Florida Senate Bill S1488 Latest Draft

 Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1488  By Senator Garcia 36-01186A-23 20231488__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to lottery retailer compensation; 3 amending s. 24.105, F.S.; requiring that specified 4 compensation be paid to retailers for Florida Lottery 5 ticket sales; deleting a limitation on additional 6 retailer compensation; repealing s. 58, chapter 2022 7 157, Laws of Florida, relating to the future 8 expiration of an amendment; providing effective dates. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1.Paragraph (i) of subsection (9) of section 13 24.105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 14 24.105Powers and duties of department.The department 15 shall: 16 (9)Adopt rules governing the establishment and operation 17 of the state lottery, including: 18 (i)The manner and amount of compensation of retailers, 19 provided, however, that except for the 2022-2023 fiscal year 20 only, effective July 1, 2022, the commission for Florida Lottery 21 ticket sales shall be 6 5.75 percent of the purchase price of 22 each ticket sold or issued as a prize by a retailer. Any 23 additional retailer compensation is limited to the Florida 24 Lottery Retailer Bonus Commission program appropriated in 25 Specific Appropriation 2759U of the 2022-2023 General 26 Appropriations Act. 27 Section 2.Effective upon this act becoming a law, section 28 58 of chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, is repealed. 29 Section 3.Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 30 act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon 31 this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 32 2023.