Bill Text: FL H0239 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Lotteries

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee [H0239 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0239-Introduced.html

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HB 239

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to state lotteries; creating s.
3	24.132, F.S.; providing for a special instant scratch-
4	off lottery game titled Ticket for the Cure; providing
5	for revenues to be used for the purpose of funding
6	breast cancer research and services for certain breast
7	cancer victims; providing restrictions for the use of
8	funds; defining the terms "net revenue" and
9	"research"; authorizing the Department of the Lottery
10	to adopt rules; amending s. 24.121, F.S.; providing
11	for revenues to be equitably apportioned to certain
12	state universities to be used for the purpose of
13	funding breast cancer research and services for
14	certain breast cancer victims; providing an effective
15	date.
16
17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1.  Section 24.132, Florida Statutes, is created to
20	read:
21	24.132  Ticket for the Cure.-
22	(1)  The department shall offer a special instant scratch-
23	off lottery game with the title "Ticket for the Cure." The game
24	shall commence on January 1, 2013, and shall be discontinued on
25	December 31, 2018. During the time that tickets are sold for the
26	Ticket for the Cure game, the department may not unreasonably
27	diminish the efforts devoted to marketing any other instant
28	scratch-off lottery game.
29	(2)(a)  The net revenue from the Ticket for the Cure
30	scratch-off game shall be allocated pursuant to s. 24.121(5)(f)
31	to be used for the purpose of funding breast cancer research and
32	services for low-income, uninsured breast cancer victims. The
33	funds may not be used for institutional, organizational, or
34	community-based overhead costs, indirect costs, or levies.
35	(b)  As used in this section, the term:
36	1.  "Net revenue" means the total amount for which tickets
37	have been sold less the sum of the amount paid out in prizes and
38	the actual administrative expenses of the department solely
39	related to the Ticket for the Cure game.
40	2.  "Research" includes, but is not limited to,
41	expenditures to develop and advance the understanding,
42	techniques, and modalities effective in the detection,
43	prevention, screening, and treatment of breast cancer, including
44	clinical trials.
45	(3)  The department may adopt rules to implement this
46	section.
47	Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
48	24.121, Florida Statutes, is amended, present paragraph (f) of
49	that subsection is redesignated as paragraph (g), and a new
50	paragraph (f) is added to that subsection, to read:
51	24.121  Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for
52	public education.-
53	(5)
54	(b)  Except as provided in paragraphs (c), (d), and (e),
55	and (f), the Legislature shall equitably apportion moneys in the
56	trust fund among public schools, community colleges, and
57	universities.
58	(f)  The net revenues received pursuant to s. 24.132 shall
59	be equitably apportioned to state universities that have medical
60	research facilities or that are associated with medical research
61	facilities. The moneys shall be used for the purpose of funding
62	breast cancer research and services for low-income, uninsured
63	breast cancer victims pursuant to s. 24.132.
64	(g)(f)  Each school district shall, on a quarterly basis,
65	make available to the public and distribute, in an easy to
66	understand format, the expenditures of lottery funds allocated
67	to the school district.
68	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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