(1) Upon application to the commission on or before January 31 of each year, any person that is licensed to conduct public sales of thoroughbred horses pursuant to s. 535.01 and that has conducted at least 8 days of thoroughbred horse sales at a permanent sales facility in this state for at least 3 consecutive years before such application shall be issued a license, subject to the conditions set forth in this section, to conduct intertrack wagering at such a permanent sales facility. No more than one such license may be issued, and no such license may be issued for a facility located within 50 miles of any thoroughbred permitholder’s track.
(2) If more than one application is submitted for such license, the commission shall determine which applicant shall be granted the license. In making its determination, the commission shall grant the license to the applicant demonstrating superior capabilities, as measured by the length of time the applicant has been conducting thoroughbred sales within this state or elsewhere, the applicant’s total volume of thoroughbred horse sales, within this state or elsewhere, the length of time the applicant has maintained a permanent thoroughbred sales facility in this state, and the quality of the facility.
(3) The applicant must comply with the provisions of ss. 550.125 and 550.1815.
(4) The licensee shall be considered a guest track under this chapter.
History.—s. 11, ch. 98-190; s. 4, ch. 98-217; s. 28, ch. 2000-354; s. 29, ch. 2021-271; s. 44, ch. 2022-7.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations
Chapter 550 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering
550.0115 - Permitholder Operating License.
550.01215 - License Application; Periods of Operation; License Fees; Bond.
550.0235 - Limitation of Civil Liability.
550.0251 - Powers and Duties of the Florida Gaming Control Commission.
550.0351 - Charity Racing Days.
550.0425 - Minors Attendance at Pari-Mutuel Performances; Restrictions.
550.054 - Application for Permit to Conduct Pari-Mutuel Wagering.
550.0555 - Greyhound Dogracing Permits; Relocation Within a County; Conditions.
550.0651 - Elections for Ratification of Permits; Municipal Prohibitions.
550.0745 - Summer Jai Alai Permit Periods of Operation.
550.0951 - Payment of Daily License Fee and Taxes; Penalties.
550.09511 - Jai Alai Taxes; Abandoned Interest in a Permit for Nonpayment of Taxes.
550.09512 - Harness Horse Taxes; Abandoned Interest in a Permit for Nonpayment of Taxes.
550.09514 - Greyhound Dogracing Taxes; Purse Requirements.
550.09515 - Thoroughbred Horse Taxes; Abandoned Interest in a Permit for Nonpayment of Taxes.
550.125 - Uniform Reporting System; Bond Requirement.
550.135 - Division of Moneys Derived Under This Law.
550.1645 - Escheat to State of Abandoned Interest in or Contribution to Pari-Mutuel Pools.
550.1646 - Credit for Unclaimed Property Remitted to State.
550.1647 - Greyhound Permitholders; Unclaimed Tickets; Breaks.
550.175 - Petition for Election to Revoke Permit.
550.2415 - Racing of Animals Under Certain Conditions Prohibited; Penalties; Exceptions.
550.255 - Penalty for Conducting Unauthorized Race Meeting.
550.2614 - Distribution of Certain Funds to a Horsemen’s Association.
550.2625 - Horseracing; Minimum Purse Requirement, Florida Breeders’ and Owners’ Awards.
550.2633 - Horseracing; Distribution of Abandoned Interest in or Contributions to Pari-Mutuel Pools.
550.2704 - Jai Alai Tournament of Champions Meet.
550.334 - Quarter Horse Racing; Substitutions.
550.3345 - Conversion of Quarter Horse Permit to a Limited Thoroughbred Permit.
550.3355 - Harness Track Licenses for Summer Quarter Horse Racing.
550.3551 - Transmission of Racing and Jai Alai Information; Commingling of Pari-Mutuel Pools.
550.3616 - Racing Greyhounds or Other Dogs Prohibited; Penalty.
550.375 - Operation of Certain Harness Tracks.
550.475 - Lease of Pari-Mutuel Facilities by Pari-Mutuel Permitholders.
550.495 - Totalisator Licensing.
550.505 - Nonwagering Permits.
550.5251 - Florida Thoroughbred Racing; Certain Permits; Operating Days.
550.615 - Intertrack Wagering.
550.625 - Intertrack Wagering; Purses; Breeders’ Awards.
550.6305 - Intertrack Wagering; Guest Track Payments; Accounting Rules.
550.6308 - Limited Intertrack Wagering License.
550.6315 - Applicability of S. 565.02(5) to Guest Tracks.
550.6325 - Uncashed Tickets and Breakage Tax.
550.6345 - Intertrack Wagering; Purses When Host Track Is Harness Racetrack.
550.71 - Operation of Ch. 96-364.
550.901 - Interstate Compact on Licensure of Participants in Pari-Mutuel Wagering.
550.903 - Definitions; Interstate Compact on Licensure of Participants in Pari-Mutuel Wagering.
550.905 - States Eligible to Join Compact.
550.906 - Withdrawal From Compact; Impact on Force and Effect.
550.908 - Powers and Duties of Compact Committee.
550.909 - Voting Requirements.
550.910 - Administration and Management.
550.911 - Immunity From Liability for Performance of Official Responsibilities and Duties.