Florida Statutes
Chapter 550 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering
550.909 - Voting Requirements.


(1) Each member of the compact committee is entitled to one vote.
(2) All action taken by the compact committee with regard to the addition of party states, the licensure of participants in pari-mutuel wagering, and the receipt and disbursement of funds requires a majority vote of the members of the compact committee or their alternates. All other action by the compact committee requires a majority vote of the members present or their alternates.
(3) The compact committee may not take any action unless a quorum is present. A majority of the members of the compact committee or their alternates constitutes a quorum.
History.—s. 39, ch. 2000-354.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations

Chapter 550 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering

550.001 - Short Title.

550.002 - Definitions.

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.

550.105 - Occupational Licenses of Racetrack Employees; Fees; Denial, Suspension, and Revocation of License; Penalties and Fines.

550.1155 - Authority of Stewards, Judges, Panel of Judges, or Player’s Manager to Impose Penalties Against Occupational Licensees; Disposition of Funds Collected.

550.125 - Uniform Reporting System; Bond Requirement.

550.135 - Division of Moneys Derived Under This Law.

550.155 - Pari-Mutuel Pool Within Track Enclosure; Takeouts; Breaks; Penalty for Purchasing Part of a Pari-Mutuel Pool for or Through Another in Specified Circumstances.

550.1625 - Dogracing; Taxes.

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.

550.1815 - Certain Persons Prohibited From Holding Racing or Jai Alai Permits; Suspension and Revocation.

550.235 - Conniving to Prearrange Result of Race or Jai Alai Game; Using Medication or Drugs on Horse or Dog; Penalty.

550.24055 - Use of Controlled Substances or Alcohol Prohibited; Testing of Certain Occupational Licensees; Penalty; Evidence of Test or Action Taken and Admissibility for Criminal Prosecution Limited.

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.

550.26165 - Breeders’ Awards.

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.

550.26352 - Breeders’ Cup Meet; Pools Authorized; Conflicts; Taxes; Credits; Transmission of Races; Rules; Application.

550.2704 - Jai Alai Tournament of Champions Meet.

550.285 - Obtaining Feed or Other Supplies for Racehorses or Greyhound Racing Dogs With Intent to Defraud.

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.

550.3615 - Bookmaking on the Grounds of a Permitholder; Penalties; Reinstatement; Duties of Track Employees; Penalty; Exceptions.

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.

550.6335 - Surcharge.

550.6345 - Intertrack Wagering; Purses When Host Track Is Harness Racetrack.

550.70 - Jai Alai General Provisions; Chief Court Judges Required; Extension of Time to Construct Fronton; Amateur Jai Alai Contests Permitted Under Certain Conditions; Playing Days’ Limitations; Locking of Pari-Mutuel Machines.

550.71 - Operation of Ch. 96-364.

550.901 - Interstate Compact on Licensure of Participants in Pari-Mutuel Wagering.

550.902 - Purposes.

550.903 - Definitions; Interstate Compact on Licensure of Participants in Pari-Mutuel Wagering.

550.904 - Entry Into Force.

550.905 - States Eligible to Join Compact.

550.906 - Withdrawal From Compact; Impact on Force and Effect.

550.907 - Compact Committee.

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.

550.912 - Rights and Responsibilities of Each Party State.

550.913 - Construction and Severability.