Florida HB 1401: State Lotteries

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to state lotteries; amending s. 2
24.103, F.S.; defining the term "ball machine"; 3
revising the definitions of the terms "major 4
procurement" and "retailer"; amending s. 24.105, F.S.; 5
revising the powers and duties of the Department of 6
the Lottery; amending s. 24.108, F.S.; revising the 7
schedule for the department to have a certain report 8
produced and submitted to the Governor and the 9
Legislature; amending s. 24.111, F.S.; revising the 10
information required to be provided to the department 11
by persons who submit a bid, a proposal, or an offer 12
to negotiate a contract for major procurement; 13
amending s. 24.112, F.S.; revising the bond amount a 14
retailer may be required to post for the period within 15
which the retailer is required to remit lottery funds 16
to the department; revising certain requirements 17
relating to lottery vending machines; amending s. 18
24.116, F.S.; authorizing the division's sworn law 19
enforcement officers to purchase and present lottery 20
tickets to a lottery retailer to claim a prize under 21
certain circumstances; amending s. 24.118, F.S.; 22
revising certain prohibitions and penalties relating 23
to presenting a counterfeit or altered state lottery 24
ticket; prohibiting certain false claims relating to 25

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state lottery tickets; prohibiting a lottery retailer 26
or an employee thereof from using such position to 27
knowingly facilitate, participate in, or otherwise 28
assist in the theft of a lottery ticket from a retail 29
establishment, patron, or customer; providing criminal 30
penalties; defining the terms "patron" and "customer"; 31
providing an effective date. 32
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 34
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Section 1. Present subsections (1) through (6) of section 36
24.103, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2) 37
through (7), respectively, a new subsection (1) is added to that 38
section, and present subsections (2) and (4) of that section are 39
amended, to read: 40
24.103 Definitions.—As used in this act: 41
(1) "Ball machine" means a device that mechanically mixes 42
a set of numbered balls and then randomly draws from that mix to 43
determine the winning numbers for a specific game. 44
(3)(2) "Major procurement" means a procurement for a 45
contract for the printing of tickets for use in any lottery 46
game, consultation services for the startup of the lottery, any 47
goods or services involving the official recording for lottery 48
game play purposes of a player's selections in any lottery game 49
involving player selections, any goods or services involving the 50

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receiving of a player's selection directly from a player in any 51
lottery game involving player selections, any goods or services 52
involving the drawing, determination, or generation of winners 53
in any lottery game, the security report services provided for 54
in this act, or any goods and services relating to marketing and 55
promotion which exceed a value of $25,000. 56
(5)(4) "Retailer" means the department or a person who 57
sells lottery tickets on behalf of the department pursuant to a 58
contract. 59
Section 2. Present paragraphs (i) and (j) of subsection 60
(9) of section 24.105, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 61
paragraphs (j) and (k), respectively, a new paragraph (i) is 62
added to that subsection, and paragraphs (a) and (d) of 63
subsection (9) and subsection (17) of that section are amended, 64
to read: 65
24.105 Powers and duties of department.—The department 66
shall: 67
(9) Adopt rules governing the establishment and operation 68
of the state lottery, including: 69
(a) The type of lottery games to be conducted, except 70
that: 71
1. The No name of an elected official may not shall appear 72
on the ticket or play slip of any lottery game or on any prize 73
or on any instrument used for the payment of prizes, unless such 74
prize is in the form of a state warrant. 75

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2. No Coins or currency may not shall be dispensed from 76
any electronic computer terminal or device used in any lottery 77
game. 78
3. Other than as specifically provided in s. 24.112, a no 79
terminal or device may not be used for any lottery game which 80
may be operated solely by the player without the assistance of 81
the retailer. 82
(d) The method of sele