Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1580
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/03/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Pizzo) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 508 and 509
    4  insert:
    5         Section 9. Subsection (4) of section 551.114, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         551.114 Slot machine gaming areas.—
    8         (4)(a) Designated slot machine gaming areas must be located
    9  at the address specified in the licensed permitholder’s slot
   10  machine license issued for fiscal year 2020-2021.
   11         (b)Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a slot machine licensee
   12  may apply to the commission to change the location of its
   13  designated slot machine gaming area if all of the following
   14  apply:
   15         1.The location of the designated slot machine gaming area
   16  is in the same county as the address specified in the licensed
   17  permitholder’s slot machine license issued for fiscal year 2020
   18  2021.
   19         2. The location of the designated slot machine gaming area
   20  is within 1,320 feet on a straight line of any outermost
   21  boundary of the licensed permitholder’s designated slot machine
   22  gaming area as of January 1, 2026.
   23         3. The designated slot machine gaming area is at a location
   24  where the licensed permitholder is authorized to conduct pari
   25  mutuel wagering activities pursuant to the licensed
   26  permitholder’s valid pari-mutuel permit.
   27         4. The location is owned by the licensed pari-mutuel
   28  permitholder.
   29         5. The location is approved under the zoning regulations of
   30  the county or municipality where the permitted slot machine
   31  gaming area is to be located as a planned development use,
   32  consistent with the comprehensive plan.
   33         6. The location does not violate any of the provisions of
   34  any tribal-state gaming compact with a federally recognized
   35  Indian tribe located within this state pursuant to the Indian
   36  Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 18 U.S.C. ss. 1166-1168, and 25
   37  U.S.C. ss. 2701 et seq.
   38         (c) Before submitting an application to the commission to
   39  change the location of the designated slot machine gaming area,
   40  the licensed pari-mutuel permitholder must submit a survey
   41  indicating the existing location of the designated slot machine
   42  gaming area and the proposed location of the new designated slot
   43  machine gaming area.
   44         (d)The commission is responsible for approving or denying
   45  the application to change the location of the designated slot
   46  machine gaming area. A slot machine licensee must apply to the
   47  commission using forms adopted by the commission. The commission
   48  shall examine the application and approve or deny the change of
   49  location of the designated slot machine gaming area within the
   50  timeframes required by s. 120.60. The commission may adopt rules
   51  to implement this subsection.
   52  
   53  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   54  And the title is amended as follows:
   55         Between lines 74 and 75
   56  insert:
   57         551.114, F.S.; authorizing a slot machine licensee to
   58         apply to the commission to change the location of its
   59         designated slot machine gaming area under certain
   60         circumstances; requiring the licensed pari-mutuel
   61         permitholder to submit to the commission a survey
   62         indicating specified information; providing that the
   63         commission is responsible for approving or denying the
   64         application to change the location of the designated
   65         slot machine gaming area; requiring a slot machine
   66         licensee to apply to the commission using forms
   67         adopted by the commission; requiring the commission to
   68         examine the application and approve or deny the
   69         application within a specified timeframe; authorizing
   70         the commission to adopt rules; amending s.