Bill Text: FL S0742 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Racing Animals

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Messages [S0742 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S0742-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 742
       
       
        
       By Senator Sobel
       
       
       
       
       
       33-00777-14                                            2014742__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to greyhound racing injuries; amending
    3         s. 550.2415, F.S.; requiring the Division of Pari
    4         mutuel Wagering within the Department of Business and
    5         Professional Regulation to maintain records of
    6         greyhounds injured while racing; providing for the
    7         content of such records; providing fines for making
    8         false statements on an injury form; providing an
    9         effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (6) of
   14  section 550.2415, Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         550.2415 Racing of animals under certain conditions
   16  prohibited; penalties; exceptions.—
   17         (6)
   18         (f)1. The division shall maintain records regarding
   19  injuries incurred by racing greyhounds while they are racing in
   20  this state, including injuries incurred in schooling races. The
   21  records must include:
   22         a. The greyhound’s registered name, right and left ear
   23  tattoo numbers, and, if any, the microchip manufacturer and
   24  number.
   25         b. The name, business address, and telephone number of the
   26  greyhound owner and trainer and the kennel operator.
   27         c. The color, weight, and sex of the greyhound.
   28         d. The location where the injury took place, whether on a
   29  racetrack or in another area.
   30         e. If the injury occurred while the greyhound was racing,
   31  the racetrack where the injury occurred and the distance, grade,
   32  race, and post position of the greyhound when the injury
   33  occurred.
   34         f. The weather conditions, time, and track condition when
   35  the injury occurred.
   36         g. The specific type and bodily location of injury, the
   37  cause of the injury, and the estimated recovery time from the
   38  injury.
   39         2. All injury forms shall be completed and signed under
   40  oath or affirmation under penalty of perjury by the racetrack
   41  veterinarian, whose signature must be witnessed by a designated
   42  representative of the division.
   43         3. Injury records created and maintained under this
   44  paragraph shall be maintained by the division for a period of 7
   45  years and shall be made readily available to the public upon
   46  oral or written request to the division.
   47         4. Knowingly making a false statement on an injury form
   48  shall result in a fine not to exceed $1,500. A second or
   49  subsequent violation of this paragraph shall result in a fine of
   50  at least $3,000.
   51         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.