
995 specifying certain permits held on a specified date
996 are deemed valid for specified purposes; prohibiting
997 new permits for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering
998 from being issued after a specified date; prohibiting
999 a permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering from being
1000 converted to another class of permit; conforming
1001 provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
1002 550.0745, F.S.; authorizing summer jai alai
1003 permitholders to conduct pari-mutuel wagering
1004 throughout the year; deleting provisions relating to
1005 the conversion of a pari-mutuel permit to a summer jai
1006 alai permit; amending s. 550.09511, F.S.; deleting a
1007 provision relating to the payment of certain taxes and
1008 fees by jai alai permitholders conducting fewer than a
1009 specified number of live performances; amending s.
1010 550.09512, F.S.; prohibiting the reissue of certain
1011 harness horse racing permits that are voided;
1012 conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
1013 amending ss. 550.105, 550.1155, and