Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 8-A
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  05/17/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Farmer) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (406258) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 291 - 1238
    5  and insert:
    6  A jai alai permitholder, harness horse racing permitholder,
    7  quarter horse racing permitholder, or thoroughbred racing
    8  permitholder may elect not to conduct live racing or games. A
    9  greyhound permitholder, jai alai permitholder, harness horse
   10  racing permitholder, quarter horse racing permitholder, or
   11  thoroughbred permitholder that does not conduct live racing or
   12  games retains its permit; is a pari-mutuel facility as defined
   13  in s. 550.002(23); if such permitholder has been issued a slot
   14  machine license, the facility where such permit is located
   15  remains an eligible facility as defined in s. 551.102(4),
   16  continues to be eligible for a slot machine license pursuant to
   17  s. 551.104(3), and is exempt from ss. 551.104(4)(c) and (10) and
   18  551.114(2); is eligible, but not required, to be a guest track
   19  and, if the permitholder is a harness horse racing permitholder,
   20  to be a host track for purposes of intertrack wagering and
   21  simulcasting pursuant to ss. 550.3551, 550.615, 550.625, and
   22  550.6305; and remains eligible for a cardroom license.
   23         2.A permitholder or licensee may not conduct live
   24  greyhound racing or dogracing in connection with any wager for
   25  money or any other thing of value in the state. The division may
   26  deny, suspend, or revoke any permit or license under this
   27  chapter if a permitholder or licensee conducts live greyhound
   28  racing or dogracing in violation of this subparagraph. In
   29  addition to, or in lieu of, denial, suspension, or revocation of
   30  such permit or license, the division may impose a civil penalty
   31  of up to $5,000 against the permitholder or licensee for a
   32  violation of this subparagraph. All penalties imposed and
   33  collected must be deposited with the Chief Financial Officer to
   34  the credit of the General Revenue Fund.
   35         (c) Permitholders may shall be entitled to amend their
   36  applications through February 28.
   37         (d)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, other than
   38  a permitholder issued a permit pursuant to s. 550.3345, a pari
   39  mutuel permitholder may not be issued an operating license for
   40  the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering, slot machine gaming, or the
   41  operation of a cardroom if the permitholder did not hold an
   42  operating license for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for
   43  fiscal year 2020-2021.
   44         (2) After the first license has been issued to a
   45  permitholder, all subsequent annual applications for a license
   46  shall be accompanied by proof, in such form as the division may
   47  by rule require, that the permitholder continues to possess the
   48  qualifications prescribed by this chapter, and that the permit
   49  has not been disapproved at a later election.
   50         (3) The division shall issue each license no later than
   51  March 15. Each permitholder shall operate all performances at
   52  the date and time specified on its license. The division shall
   53  have the authority to approve minor changes in racing dates
   54  after a license has been issued. The division may approve
   55  changes in racing dates after a license has been issued when
   56  there is no objection from any operating permitholder that is
   57  conducting live racing or games and that is located within 50
   58  miles of the permitholder requesting the changes in operating
   59  dates. In the event of an objection, the division shall approve
   60  or disapprove the change in operating dates based upon the
   61  impact on operating permitholders located within 50 miles of the
   62  permitholder requesting the change in operating dates. In making
   63  the determination to change racing dates, the division shall
   64  take into consideration the impact of such changes on state
   65  revenues. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and for
   66  the 2021-2022 state fiscal year only, the division may approve
   67  changes in operating dates for a jai alai permitholder, harness
   68  horse racing permitholder, quarter horse racing permitholder, or
   69  thoroughbred permitholder if the request for such changes is
   70  received before October 1, 2021.
   71         (4) In the event that a permitholder fails to operate all
   72  performances specified on its license at the date and time
   73  specified, the division shall hold a hearing to determine
   74  whether to fine or suspend the permitholder’s license, unless
   75  such failure was the direct result of fire, strike, war,
   76  hurricane, pandemic, or other disaster or event beyond the
   77  ability of the permitholder to control. Financial hardship to
   78  the permitholder shall not, in and of itself, constitute just
   79  cause for failure to operate all performances on the dates and
   80  at the times specified.
   81         (5) In the event that performances licensed to be operated
   82  by a permitholder are vacated, abandoned, or will not be used
   83  for any reason, any permitholder shall be entitled, pursuant to
   84  rules adopted by the division, to apply to conduct performances
   85  on the dates for which the performances have been abandoned. The
   86  division shall issue an amended license for all such replacement
   87  performances which have been requested in compliance with the
   88  provisions of this chapter and division rules.
   89         (6)Any permit which was converted from a jai alai permit
   90  to a greyhound permit may be converted to a jai alai permit at
   91  any time if the permitholder never conducted greyhound racing or
   92  if the permitholder has not conducted greyhound racing for a
   93  period of 12 consecutive months.
   94         Section 4. Section 550.0235, Florida Statutes, is amended
   95  to read:
   96         550.0235 Limitation of civil liability.—No permitholder
   97  licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering permittee conducting a
   98  racing meet pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; no
   99  division director or employee of the division; and no steward,
  100  judge, or other person appointed to act pursuant to this chapter
  101  shall be held liable to any person, partnership, association,
  102  corporation, or other business entity for any cause whatsoever
  103  arising out of, or from, the performance by such permittee,
  104  director, employee, steward, judge, or other person of her or
  105  his duties and the exercise of her or his discretion with
  106  respect to the implementation and enforcement of the statutes
  107  and rules governing the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering, so long
  108  as she or he acted in good faith. This section shall not limit
  109  liability in any situation in which the negligent maintenance of
  110  the premises or the negligent conduct of a race contributed to
  111  an accident; nor shall it limit any contractual liability.
  112         Section 5. Subsections (1) and (7) of section 550.0351,
  113  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  114         550.0351 Charity racing days.—
  115         (1) The division shall, upon the request of a permitholder,
  116  authorize each horseracing permitholder, dogracing permitholder,
  117  and jai alai permitholder up to five charity or scholarship days
  118  in addition to the regular racing days authorized by law.
  119         (7)In addition to the charity days authorized by this
  120  section, any dogracing permitholder may allow its facility to be
  121  used for conducting “hound dog derbies” or “mutt derbies” on any
  122  day during each racing season by any charitable, civic, or
  123  nonprofit organization for the purpose of conducting “hound dog
  124  derbies” or “mutt derbies” if only dogs other than those usually
  125  used in dogracing (greyhounds) are permitted to race and if
  126  adults and minors are allowed to participate as dog owners or
  127  spectators. During these racing events, betting, gambling, and
  128  the sale or use of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
  129         Section 6. Subsection (4) of section 550.0425, Florida
  130  Statutes, is amended to read:
  131         550.0425 Minors attendance at pari-mutuel performances;
  132  restrictions.—
  133         (4)Minor children of licensed greyhound trainers, kennel
  134  operators, or other licensed persons employed in the kennel
  135  compound areas may be granted access to kennel compound areas
  136  without being licensed, provided they are in no way employed
  137  unless properly licensed, and only when under the direct
  138  supervision of one of their parents or legal guardian.
  139         Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 550.054, Florida
  140  Statutes, is amended, paragraph (c) is added to subsection (9)
  141  of that section, and subsection (15) is added to that section,
  142  to read:
  143         550.054 Application for permit to conduct pari-mutuel
  144  wagering.—
  145         (2) Upon each application filed and approved, a permit
  146  shall be issued to the applicant setting forth the name of the
  147  permitholder, the location of the pari-mutuel facility, the type
  148  of pari-mutuel activity desired to be conducted, and a statement
  149  showing qualifications of the applicant to conduct pari-mutuel
  150  performances under this chapter; however, a permit is
  151  ineffectual to authorize any pari-mutuel performances until
  152  approved by a majority of the electors participating in a
  153  ratification election in the county in which the applicant
  154  proposes to conduct pari-mutuel wagering activities. In
  155  addition, an application may not be considered, nor may a permit
  156  be issued by the division or be voted upon in any county, to
  157  conduct horseraces, harness horse races, or pari-mutuel wagering
  158  dograces at a location within 100 miles of an existing pari
  159  mutuel facility, or for jai alai within 50 miles of an existing
  160  pari-mutuel facility; this distance shall be measured on a
  161  straight line from the nearest property line of one pari-mutuel
  162  facility to the nearest property line of the other facility.
  163         (9)
  164         (c)The division shall revoke the permit of any
  165  permitholder, other than a permitholder issued a permit pursuant
  166  to s. 550.3345, who did not hold an operating license for the
  167  conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for fiscal year 2020-2021. A
  168  permit revoked under this paragraph is void and may not be
  169  reissued.
  170         (15)(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
  171  permit for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering and associated
  172  cardroom or slot machine licenses may only be held by a
  173  permitholder who held an operating license for the conduct of
  174  pari-mutuel wagering for fiscal year 2020-2021 or who holds a
  175  permit issued pursuant to s. 550.3345;
  176         (b)All permits issued under this chapter held by
  177  permitholders on January 1, 2021, are deemed valid for the sole
  178  and exclusive purpose of satisfying all conditions for the valid
  179  issuance of the permits, if such permitholder held an operating
  180  license for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for fiscal year
  181  2020-2021 or if such permitholder held a permit issued pursuant
  182  to s. 550.3345;
  183         (c)Additional permits for the conduct of pari-mutuel
  184  wagering may not be approved or issued by the division after
  185  January 1, 2021; and
  186         (d)A permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering may not be
  187  converted to another class of permit.
  188         Section 8. Section 550.0745, Florida Statutes, is amended
  189  to read:
  190         550.0745 Conversion of pari-mutuel permit to Summer jai
  191  alai permit periods of operation.—A permitholder issued a permit
  192  under former subsection (1) of this section, Florida Statutes
  193  2020, for the operation of a jai alai fronton during the summer
  194  season may conduct pari-mutuel wagering throughout the year
  195         (1) The owner or operator of a pari-mutuel permit who is
  196  authorized by the division to conduct pari-mutuel pools on
  197  exhibition sports in any county having five or more such pari
  198  mutuel permits and whose mutuel play from the operation of such
  199  pari-mutuel pools for the 2 consecutive years next prior to
  200  filing an application under this section has had the smallest
  201  play or total pool within the county may apply to the division
  202  to convert its permit to a permit to conduct a summer jai alai
  203  fronton in such county during the summer season commencing on
  204  May 1 and ending on November 30 of each year on such dates as
  205  may be selected by such permittee for the same number of days
  206  and performances as are allowed and granted to winter jai alai
  207  frontons within such county. If a permittee who is eligible
  208  under this section to convert a permit declines to convert, a
  209  new permit is hereby made available in that permittee’s county
  210  to conduct summer jai alai games as provided by this section,
  211  notwithstanding mileage and permit ratification requirements. If
  212  a permittee converts a quarter horse permit pursuant to this
  213  section, nothing in this section prohibits the permittee from
  214  obtaining another quarter horse permit. Such permittee shall pay
  215  the same taxes as are fixed and required to be paid from the
  216  pari-mutuel pools of winter jai alai permittees and is bound by
  217  all of the rules and provisions of this chapter which apply to
  218  the operation of winter jai alai frontons. Such permittee shall
  219  only be permitted to operate a jai alai fronton after its
  220  application has been submitted to the division and its license
  221  has been issued pursuant to the application. The license is
  222  renewable from year to year as provided by law.
  223         (2) Such permittee is entitled to the issuance of a license
  224  for the operation of a jai alai fronton during the summer season
  225  as fixed in this section. A permittee granted a license under
  226  this section may not conduct pari-mutuel pools during the summer
  227  season except at a jai alai fronton as provided in this section.
  228  Such license authorizes the permittee to operate at any jai alai
  229  permittee’s plant it may lease or build within such county.
  230         (3) Such license for the operation of a jai alai fronton
  231  shall never be permitted to be operated during the jai alai
  232  winter season; and neither the jai alai winter licensee or the
  233  jai alai summer licensee shall be permitted to operate on the
  234  same days or in competition with each other. This section does
  235  not prevent the summer jai alai permittee from leasing the
  236  facilities of the winter jai alai permittee for the operation of
  237  the summer meet.
  238         (4) The provisions of this chapter which prohibit the
  239  location and operation of jai alai frontons within a specified
  240  distance from the location of another jai alai fronton or other
  241  permittee and which prohibit the division from granting any
  242  permit at a location within a certain designated area do not
  243  apply to the provisions of this section and do not prevent the
  244  issuance of a license under this section.
  245         Section 9. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
  246  550.0951, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  247         550.0951 Payment of daily license fee and taxes;
  248  penalties.—
  249         (3) TAX ON HANDLE.—Each permitholder shall pay a tax on
  250  contributions to pari-mutuel pools, the aggregate of which is
  251  hereinafter referred to as “handle,” on races or games conducted
  252  by the permitholder. The tax is imposed daily and is based on
  253  the total contributions to all pari-mutuel pools conducted
  254  during the daily performance. If a permitholder conducts more
  255  than one performance daily, the tax is imposed on each
  256  performance separately.
  257         (c)1. The tax on handle for intertrack wagering is 2.0
  258  percent of the handle if the host track is a horse track, 3.3
  259  percent if the host track is a harness track, 5.5 percent if the
  260  host track is a dog track, and 7.1 percent if the host track is
  261  a jai alai fronton. The tax on handle for intertrack wagering is
  262  0.5 percent if the host track and the guest track are
  263  thoroughbred permitholders or if the guest track is located
  264  outside the market area of the host track and within the market
  265  area of a thoroughbred permitholder currently conducting a live
  266  race meet. The tax on handle for intertrack wagering on
  267  rebroadcasts of simulcast thoroughbred horseraces is 2.4 percent
  268  of the handle and 1.5 percent of the handle for intertrack
  269  wagering on rebroadcasts of simulcast harness horseraces. The
  270  tax shall be deposited into the Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund.
  271         2. The tax on handle for intertrack wagers accepted by any
  272  dog track located in an area of the state in which there are
  273  only three permitholders, all of which are greyhound
  274  permitholders, located in three contiguous counties, from any
  275  greyhound permitholder also located within such area or any dog
  276  track or jai alai fronton located as specified in s. 550.615(5)
  277  or (8) s. 550.615(6) or (9), on races or games received from the
  278  same class of permitholder located within the same market area
  279  is 3.9 percent if the host facility is a greyhound permitholder
  280  and, if the host facility is a jai alai permitholder, the rate
  281  shall be 6.1 percent except that it shall be 2.3 percent on
  282  handle at such time as the total tax on intertrack handle paid
  283  to the division by the permitholder during the current state
  284  fiscal year exceeds the total tax on intertrack handle paid to
  285  the division by the permitholder during the 1992-1993 state
  286  fiscal year.
  287         Section 10. Subsection (4) of section 550.09511, Florida
  288  Statutes, is amended to read:
  289         550.09511 Jai alai taxes; abandoned interest in a permit
  290  for nonpayment of taxes.—
  291         (4)A jai alai permitholder conducting fewer than 100 live
  292  performances in any calendar year shall pay to the state the
  293  same aggregate amount of daily license fees on live jai alai
  294  games, admissions tax, and tax on live handle as that
  295  permitholder paid to the state during the most recent prior
  296  calendar year in which the jai alai permitholder conducted at
  297  least 100 live performances.
  298         Section 11. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
  299  550.09512, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  300         550.09512 Harness horse taxes; abandoned interest in a
  301  permit for nonpayment of taxes.—
  302         (3)(a) The permit of a harness horse permitholder who is
  303  conducting live harness horse performances and who does not pay
  304  tax on handle for any such live harness horse performances
  305  conducted for a full schedule of live races during any 2
  306  consecutive state fiscal years shall be void and may not be
  307  reissued shall escheat to and become the property of the state
  308  unless such failure to operate and pay tax on handle was the
  309  direct result of fire, strike, war, hurricane, pandemic, or
  310  other disaster or event beyond the ability of the permitholder
  311  to control. Financial hardship to the permitholder shall not, in
  312  and of itself, constitute just cause for failure to operate and
  313  pay tax on handle.
  314         Section 12. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
  315  550.09514, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  316         550.09514 Greyhound dogracing taxes; purse requirements.—
  317         (2)
  318         (b) Except as otherwise set forth herein, in addition to
  319  the minimum purse percentage required by paragraph (a), each
  320  permitholder shall pay as purses an annual amount equal to 75
  321  percent of the daily license fees paid by each permitholder for
  322  the 1994-1995 fiscal year. This purse supplement shall be
  323  disbursed weekly during the permitholder’s race meet in an
  324  amount determined by dividing the annual purse supplement by the
  325  number of performances approved for the permitholder pursuant to
  326  its annual license and multiplying that amount by the number of
  327  performances conducted each week. For the greyhound
  328  permitholders in the county where there are two greyhound
  329  permitholders located as specified in s. 550.615(5) s.
  330  550.615(6), such permitholders shall pay in the aggregate an
  331  amount equal to 75 percent of the daily license fees paid by
  332  such permitholders for the 1994-1995 fiscal year. These
  333  permitholders shall be jointly and severally liable for such
  334  purse payments. The additional purses provided by this paragraph
  335  must be used exclusively for purses other than stakes. The
  336  division shall conduct audits necessary to ensure compliance
  337  with this section.
  338         Section 13. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and subsection
  339  (7) of section 550.09515, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  340         550.09515 Thoroughbred horse taxes; abandoned interest in a
  341  permit for nonpayment of taxes.—
  342         (3)(a) The permit of a thoroughbred horse permitholder who
  343  is conducting live thoroughbred horse performances and who does
  344  not pay tax on handle for such live thoroughbred horse
  345  performances conducted for a full schedule of live races during
  346  any 2 consecutive state fiscal years shall be void and shall
  347  escheat to and become the property of the state unless such
  348  failure to operate and pay tax on handle was the direct result
  349  of fire, strike, war, or other disaster or event beyond the
  350  ability of the permitholder to control. Financial hardship to
  351  the permitholder shall not, in and of itself, constitute just
  352  cause for failure to operate and pay tax on handle.
  353         (7) If a thoroughbred permitholder fails to operate all
  354  performances on its 2001-2002 license, failure to pay tax on
  355  handle for a full schedule of live races for those performances
  356  in the 2001-2002 fiscal year does not constitute failure to pay
  357  taxes on handle for a full schedule of live races in a fiscal
  358  year for the purposes of subsection (3). This subsection may not
  359  be construed as forgiving a thoroughbred permitholder from
  360  paying taxes on performances conducted at its facility pursuant
  361  to its 2001-2002 license other than for failure to operate all
  362  performances on its 2001-2002 license. This subsection expires
  363  July 1, 2003.
  364         Section 14. Subsections (2) and (9) of section 550.105,
  365  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  366         550.105 Occupational licenses of racetrack employees; fees;
  367  denial, suspension, and revocation of license; penalties and
  368  fines.—
  369         (2)(a) The following licenses shall be issued to persons or
  370  entities with access to the backside, racing animals, jai alai
  371  players’ room, jockeys’ room, drivers’ room, totalisator room,
  372  the mutuels, or money room, or to persons who, by virtue of the
  373  position they hold, might be granted access to these areas or to
  374  any other person or entity in one of the following categories
  375  and with fees not to exceed the following amounts for any 12
  376  month period:
  377         1. Business licenses: any business such as a vendor,
  378  contractual concessionaire, contract kennel, business owning
  379  racing animals, trust or estate, totalisator company, stable
  380  name, or other fictitious name: $50.
  381         2. Professional occupational licenses: professional persons
  382  with access to the backside of a racetrack or players’ quarters
  383  in jai alai such as trainers, officials, veterinarians, doctors,
  384  nurses, EMT’s, jockeys and apprentices, drivers, jai alai
  385  players, owners, trustees, or any management or officer or
  386  director or shareholder or any other professional-level person
  387  who might have access to the jockeys’ room, the drivers’ room,
  388  the backside, racing animals, kennel compound, or managers or
  389  supervisors requiring access to mutuels machines, the money
  390  room, or totalisator equipment: $40.
  391         3. General occupational licenses: general employees with
  392  access to the jockeys’ room, the drivers’ room, racing animals,
  393  the backside of a racetrack or players’ quarters in jai alai,
  394  such as grooms, kennel helpers, leadouts, pelota makers, cesta
  395  makers, or ball boys, or a practitioner of any other occupation
  396  who would have access to the animals or, the backside, or the
  397  kennel compound, or who would provide the security or
  398  maintenance of these areas, or mutuel employees, totalisator
  399  employees, money-room employees, or any employee with access to
  400  mutuels machines, the money room, or totalisator equipment or
  401  who would provide the security or maintenance of these areas:
  402  $10.
  403  
  404  The individuals and entities that are licensed under this
  405  paragraph require heightened state scrutiny, including the
  406  submission by the individual licensees or persons associated
  407  with the entities described in this chapter of fingerprints for
  408  a Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal records check.
  409         (b) The division shall adopt rules pertaining to pari
  410  mutuel occupational licenses, licensing periods, and renewal
  411  cycles.
  412         (9) The tax imposed by this section is in lieu of all
  413  license, excise, or occupational taxes to the state or any
  414  county, municipality, or other political subdivision, except
  415  that, if a race meeting or game is held or conducted in a
  416  municipality, the municipality may assess and collect an
  417  additional tax against any person conducting live racing or
  418  games within its corporate limits, which tax may not exceed $150
  419  per day for horseracing or $50 per day for dogracing or jai
  420  alai. Except as provided in this chapter, a municipality may not
  421  assess or collect any additional excise or revenue tax against
  422  any person conducting race meetings within the corporate limits
  423  of the municipality or against any patron of any such person.
  424         Section 15. Section 550.1155, Florida Statutes, is amended
  425  to read:
  426         550.1155 Authority of stewards, judges, panel of judges, or
  427  player’s manager to impose penalties against occupational
  428  licensees; disposition of funds collected.—
  429         (1) The stewards at a horse racetrack; the judges at a dog
  430  track; or the judges, a panel of judges, or a player’s manager
  431  at a jai alai fronton may impose a civil penalty against any
  432  occupational licensee for violation of the pari-mutuel laws or
  433  any rule adopted by the division. The penalty may not exceed
  434  $1,000 for each count or separate offense or exceed 60 days of
  435  suspension for each count or separate offense.
  436         (2) All penalties imposed and collected pursuant to this
  437  section at each horse or dog racetrack or jai alai fronton shall
  438  be deposited into a board of relief fund established by the
  439  pari-mutuel permitholder. Each association shall name a board of
  440  relief composed of three of its officers, with the general
  441  manager of the permitholder being the ex officio treasurer of
  442  such board. Moneys deposited into the board of relief fund shall
  443  be disbursed by the board for the specific purpose of aiding
  444  occupational licenseholders and their immediate family members
  445  at each pari-mutuel facility.
  446         Section 16. Section 550.1647, Florida Statutes, is amended
  447  to read:
  448         550.1647 Greyhound permitholders; unclaimed tickets;
  449  breaks.—All money or other property represented by any
  450  unclaimed, uncashed, or abandoned pari-mutuel ticket which has
  451  remained in the custody of or under the control of any greyhound
  452  permitholder authorized to conduct greyhound racing pari-mutuel
  453  wagering pools in this state for a period of 1 year after the
  454  date the pari-mutuel ticket was issued, if the rightful owner or
  455  owners thereof have made no claim or demand for such money or
  456  other property within that period of time, shall, with respect
  457  to live races conducted by the permitholder, be remitted to the
  458  state pursuant to s. 550.1645; however, such permitholder shall
  459  be entitled to a credit in each state fiscal year in an amount
  460  equal to the actual amount remitted in the prior state fiscal
  461  year which may be applied against any taxes imposed pursuant to
  462  this chapter. In addition, each permitholder shall pay, from any
  463  source, including the proceeds from performances conducted
  464  pursuant to s. 550.0351, an amount not less than 10 percent of
  465  the amount of the credit provided by this section to any bona
  466  fide organization that promotes or encourages the adoption of
  467  greyhounds. As used in this chapter, the term “bona fide
  468  organization that promotes or encourages the adoption of
  469  greyhounds” means any organization that provides evidence of
  470  compliance with chapter 496 and possesses a valid exemption from
  471  federal taxation issued by the Internal Revenue Service. Such
  472  bona fide organization, as a condition of adoption, must provide
  473  sterilization of greyhounds by a licensed veterinarian before
  474  relinquishing custody of the greyhound to the adopter. The fee
  475  for sterilization may be included in the cost of adoption.
  476         Section 17. Section 550.1648, Florida Statutes, is
  477  repealed.
  478         Section 18. Section 550.175, Florida Statutes, is amended
  479  to read:
  480         550.175 Petition for election to revoke permit.—Upon
  481  petition of 20 percent of the qualified electors of any county
  482  wherein any pari-mutuel wagering racing has been licensed and
  483  conducted under this chapter, the county commissioners of such
  484  county shall provide for the submission to the electors of such
  485  county at the then next succeeding general election the question
  486  of whether any permit or permits theretofore granted shall be
  487  continued or revoked, and if a majority of the electors voting
  488  on such question in such election vote to cancel or recall the
  489  permit theretofore given, the division may not thereafter grant
  490  any license on the permit so recalled. Every signature upon
  491  every recall petition must be signed in the presence of the
  492  clerk of the board of county commissioners at the office of the
  493  clerk of the circuit court of the county, and the petitioner
  494  must present at the time of such signing her or his registration
  495  receipt showing the petitioner’s qualification as an elector of
  496  the county at the time of the signing of the petition. Not more
  497  than one permit may be included in any one petition; and, in all
  498  elections in which the recall of more than one permit is voted
  499  on, the voters shall be given an opportunity to vote for or
  500  against the recall of each permit separately. Nothing in this
  501  chapter shall be construed to prevent the holding of later
  502  referendum or recall elections.
  503         Section 19. Subsection (1) of section 550.1815, Florida
  504  Statutes, is amended to read:
  505         550.1815 Certain persons prohibited from holding racing or
  506  jai alai permits; suspension and revocation.—
  507         (1) A corporation, general or limited partnership, sole
  508  proprietorship, business trust, joint venture, or unincorporated
  509  association, or other business entity may not hold any
  510  horseracing or greyhound dogracing permit or jai alai fronton
  511  permit in this state if any one of the persons or entities
  512  specified in paragraph (a) has been determined by the division
  513  not to be of good moral character or has been convicted of any
  514  offense specified in paragraph (b).
  515         (a)1. The permitholder;
  516         2. An employee of the permitholder;
  517         3. The sole proprietor of the permitholder;
  518         4. A corporate officer or director of the permitholder;
  519         5. A general partner of the permitholder;
  520         6. A trustee of the permitholder;
  521         7. A member of an unincorporated association permitholder;
  522         8. A joint venturer of the permitholder;
  523         9. The owner of more than 5 percent of any equity interest
  524  in the permitholder, whether as a common shareholder, general or
  525  limited partner, voting trustee, or trust beneficiary; or
  526         10. An owner of any interest in the permit or permitholder,
  527  including any immediate family member of the owner, or holder of
  528  any debt, mortgage, contract, or concession from the
  529  permitholder, who by virtue thereof is able to control the
  530  business of the permitholder.
  531         (b)1. A felony in this state;
  532         2. Any felony in any other state which would be a felony if
  533  committed in this state under the laws of this state;
  534         3. Any felony under the laws of the United States;
  535         4. A felony under the laws of another state if related to
  536  gambling which would be a felony under the laws of this state if
  537  committed in this state; or
  538         5. Bookmaking as defined in s. 849.25.
  539         Section 20. Subsection (2) of section 550.24055, Florida
  540  Statutes, is amended to read:
  541         550.24055 Use of controlled substances or alcohol
  542  prohibited; testing of certain occupational licensees; penalty;
  543  evidence of test or action taken and admissibility for criminal
  544  prosecution limited.—
  545         (2) The occupational licensees, by applying for and holding
  546  such licenses, are deemed to have given their consents to submit
  547  to an approved chemical test of their breath for the purpose of
  548  determining the alcoholic content of their blood and to a urine
  549  or blood test for the purpose of detecting the presence of
  550  controlled substances. Such tests shall only be conducted upon
  551  reasonable cause that a violation has occurred as shall be
  552  determined solely by the stewards at a horseracing meeting or
  553  the judges or board of judges at a dogtrack or jai alai meet.
  554  The failure to submit to such test may result in a suspension of
  555  the person’s occupational license for a period of 10 days or
  556  until this section has been complied with, whichever is longer.
  557         (a) If there was at the time of the test 0.05 percent or
  558  less by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood, the person is
  559  presumed not to have been under the influence of alcoholic
  560  beverages to the extent that the person’s normal faculties were
  561  impaired, and no action of any sort may be taken by the
  562  stewards, judges, or board of judges or the division.
  563         (b) If there was at the time of the test an excess of 0.05
  564  percent but less than 0.08 percent by weight of alcohol in the
  565  person’s blood, that fact does not give rise to any presumption
  566  that the person was or was not under the influence of alcoholic
  567  beverages to the extent that the person’s faculties were
  568  impaired, but the stewards, judges, or board of judges may
  569  consider that fact in determining whether or not the person will
  570  be allowed to officiate or participate in any given race or jai
  571  alai game.
  572         (c) If there was at the time of the test 0.08 percent or
  573  more by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood, that fact is
  574  prima facie evidence that the person was under the influence of
  575  alcoholic beverages to the extent that the person’s normal
  576  faculties were impaired, and the stewards or judges may take
  577  action as set forth in this section, but the person may not
  578  officiate at or participate in any race or jai alai game on the
  579  day of such test.
  580  
  581  All tests relating to alcohol must be performed in a manner
  582  substantially similar, or identical, to the provisions of s.
  583  316.1934 and rules adopted pursuant to that section. Following a
  584  test of the urine or blood to determine the presence of a
  585  controlled substance as defined in chapter 893, if a controlled
  586  substance is found to exist, the stewards, judges, or board of
  587  judges may take such action as is permitted in this section.
  588         Section 21. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5), paragraphs (b)
  589  and (c) of subsection (6), paragraph (a) of subsection (9), and
  590  subsection (13) of section 550.2415, Florida Statutes, are
  591  amended to read:
  592         550.2415 Racing of animals under certain conditions
  593  prohibited; penalties; exceptions.—
  594         (5) The division shall implement a split-sample procedure
  595  for testing animals under this section.
  596         (d)For the testing of a racing greyhound, if there is an
  597  insufficient quantity of the secondary (split) sample for
  598  confirmation of the division laboratory’s positive result, the
  599  division may commence administrative proceedings as prescribed
  600  in this chapter and consistent with chapter 120.
  601         (6)
  602         (b)The division shall, by rule, establish the procedures
  603  for euthanizing greyhounds. However, a greyhound may not be put
  604  to death by any means other than by lethal injection of the drug
  605  sodium pentobarbital. A greyhound may not be removed from this
  606  state for the purpose of being destroyed.
  607         (c)It is a violation of this chapter for an occupational
  608  licensee to train a greyhound using live or dead animals. A
  609  greyhound may not be taken from this state for the purpose of
  610  being trained through the use of live or dead animals.
  611         (9)(a) The division may conduct a postmortem examination of
  612  any animal that is injured at a permitted racetrack while in
  613  training or in competition and that subsequently expires or is
  614  destroyed. The division may conduct a postmortem examination of
  615  any animal that expires while housed at a permitted racetrack,
  616  association compound, or licensed kennel or farm. Trainers and
  617  owners shall be requested to comply with this paragraph as a
  618  condition of licensure.
  619         (13)The division may implement by rule medication levels
  620  for racing greyhounds recommended by the University of Florida
  621  College of Veterinary Medicine developed pursuant to an
  622  agreement between the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering and the
  623  University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. The
  624  University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine may provide
  625  written notification to the division that it has completed
  626  research or review on a particular drug pursuant to the
  627  agreement and when the College of Veterinary Medicine has
  628  completed a final report of its findings, conclusions, and
  629  recommendations to the division.
  630         Section 22. Subsection (1) of section 550.26165, Florida
  631  Statutes, is amended to read:
  632         550.26165 Breeders’ awards.—
  633         (1) The purpose of this section is to encourage the
  634  agricultural activity of breeding and training racehorses in
  635  this state. Moneys dedicated in this chapter for use as
  636  breeders’ awards and stallion awards are to be used for awards
  637  to breeders of registered Florida-bred horses winning horseraces
  638  and for similar awards to the owners of stallions who sired
  639  Florida-bred horses winning stakes races, if the stallions are
  640  registered as Florida stallions standing in this state. Such
  641  awards shall be given at a uniform rate to all winners of the
  642  awards, shall not be greater than 20 percent of the announced
  643  gross purse, and shall not be less than 15 percent of the
  644  announced gross purse if funds are available. In addition, no
  645  less than 17 percent nor more than 40 percent, as determined by
  646  the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, of the moneys
  647  dedicated in this chapter for use as breeders’ awards and
  648  stallion awards for thoroughbreds shall be returned pro rata to
  649  the permitholders that generated the moneys for special racing
  650  awards to be distributed by the permitholders to owners of
  651  thoroughbred horses participating in prescribed thoroughbred
  652  stakes races, nonstakes races, or both, all in accordance with a
  653  written agreement establishing the rate, procedure, and
  654  eligibility requirements for such awards entered into by the
  655  permitholder, the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association,
  656  and the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective
  657  Association, Inc., except that the plan for the distribution by
  658  any permitholder located in the area described in s. 550.615(8)
  659  s. 550.615(9) shall be agreed upon by that permitholder, the
  660  Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, and the association
  661  representing a majority of the thoroughbred racehorse owners and
  662  trainers at that location. Awards for thoroughbred races are to
  663  be paid through the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association,
  664  and awards for standardbred races are to be paid through the
  665  Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association. Among
  666  other sources specified in this chapter, moneys for thoroughbred
  667  breeders’ awards will come from the 0.955 percent of handle for
  668  thoroughbred races conducted, received, broadcast, or simulcast
  669  under this chapter as provided in s. 550.2625(3). The moneys for
  670  quarter horse and harness breeders’ awards will come from the
  671  breaks and uncashed tickets on live quarter horse and harness
  672  racing performances and 1 percent of handle on intertrack
  673  wagering. The funds for these breeders’ awards shall be paid to
  674  the respective breeders’ associations by the permitholders
  675  conducting the races.
  676         Section 23. Subsection (8) of section 550.334, Florida
  677  Statutes, is amended to read:
  678         550.334 Quarter horse racing; substitutions.—
  679         (8) To be eligible to conduct intertrack wagering, a
  680  quarter horse racing permitholder must have conducted a full
  681  schedule of live racing in the preceding year.
  682         Section 24. Paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (2) and
  683  subsection (3) of section 550.3345, Florida Statutes, are
  684  amended to read:
  685         550.3345 Conversion of quarter horse permit to a limited
  686  thoroughbred permit.—
  687         (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the holder
  688  of a quarter horse racing permit issued under s. 550.334 may,
  689  within 1 year after the effective date of this section, apply to
  690  the division for a transfer of the quarter horse racing permit
  691  to a not-for-profit corporation formed under state law to serve
  692  the purposes of the state as provided in subsection (1). The
  693  board of directors of the not-for-profit corporation must be
  694  comprised of 11 members, 4 of whom shall be designated by the
  695  applicant, 4 of whom shall be designated by the Florida
  696  Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, and 3 of whom shall be
  697  designated by the other 8 directors, with at least 1 of these 3
  698  members being an authorized representative of another
  699  thoroughbred permitholder in this state. The not-for-profit
  700  corporation shall submit an application to the division for
  701  review and approval of the transfer in accordance with s.
  702  550.054. Upon approval of the transfer by the division, and
  703  notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
  704  not-for-profit corporation may, within 1 year after its receipt
  705  of the permit, request that the division convert the quarter
  706  horse racing permit to a permit authorizing the holder to
  707  conduct pari-mutuel wagering meets of thoroughbred racing.
  708  Neither the transfer of the quarter horse racing permit nor its
  709  conversion to a limited thoroughbred permit shall be subject to
  710  the mileage limitation or the ratification election as set forth
  711  under s. 550.054(2) or s. 550.0651. Upon receipt of the request
  712  for such conversion, the division shall timely issue a converted
  713  permit. The converted permit and the not-for-profit corporation
  714  shall be subject to the following requirements:
  715         (a) All net revenues derived by the not-for-profit
  716  corporation under the thoroughbred horse racing permit and any
  717  license issued to the not-for-profit corporation under chapter
  718  849, after the funding of operating expenses and capital
  719  improvements, shall be dedicated to the enhancement of
  720  thoroughbred purses and breeders’, stallion, and special racing
  721  awards under this chapter; the general promotion of the
  722  thoroughbred horse breeding industry; and the care in this state
  723  of thoroughbred horses retired from racing.
  724         (e) A No permit converted under this section and a license
  725  issued to the not-for-profit corporation under chapter 849 are
  726  not is eligible for transfer to another person or entity.
  727         (3) Unless otherwise provided in this section, after
  728  conversion, the permit and the not-for-profit corporation shall
  729  be treated under the laws of this state as a thoroughbred permit
  730  and as a thoroughbred permitholder, respectively, with the
  731  exception of ss. 550.09515(3) and 550.6308 s. 550.09515(3).
  732         Section 25. Subsections (2) and (4), paragraphs (a) and (b)
  733  of subsection (6), and subsection (11) of section 550.3551,
  734  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  735         550.3551 Transmission of racing and jai alai information;
  736  commingling of pari-mutuel pools.—
  737         (2) Any horse track, dog track, or fronton licensed under
  738  this chapter may transmit broadcasts of races or games conducted
  739  at the enclosure of the licensee to locations outside this
  740  state.
  741         (a) All broadcasts of horseraces transmitted to locations
  742  outside this state must comply with the provisions of the
  743  Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, 92 Stat. 1811, 15 U.S.C. ss.
  744  3001 et seq.
  745         (b) Wagers accepted by any out-of-state pari-mutuel
  746  permitholder or licensed betting system on a race broadcasted
  747  under this subsection may be, but are not required to be,
  748  included in the pari-mutuel pools of the horse track in this
  749  state that broadcasts the race upon which wagers are accepted.
  750  The handle, as referred to in s. 550.0951(3), does not include
  751  any wagers accepted by an out-of-state pari-mutuel permitholder
  752  or licensed betting system, irrespective of whether such wagers
  753  are included in the pari-mutuel pools of the Florida
  754  permitholder as authorized by this subsection.
  755         (4) Any greyhound permitholder or jai alai permitholder dog
  756  track or fronton licensed under this chapter may receive at its
  757  licensed location broadcasts of dograces or jai alai games
  758  conducted at other tracks or frontons located outside the state
  759  at the track enclosure of the licensee during its operational
  760  meeting. All forms of pari-mutuel wagering are allowed on
  761  dograces or jai alai games broadcast under this subsection. All
  762  money wagered by patrons on dograces broadcast under this
  763  subsection shall be computed in the amount of money wagered each
  764  performance for purposes of taxation under ss. 550.0951 and
  765  550.09511.
  766         (6)(a) A maximum of 20 percent of the total number of races
  767  on which wagers are accepted by a greyhound permitholder not
  768  located as specified in s. 550.615(6) may be received from
  769  locations outside this state. A permitholder conducting live
  770  races or games may not conduct fewer than eight live races or
  771  games on any authorized race day except as provided in this
  772  subsection. A thoroughbred permitholder that elects to conduct
  773  live racing may not conduct fewer than eight live races on any
  774  race day without the written approval of the Florida
  775  Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and the Florida Horsemen’s
  776  Benevolent and Protective Association, Inc., unless it is
  777  determined by the department that another entity represents a
  778  majority of the thoroughbred racehorse owners and trainers in
  779  the state. If conducting live racing, a harness permitholder may
  780  conduct fewer than eight live races on any authorized race day,
  781  except that such permitholder must conduct a full schedule of
  782  live racing during its race meet consisting of at least eight
  783  live races per authorized race day for at least 100 days. Any
  784  harness horse permitholder that during the preceding racing
  785  season conducted a full schedule of live racing may, at any time
  786  during its current race meet, receive full-card broadcasts of
  787  harness horse races conducted at harness racetracks outside this
  788  state at the harness track of the permitholder and accept wagers
  789  on such harness races. With specific authorization from the
  790  division for special racing events, a permitholder may conduct
  791  fewer than eight live races or games when the permitholder also
  792  broadcasts out-of-state races or games. The division may not
  793  grant more than two such exceptions a year for a permitholder in
  794  any 12-month period, and those two exceptions may not be
  795  consecutive.
  796         (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
  797  any harness horse permitholder accepting broadcasts of out-of
  798  state harness horse races when such permitholder is not
  799  conducting live races must make the out-of-state signal
  800  available to all permitholders eligible to conduct intertrack
  801  wagering and shall pay to guest tracks located as specified in
  802  ss. 550.615(5) and 550.6305(9)(d) ss. 550.615(6) and
  803  550.6305(9)(d) 50 percent of the net proceeds after taxes and
  804  fees to the out-of-state host track on harness race wagers which
  805  they accept. A harness horse permitholder shall be required to
  806  pay into its purse account 50 percent of the net income retained
  807  by the permitholder on account of wagering on the out-of-state
  808  broadcasts received pursuant to this subsection. Nine-tenths of
  809  a percent of all harness wagering proceeds on the broadcasts
  810  received pursuant to this subsection shall be paid to the
  811  Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association under the
  812  provisions of s. 550.2625(4) for the purposes provided therein.
  813         (11) Greyhound permitholders tracks and jai alai
  814  permitholders frontons have the same privileges as provided in
  815  this section to horserace permitholders horse tracks, as
  816  applicable, subject to rules adopted under subsection (10).
  817         Section 26. Subsections (1) and (3) through (6) of section
  818  550.3615, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  819         550.3615 Bookmaking on the grounds of a permitholder;
  820  penalties; reinstatement; duties of track employees; penalty;
  821  exceptions.—
  822         (1) Any person who engages in bookmaking, as defined in s.
  823  849.25, on the grounds or property of a pari-mutuel facility
  824  commits permitholder of a horse or dog track or jai alai fronton
  825  is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as
  826  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  827  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, any person
  828  convicted under the provisions of this subsection shall not have
  829  adjudication of guilt suspended, deferred, or withheld.
  830         (3) Any person who has been convicted of bookmaking in this
  831  state or any other state of the United States or any foreign
  832  country shall be denied admittance to and shall not attend any
  833  pari-mutuel facility racetrack or fronton in this state during
  834  its racing seasons or operating dates, including any practice or
  835  preparational days, for a period of 2 years after the date of
  836  conviction or the date of final appeal. Following the conclusion
  837  of the period of ineligibility, the director of the division may
  838  authorize the reinstatement of an individual following a hearing
  839  on readmittance. Any such person who knowingly violates this
  840  subsection commits is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first
  841  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
  842         (4) If the activities of a person show that this law is
  843  being violated, and such activities are either witnessed by or
  844  are common knowledge of by any pari-mutuel facility track or
  845  fronton employee, it is the duty of that employee to bring the
  846  matter to the immediate attention of the permitholder, manager,
  847  or her or his designee, who shall notify a law enforcement
  848  agency having jurisdiction. Willful failure by the pari-mutuel
  849  facility on the part of any track or fronton employee to comply
  850  with the provisions of this subsection is a ground for the
  851  division to suspend or revoke that employee’s license for pari
  852  mutuel facility track or fronton employment.
  853         (5) Each permittee shall display, in conspicuous places at
  854  a pari-mutuel facility track or fronton and in all race and jai
  855  alai daily programs, a warning to all patrons concerning the
  856  prohibition and penalties of bookmaking contained in this
  857  section and s. 849.25. The division shall adopt rules concerning
  858  the uniform size of all warnings and the number of placements
  859  throughout a pari-mutuel facility track or fronton. Failure on
  860  the part of the permittee to display such warnings may result in
  861  the imposition of a $500 fine by the division for each offense.
  862         (6) This section does not apply to any person attending a
  863  track or fronton or employed by or attending a pari-mutuel
  864  facility a track or fronton who places a bet through the
  865  legalized pari-mutuel pool for another person, provided such
  866  service is rendered gratuitously and without fee or other
  867  reward.
  868         Section 27. Effective October 1, 2021, section 550.3616,
  869  Florida Statutes, is created to read:
  870         550.3616Racing greyhounds or other dogs prohibited;
  871  penalty.—A person authorized to conduct gaming or pari-mutuel
  872  operations in this state may not race greyhounds or any member
  873  of the Canis familiaris subspecies in connection with any wager
  874  for money or any other thing of value in this state. A person
  875  who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the first
  876  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A
  877  person who commits a second or subsequent violation commits a
  878  felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
  879  775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. Notwithstanding the
  880  provisions of s. 948.01, any person convicted under this section
  881  may not have adjudication of guilt suspended, deferred, or
  882  withheld.
  883         Section 28. Section 550.475, Florida Statutes, is amended
  884  to read:
  885         550.475 Lease of pari-mutuel facilities by pari-mutuel
  886  permitholders.—Holders of valid pari-mutuel permits for the
  887  conduct of any pari-mutuel wagering jai alai games, dogracing,
  888  or thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing in this state are
  889  entitled to lease any and all of their facilities to any other
  890  holder of a same class valid pari-mutuel permit for jai alai
  891  games, dogracing, or thoroughbred or standardbred horse racing,
  892  when located within a 35-mile radius of each other; and such
  893  lessee is entitled to a permit and license to conduct intertrack
  894  wagering and operate its race meet or jai alai games at the
  895  leased premises.
  896         Section 29. Subsection (2) of section 550.5251, Florida
  897  Statutes, is amended to read:
  898         550.5251 Florida thoroughbred racing; certain permits;
  899  operating days.—
  900         (2) A thoroughbred racing permitholder may not begin any
  901  race later than 7 p.m. Any thoroughbred permitholder in a county
  902  in which the authority for cardrooms has been approved by the
  903  board of county commissioners may operate a cardroom and, when
  904  conducting live races during its current race meet, may receive
  905  and rebroadcast out-of-state races after the hour of 7 p.m. on
  906  any day during which the permitholder conducts live races.
  907         Section 30. Present subsections (3) through (10) of section
  908  550.615, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2)
  909  through (9), respectively, subsections (1) and (2) and present
  910  subsections (6) and (8) of that section are amended, and a new
  911  subsection (10) is added to that section, to read:
  912         550.615 Intertrack wagering.—
  913         (1) A pari-mutuel permitholder that has met the applicable
  914  requirement for that permitholder to conduct live racing or
  915  games under s. 550.01215(1)(b), if any, for fiscal year 2020
  916  2021 Any horserace permitholder licensed under this chapter
  917  which has conducted a full schedule of live racing may, at any
  918  time, receive broadcasts of horseraces and accept wagers on
  919  horseraces conducted by horserace permitholders licensed under
  920  this chapter at its facility.
  921         (2)Any track or fronton licensed under this chapter which
  922  in the preceding year conducted a full schedule of live racing
  923  is qualified to, at any time, receive broadcasts of any class of
  924  pari-mutuel race or game and accept wagers on such races or
  925  games conducted by any class of permitholders licensed under
  926  this chapter.
  927         (5)(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2)
  928  (3), in any area of the state where there are three or more
  929  horserace permitholders within 25 miles of each other,
  930  intertrack wagering between permitholders in said area of the
  931  state shall only be authorized under the following conditions:
  932  Any permitholder, other than a thoroughbred permitholder, may
  933  accept intertrack wagers on races or games conducted live by a
  934  permitholder of the same class or any harness permitholder
  935  located within such area and any harness permitholder may accept
  936  wagers on games conducted live by any jai alai permitholder
  937  located within its market area and from a jai alai permitholder
  938  located within the area specified in this subsection when no jai
  939  alai permitholder located within its market area is conducting
  940  live jai alai performances; any greyhound or jai alai
  941  permitholder may receive broadcasts of and accept wagers on any
  942  permitholder of the other class provided that a permitholder,
  943  other than the host track, of such other class is not operating
  944  a contemporaneous live performance within the market area.
  945         (7)(8) In any three contiguous counties of the state where
  946  there are only three permitholders, all of which are greyhound
  947  permitholders, if any permitholder leases the facility of
  948  another permitholder for all or any portion of the conduct of
  949  its live race meet pursuant to s. 550.475, such lessee may
  950  conduct intertrack wagering at its pre-lease permitted facility
  951  throughout the entire year, including while its live meet is
  952  being conducted at the leased facility, if such permitholder has
  953  conducted a full schedule of live racing during the preceding
  954  fiscal year at its pre-lease permitted facility or at a leased
  955  facility, or combination thereof.
  956         (10)Any greyhound permitholder licensed under this chapter
  957  to conduct pari-mutuel wagering is qualified to, at any time,
  958  receive broadcasts of any class of pari-mutuel race or game and
  959  accept wagers on such races or games conducted by any class of
  960  permitholders licensed under this chapter.
  961         Section 31. Subsection (2) and paragraph (g) of subsection
  962  (9) of section 550.6305, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  963         550.6305 Intertrack wagering; guest track payments;
  964  accounting rules.—
  965         (2) For the purposes of calculation of odds and payoffs and
  966  distribution of the pari-mutuel pools, all intertrack wagers
  967  shall be combined with the pari-mutuel pools at the host track.
  968  Notwithstanding this subsection or subsection (4), a greyhound
  969  pari-mutuel permitholder may conduct intertrack wagering without
  970  combining pari-mutuel pools on not more than three races in any
  971  week, not to exceed 20 races in a year. All other provisions
  972  concerning pari-mutuel takeout and payments, including state tax
  973  payments, apply as if the pool had been combined.
  974         (9) A host track that has contracted with an out-of-state
  975  horse track to broadcast live races conducted at such out-of
  976  state horse track pursuant to s. 550.3551(5) may broadcast such
  977  out-of-state races to any guest track and accept wagers thereon
  978  in the same manner as is provided in s. 550.3551.
  979         (g)1. Any thoroughbred permitholder which accepts wagers on
  980  a simulcast signal must make the signal available to any
  981  permitholder that is eligible to conduct intertrack wagering
  982  under the provisions of ss. 550.615-550.6345.
  983         2. Any thoroughbred permitholder which accepts wagers on a
  984  simulcast signal received after 6 p.m. must make such signal
  985  available to any permitholder that is eligible to conduct
  986  intertrack wagering under the provisions of ss. 550.615
  987  550.6345, including any permitholder located as specified in s.
  988  550.615(5) s. 550.615(6). Such guest permitholders are
  989  authorized to accept wagers on such simulcast signal,
  990  notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the
  991  contrary.
  992         3. Any thoroughbred permitholder which accepts wagers on a
  993  simulcast signal received after 6 p.m. must make such signal
  994  available to any permitholder that is eligible to conduct
  995  intertrack wagering under the provisions of ss. 550.615
  996  550.6345, including any permitholder located as specified in s.
  997  550.615(9). Such guest permitholders are authorized to accept
  998  wagers on such simulcast signals for a number of performances
  999  not to exceed that which constitutes a full schedule of live
 1000  races for a quarter horse permitholder pursuant to s.
 1001  550.002(11), notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter
 1002  to the contrary, except that the restrictions provided in s.
 1003  550.615(9)(a) apply to wagers on such simulcast signals.
 1004  
 1005  No thoroughbred permitholder shall be required to continue to
 1006  rebroadcast a simulcast signal to any in-state permitholder if
 1007  the average per performance gross receipts returned to the host
 1008  permitholder over the preceding 30-day period were less than
 1009  $100. Subject to the provisions of s. 550.615(3) s. 550.615(4),
 1010  as a condition of receiving rebroadcasts of thoroughbred
 1011  simulcast signals under this paragraph, a guest permitholder
 1012  must accept intertrack wagers on all live races conducted by all
 1013  then-operating thoroughbred permitholders.
 1014         Section 32. Subsections (1), (4), and (5) of section
 1015  550.6308, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1016         550.6308 Limited intertrack wagering license.—In
 1017  recognition of the economic importance of the thoroughbred
 1018  breeding industry to this state, its positive impact on tourism,
 1019  and of the importance of a permanent thoroughbred sales facility
 1020  as a key focal point for the activities of the industry, a
 1021  limited license to conduct intertrack wagering is established to
 1022  ensure the continued viability and public interest in
 1023  thoroughbred breeding in Florida.
 1024         (1) Upon application to the division on or before January
 1025  31 of each year, any person that is licensed to conduct public
 1026  sales of thoroughbred horses pursuant to s. 535.01 and, that has
 1027  conducted at least 8 15 days of thoroughbred horse sales at a
 1028  permanent sales facility in this state for at least 3
 1029  consecutive years, and that has conducted at least 1 day of
 1030  nonwagering thoroughbred racing in this state, with a purse
 1031  structure of at least $250,000 per year for 2 consecutive years
 1032  before such application, shall be issued a license, subject to
 1033  the conditions set forth in this section, to conduct intertrack
 1034  wagering at such a permanent sales facility during the following
 1035  periods:
 1036         (a) Up to 21 days in connection with thoroughbred sales;
 1037         (b) Between November 1 and May 8;
 1038         (c) Between May 9 and October 31 at such times and on such
 1039  days as any thoroughbred, jai alai, or a greyhound permitholder
 1040  in the same county is not conducting live performances; provided
 1041  that any such permitholder may waive this requirement, in whole
 1042  or in part, and allow the licensee under this section to conduct
 1043  intertrack wagering during one or more of the permitholder’s
 1044  live performances; and
 1045         (d) During the weekend of the Kentucky Derby, the
 1046  Preakness, the Belmont, and a Breeders’ Cup Meet that is
 1047  conducted before November 1 and after May 8.
 1048  
 1049  No more than one such license may be issued, and no such license
 1050  may be issued for a facility located within 50 miles of any
 1051  thoroughbred permitholder’s track.
 1052         (4) Intertrack wagering under this section may be conducted
 1053  only on thoroughbred horse racing, except that intertrack
 1054  wagering may be conducted on any class of pari-mutuel race or
 1055  game conducted by any class of permitholders licensed under this
 1056  chapter if all thoroughbred, jai alai, and greyhound
 1057  permitholders in the same county as the licensee under this
 1058  section give their consent.
 1059         (5) The licensee shall be considered a guest track under
 1060  this chapter. The licensee shall pay 2.5 percent of the total
 1061  contributions to the daily pari-mutuel pool on wagers accepted
 1062  at the licensee’s facility on greyhound races or jai alai games
 1063  to the thoroughbred permitholder that is conducting live races
 1064  for purses to be paid during its current racing meet. If more
 1065  than one thoroughbred permitholder is conducting live races on a
 1066  day during which the licensee is conducting intertrack wagering
 1067  on greyhound races or jai alai games, the licensee shall
 1068  allocate these funds between the operating thoroughbred
 1069  permitholders on a pro rata basis based on the total live handle
 1070  at the operating permitholders’ facilities.
 1071         Section 33. Subsection (4) of section 551.114, Florida
 1072  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1073         551.114 Slot machine gaming areas.—
 1074         (4) Designated slot machine gaming areas must may be
 1075  located at the address specified in the licensed permitholder’s
 1076  slot machine license issued for fiscal year 2020-2021 within the
 1077  current live gaming facility or in an existing building that
 1078  must be contiguous and connected to the live gaming facility. If
 1079  a designated slot machine gaming area is to be located in a
 1080  building that is to be constructed, that new building must be
 1081  contiguous and connected to the live gaming facility.
 1082         Section 34. Section 551.116, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1083  to read:
 1084         551.116 Days and hours of operation.—Slot machine gaming
 1085  areas may be open 24 hours per day daily throughout the year.
 1086  The slot machine gaming areas may be open a cumulative amount of
 1087  18 hours per day on Monday through Friday and 24 hours per day
 1088  on Saturday and Sunday and on those holidays specified in s.
 1089  110.117(1).
 1090         Section 35. Subsection (1) of section 551.121, Florida
 1091  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1092         551.121 Prohibited activities and devices; exceptions.—
 1093         (1) Complimentary or reduced-cost alcoholic beverages may
 1094  not be served to persons playing a slot machine. Alcoholic
 1095  beverages served to persons playing a slot machine shall cost at
 1096  least the same amount as alcoholic beverages served to the
 1097  general public at a bar within the facility.
 1098         Section 36. Subsection (5) of section 565.02, Florida
 1099  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1100         565.02 License fees; vendors; clubs; caterers; and others.—
 1101         (5) A caterer at a pari-mutuel facility licensed under
 1102  chapter 550 horse or dog racetrack or jai alai fronton may
 1103  obtain a license upon the payment of an annual state license tax
 1104  of $675. Such caterer’s license shall permit sales only within
 1105  the enclosure in which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted such
 1106  races or jai alai games are conducted, and such licensee shall
 1107  be permitted to sell only during the period beginning 10 days
 1108  before and ending 10 days after racing or jai alai under the
 1109  authority of the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering of the
 1110  Department of Business and Professional Regulation is conducted
 1111  at such racetrack or jai alai fronton. Except as in this
 1112  subsection otherwise provided, caterers licensed hereunder shall
 1113  be treated as vendors licensed to sell by the drink the
 1114  beverages mentioned herein and shall be subject to all the
 1115  provisions hereof relating to such vendors.
 1116         Section 37. Subsection (5), paragraphs (a) and (b) of
 1117  subsection (7), and paragraph (d) of subsection (13) of section
 1118  849.086, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1119         849.086 Cardrooms authorized.—
 1120         (5) LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEES.—No person may
 1121  operate a cardroom in this state unless such person holds a
 1122  valid cardroom license issued pursuant to this section.
 1123         (a) Only those persons holding a valid cardroom license
 1124  issued by the division may operate a cardroom. A cardroom
 1125  license may only be issued to a licensed pari-mutuel
 1126  permitholder and an authorized cardroom may only be operated at
 1127  the same facility at which the permitholder is authorized under
 1128  its valid pari-mutuel wagering permit to conduct pari-mutuel
 1129  wagering activities. An initial cardroom license shall be issued
 1130  to a pari-mutuel permitholder only after its facilities are in
 1131  place and after it conducts its first day of pari-mutuel
 1132  activities on live racing or games.
 1133         (b) After the initial cardroom license is granted, the
 1134  application for the annual license renewal shall be made in
 1135  conjunction with the applicant’s annual application for its
 1136  pari-mutuel license. If a permitholder has operated a cardroom
 1137  during any of the 3 previous fiscal years and fails to include a
 1138  renewal request for the operation of the cardroom in its annual
 1139  application for license renewal, the permitholder may amend its
 1140  annual application to include operation of the cardroom.
 1141         (c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a pari
 1142  mutuel permitholder, other than a permitholder issued a permit
 1143  pursuant to s. 550.3345, may not be issued a license for the
 1144  operation of a cardroom if the permitholder did not hold an
 1145  operating license for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering for
 1146  fiscal year 2020-2021. In order for a cardroom license to be
 1147  renewed the applicant must have requested, as part of its pari
 1148  mutuel annual license application, to conduct at least 90
 1149  percent of the total number of live performances conducted by
 1150  such permitholder during either the state fiscal year in which
 1151  its initial cardroom license was issued or the state fiscal year
 1152  immediately prior thereto if the permitholder ran at least a
 1153  full schedule of live racing or games in the prior year. If the
 1154  application is
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 1157  And the title is amended as follows:
 1158         Delete lines 10 - 133
 1159  and insert:
 1160         permitholders, harness horse racing permitholders,
 1161         thoroughbred permitholders, and quarter horse racing
 1162         permitholders to elect not to conduct live racing or
 1163         games; specifying that certain permitholders that do
 1164         not conduct live racing or games retain their permit
 1165         and remain pari-mutuel facilities; specifying that, if
 1166         such permitholder has been issued a slot machine
 1167         license, the permitholder’s facility remains an
 1168         eligible facility, continues to be eligible for a slot
 1169         machine license, is exempt from certain provisions of
 1170         ch. 551, F.S., is eligible to be a guest track, and,
 1171         if the permitholder is a harness horse racing
 1172         permitholder, is eligible to be a host track for
 1173         intertrack wagering and simulcasting and remains
 1174         eligible for a cardroom license; prohibiting a
 1175         permitholder or licensee from conducting live
 1176         greyhound racing or dogracing in connection with any
 1177         wager for money or any other thing of value in the
 1178         state; providing administrative and civil penalties;
 1179         providing requirements for the funds generated from
 1180         such penalties; prohibiting operating licenses from
 1181         being issued to a pari-mutuel permitholder unless a
 1182         specified requirement is met; authorizing the Division
 1183         of Pari-mutuel Wagering to approve a change in racing
 1184         dates for certain permitholders if the request for a
 1185         change is received before a specified date and under
 1186         certain circumstances for a specified fiscal year;
 1187         deleting a provision authorizing the conversion of
 1188         certain permits to a jai alai permit under certain
 1189         circumstances; conforming provisions to changes made
 1190         by the act; amending s. 550.0235, F.S.; conforming
 1191         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
 1192         550.0351, F.S.; deleting a provision relating to hound
 1193         dog derbies and mutt derbies; conforming provisions to
 1194         changes made by the act; amending s. 550.0425, F.S.;
 1195         deleting a provision authorizing certain minors to be
 1196         granted access to kennel compound areas under certain
 1197         circumstances; amending s. 550.054, F.S.; requiring
 1198         the division to revoke the permit of certain
 1199         permitholders; specifying such revoked permit is void
 1200         and may not be reissued; revising requirements to hold
 1201         a permit for the operation of a pari-mutuel facility
 1202         and an associated cardroom or slot machine facility;
 1203         specifying certain permits held on a specified date
 1204         are deemed valid for specified purposes; prohibiting
 1205         new permits for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering
 1206         from being issued after a specified date; prohibiting
 1207         a permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering from being
 1208         converted to another class of permit; conforming
 1209         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
 1210         550.0745, F.S.; authorizing summer jai alai
 1211         permitholders to conduct pari-mutuel wagering
 1212         throughout the year; deleting provisions relating to
 1213         the conversion of a pari-mutuel permit to a summer jai
 1214         alai permit; amending s. 550.0951, F.S.; conforming
 1215         cross-references; amending s. 550.09511, F.S.;
 1216         deleting a provision relating to the payment of
 1217         certain taxes and fees by jai alai permitholders
 1218         conducting fewer than a specified number of live
 1219         performances; amending s. 550.09512, F.S.; revising
 1220         the circumstances for which a harness horse
 1221         permitholder’s permit is voided for failing to pay
 1222         certain taxes; prohibiting the reissue of such permit;
 1223         amending s. 550.09514, F.S.; conforming cross
 1224         references; amending s. 550.09515, F.S.; conforming
 1225         provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss.
 1226         550.105, 550.1155, and 550.1647, F.S.; conforming
 1227         provisions to changes made by the act; repealing s.
 1228         550.1648, F.S., relating to greyhound adoptions;
 1229         amending ss. 550.175, 550.1815, and 550.24055, F.S.;
 1230         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
 1231         amending s. 550.2415, F.S.; deleting provisions
 1232         relating to the testing, euthanasia, training, and
 1233         medication levels of racing greyhounds; amending s.
 1234         550.26165, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference;
 1235         amending s. 550.334, F.S.; conforming provisions to
 1236         changes made by the act; amending s. 550.3345, F.S.;
 1237         requiring that net revenues derived from specified
 1238         licenses issued to not-for-profit corporations be
 1239         dedicated to certain purposes; prohibiting the
 1240         transfer of such licenses; providing construction;
 1241         amending s. 550.3551, F.S.; conforming provisions to
 1242         changes made by the act; conforming a cross-reference;
 1243         amending s. 550.3615, F.S.; conforming provisions to
 1244         changes made by the act; prohibiting a person
 1245         convicted of bookmaking from attending or being
 1246         admitted to a pari-mutuel facility; requiring pari
 1247         mutuel facility employees to notify certain persons of
 1248         unlawful activities; providing civil penalties;
 1249         requiring a permittee to display certain warnings
 1250         relating to bookmaking at his or her pari-mutuel
 1251         facility; revising applicability; creating s.
 1252         550.3616, F.S.; prohibiting persons authorized to
 1253         conduct gaming or pari-mutuel operations in this state
 1254         from racing greyhounds or other dogs in connection
 1255         with any wager for money or thing of value; providing
 1256         criminal penalties; prohibiting the suspension,
 1257         deferment, or withholding of adjudication of guilt of
 1258         certain persons; amending s. 550.475, F.S.; revising
 1259         provisions relating to leasing pari-mutuel facilities;
 1260         amending s. 550.5251, F.S.; deleting a prohibition
 1261         against thoroughbred racing permitholders beginning
 1262         races after a specified time; deleting provisions
 1263         relating to the operation of cardrooms by thoroughbred
 1264         racing permitholders after a specified time and
 1265         receiving and rebroadcasting out-of-state races after
 1266         a specified time under certain circumstances; amending
 1267         s. 550.615, F.S.; revising requirements relating to
 1268         intertrack wagering; specifying that greyhound
 1269         permitholders are qualified to receive certain
 1270         broadcasts and accept specified wagers; amending s.
 1271         550.6305, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
 1272         by the act; conforming cross-references; amending s.
 1273         550.6308, F.S.; revising requirements for a limited
 1274         intertrack wagering license; revising requirements for
 1275         intertrack wagering; deleting requirements for limited
 1276         intertrack wagering licensees to make specified
 1277         payments; amending s. 551.114, F.S.; revising
 1278         requirements for the location of designated slot
 1279         machine gaming areas; amending s. 551.116, F.S.;
 1280         authorizing slot machine gaming areas to be open 24
 1281         hours per day throughout the year; amending s.
 1282         551.121, F.S.; deleting a provision prohibiting
 1283         complimentary or reduced-cost alcoholic beverages to
 1284         be served to a person playing a slot machine; amending
 1285         s. 565.02, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
 1286         by the act; amending s. 849.086, F.S.; prohibiting a
 1287         cardroom license from being issued to certain
 1288         permitholders;