Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 622
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Rodriguez) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 550.475, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         550.475 Lease of pari-mutuel facilities by pari-mutuel
    8  permitholders.—Holders of valid pari-mutuel permits for the
    9  conduct of any pari-mutuel wagering in this state may are
   10  entitled to lease any and all of their facilities, located at
   11  the address listed on the permit on January 1, 2021, to any
   12  other holder of a same class valid pari-mutuel permit or to any
   13  jai alai permitholder, when located within a 35-mile radius of
   14  each other; and such lessee may apply for a is entitled to a
   15  permit and license to conduct intertrack wagering and operate
   16  its race meet or jai alai games at the leased facility but may
   17  not operate a cardroom or slot machine license at the leased
   18  facility. A jai alai permitholder that leases a facility in
   19  accordance with this section must conduct a minimum of 20 live
   20  performances using such permitholder’s existing permit and may
   21  not operate under the lessor’s permit premises.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   27  and insert:
   28                        A bill to be entitled                      
   29         An act relating to jai alai permitholders; amending s.
   30         550.475, F.S.; authorizing holders of valid pari
   31         mutuel permits to lease certain facilities to any
   32         other holder of the same pari-mutuel permit or to any
   33         jai alai permitholder when located within a specified
   34         radius of each other; authorizing such lessees to
   35         apply for a certain license; prohibiting such lessees
   36         from operating a cardroom or slot machine at the
   37         leased facility; requiring certain jai alai
   38         permitholders to conduct a minimum number of live
   39         performances using their existing permit; prohibiting
   40         operation under a lessor’s permit; providing an
   41         effective date.