Florida Administrative Code › 75 - FLORIDA GAMING CONTROL COMMISSION › 75 - Departmental › Chapter 75-2 - ENFORCEMENT › Section 75-2.001 - General Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Board of
				Relief" means the panel composed of three permitholder officers charged with
				disbursing monies deposited into the Board of Relief fund to occupational
				license holders and their immediate families.
(2) "Bookmaker" means a person, other than an
				authorized betting messenger, who takes or receives wagers as described in
				Section  849.25, F.S.
(3) "Condition book" means a document
				published by the permitholder which sets out conditions, purses, and
				descriptions of future races for the meeting.
(4) "Conditions" means criteria prepared by
				the racing secretary to establish guidelines for the makeup of all
				races.
(5) "Contest" means a race
				or game between horses, greyhounds, or players for purses, stakes, or reward on
				any licensed race course or fronton and conducted in the presence of judges or
				stewards.
(6) "Detention enclosure"
				means that area of the permitholder's grounds specifically set aside for the
				collection of racing animal blood, urine or other fluids.
(7) "Director" means the Director of the
				Florida Gaming Control Commission, Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering.
(8) "Ownership interest" means any person,
				corporation, or other business entity who holds in whole or part any right,
				title, or interest in a permitholder or application of permit.
(9) "Paddock" means the secure and restricted
				area designated by the permitholder for the activities associated with racing,
				excluding the stable areas.
(10)
				"Permitholder" means any person, persons or entity holding a permit issued by
				the division for a pari-mutuel facility.
(11) "Permitholder employee" means any
				employee of the permitholder, including, but not limited to, any admission
				employee, clerical help, security guard, maintenance employee, mutuel employee,
				parking employee, public relations staff person, and any switchboard, general
				track or fronton employee.
(12)
				"Permitholder license" means an annual license issued by the division to
				conduct pari-mutuel operations at a location specified in the permit for a
				specific type of pari-mutuel event specified in the permit.
(13) "Post position" means the position
				assigned to a racing animal or player for the start of a race or
				game.
(14) "Post time" means the
				scheduled start of the contest.
(15) "Race" means a contest for purse, stakes
				or entry fees, on an approved course, and in the presence of duly appointed
				racing officials.
(16) "Race day"
				means the calendar day on which the race begins.
(17) "Stable name" means the name used by any
				configuration of licensed owners other than the individual licensee's name
				under which the owners race a horse or horses.
(18) "State office" means the division office
				located at each pari-mutuel facility.
(19) "Tote" or "tote board" means the device
				used to display pari-mutuel information to the public.
(20) "Vendor" means any business or person
				providing goods or services to a contractual concessionaire, pari-mutuel
				licensee, or pari-mutuel permitholder when the goods or services provided
				require the vendor's employees to be on the stable backside or kennel compound
				and come into contact with players, racing animals, or provide direct services
				for the support of players or racing animals at any time during any time a
				pari-mutuel facility is open for pari-mutuel wagering. Vendors do not include
				medical professionals, blacksmiths or platers.
(21) "Wagering area" means the area
				designated for conducting any wagering transactions.
Rulemaking Authority
					  550.0251 (3), (5),
					 (8)(b),
					 550.105(2)(b),
					 550.155(1),
					 550.1815(5),
					 550.2415(13),
					 550.2625(2)(d),
					 550.3551(10),
					 550.3615(5),
					 550.495(2)(a),
					 (4),
					 550.6305(5) FS.
					 Law Implemented 550.0251,
					  550.054,
					  550.105,
					  550.155,
					  550.1815,
					  550.2415,
					  550.2625,
					  550.3551,
					  550.3615,
					  550.495,
					  550.6305 FS.
New 10-20-96, Amended 12-15-97, 4-12-06, Formerly
					  61D-2.001.