Bill > S1564

Introduced Session

An act relating to thoroughbred permitholders; amending s. 550.01215, F.S.; providing that a thoroughbred permitholder may elect not to, rather than be required to, conduct live racing or games; providing that a thoroughbred permitholder that does not conduct live racing or games retains its permit, remains a pari-mutuel facility, remains an eligible facility if issued a slot machine license, and is eligible to be a guest track and a host track; providing that a greyhound permitholder, jai alai permitholder, harness horse racing permitholder, quarter horse racing permitholder, and thoroughbred permitholder are exempt from certain licensing and application fees for operating a cardroom; requiring a thoroughbred permitholder that operates a slot machine facility or cardroom to offer a full schedule of live racing until the permitholder notifies the Florida Gaming Control Commission that it will no longer offer live racing; providing that such notice is not valid unless delivered to the commission on or after a specified date; specifying requirements for such notice; providing that a permitholder is not required to deliver such notice if authorized by the commission to relocate; amending s. 550.054, F.S.; authorizing, rather than prohibiting, the transfer or reissuance of a thoroughbred horse racing permit or license under certain circumstances; deleting exceptions in which a thoroughbred horse racing licensee may change the location of the licensee’s thoroughbred horse racetrack; amending s. 550.09515, F.S.; providing that the permit of a thoroughbred permitholder who conducts live performances and does not pay taxes for a certain time is void; reenacting and amending s. 550.3345, F.S.; providing that certain members of a certain not for-profit corporation be designated by the commission, rather than the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association; providing that the not-for profit corporation may move the location of a permit to another location in a different county which has been previously authorized for pari-mutuel wagering; amending s. 550.475, F.S.; providing that holders of pari-mutuel permits for pari-mutuel wagering may lease any of the facilities of a thoroughbred training facility holding a valid license; revising the geographic area within which a pari-mutuel permitholder may lease its facilities to certain persons and permitholders; prohibiting a thoroughbred permitholder relocation from operating a cardroom at a leased training facility; providing that a lessor of a pari-mutuel facility that has been issued a slot machine license or a cardroom license is an eligible facility; amending s. 550.5251, F.S.; requiring that thoroughbred permitholders required to offer live racing, rather than all thoroughbred permitholders, must annually file with the commission an application to conduct one or more thoroughbred racing meetings during the thoroughbred racing season; reenacting s. 550.615(2) and (8), F.S., relating to intertrack wagering, to incorporate the amendments made to ss. 550.01215 and 550.475, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Nick DiCeglie (R)*, 

Died in Regulated Industries (on 03/13/2026)

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