Bill Text: FL H1017 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Lotteries

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H1017 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H1017-Introduced.html

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HB 1017

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to state lotteries; creating s. 24.132,
3	F.S.; providing for a special instant scratch-off lottery
4	game titled Ticket for the Cure; providing for revenues to
5	be used for the purpose of funding breast cancer research
6	and services for certain breast cancer victims; providing
7	restrictions for the use of funds; defining the terms "net
8	revenue" and "research"; authorizing the Department of the
9	Lottery to adopt rules; amending s. 24.121, F.S.;
10	providing for revenues to be equitably apportioned to
11	certain state universities to be used for the purpose of
12	funding breast cancer research and services for certain
13	breast cancer victims; providing an effective date.
14
15	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17	Section 1.  Section 24.132, Florida Statutes, is created to
18	read:
19	24.132  Ticket for the Cure.-
20	(1)  The department shall offer a special instant scratch-
21	off lottery game with the title "Ticket for the Cure." The game
22	shall commence on January 1, 2012, and shall be discontinued on
23	December 31, 2017. During the time that tickets are sold for the
24	Ticket for the Cure game, the department may not unreasonably
25	diminish the efforts devoted to marketing any other instant
26	scratch-off lottery game.
27	(2)(a)  The net revenue from the Ticket for the Cure
28	scratch-off game shall be allocated pursuant to s. 24.121(5)(f)
29	to be used for the purpose of funding breast cancer research and
30	services for low-income, uninsured breast cancer victims. The
31	funds may not be used for institutional, organizational, or
32	community-based overhead costs, indirect costs, or levies.
33	(b)  As used in this section, the term:
34	1.  "Net revenue" means the total amount for which tickets
35	have been sold less the sum of the amount paid out in prizes and
36	the actual administrative expenses of the department solely
37	related to the Ticket for the Cure game.
38	2.  "Research" includes, but is not limited to,
39	expenditures to develop and advance the understanding,
40	techniques, and modalities effective in the detection,
41	prevention, screening, and treatment of breast cancer, including
42	clinical trials.
43	(3)  The department may adopt rules to implement this
44	section.
45	Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
46	24.121, Florida Statutes, is amended, present paragraph (f) is
47	redesignated as paragraph (g), and a new paragraph (f) is added
48	to that subsection, to read:
49	24.121  Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for
50	public education.-
51	(5)
52	(b)  Except as provided in paragraphs (c), (d), and (e),
53	and (f), the Legislature shall equitably apportion moneys in the
54	trust fund among public schools, community colleges, and
55	universities.
56	(f)  The net revenues received pursuant to s. 24.132 shall
57	be equitably apportioned to state universities that have medical
58	research facilities or that are associated with medical research
59	facilities. The moneys shall be used for the purpose of funding
60	breast cancer research and services for low-income, uninsured
61	breast cancer victims pursuant to s. 24.132.
62	(g)(f)  Each school district shall, on a quarterly basis,
63	make available to the public and distribute, in an easy to
64	understand format, the expenditures of lottery funds allocated
65	to the school district.
66	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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