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Florida Senate - 2025 CS for CS for SB 622 By the Committees on Fiscal Policy; and Regulated Industries; and Senators Rodriguez and Calatayud 594-03852-25 2025622c2 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to jai alai permitholders; amending s. 3 550.475, F.S.; authorizing holders of valid pari 4 mutuel permits to lease certain facilities to any 5 other holder of the same pari-mutuel permit or to any 6 jai alai permitholder when located within a specified 7 radius of each other; authorizing such lessees to 8 apply for a certain license; prohibiting such lessees 9 from operating a cardroom or slot machine at the 10 leased facility; requiring certain jai alai 11 permitholders to conduct a minimum number of live 12 performances using their existing permit; prohibiting 13 operation under a lessors permit; providing an 14 effective date. 15 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 18 Section 1.Section 550.475, Florida Statutes, is amended to 19 read: 20 550.475Lease of pari-mutuel facilities by pari-mutuel 21 permitholders.Holders of valid pari-mutuel permits for the 22 conduct of any pari-mutuel wagering in this state may are 23 entitled to lease any and all of their facilities at their 24 permitted location as of January 1, 2021, to any other holder of 25 a same class valid pari-mutuel permit or to any jai alai 26 permitholder, when located within a 35-mile radius of each 27 other; and such lessee may apply for a is entitled to a permit 28 and license to conduct intertrack wagering and operate its race 29 meet or jai alai games at the leased facility but may not 30 operate a cardroom or slot machine license at the leased 31 facility. A jai alai permitholder that leases a facility from 32 another permitholder in accordance with this section must 33 conduct a minimum of 20 live performances using such 34 permitholders existing permit and may not operate under the 35 lessors permit premises. 36 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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