CRC - 2017 COMMISSIONER AMENDMENT Proposal No. CS for P 67 Ì3235388Î323538 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: 1/RS . 03/20/2018 07:24 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Commissioner Lee moved the following: 1 CRC Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the proposal clause 4 and insert: 5 A new section is added to Article X of the State 6 Constitution to read: 7 ARTICLE X 8 MISCELLANEOUS 9 Prohibition on racing of and wagering on greyhounds or 10 other dogs.-The humane treatment of animals is a fundamental 11 value of the people of the State of Florida. After June 30, 12 2020, a person authorized to conduct gaming or pari-mutuel 13 operations may not race greyhounds or any member of the Canis 14 Familiaris subspecies in connection with any wager for money or 15 any other thing of value in this state, and persons in this 16 state may not wager money or any other thing of value on the 17 outcome of a dog race. The failure to conduct greyhound racing 18 or wagering on greyhound racing after June 30, 2020, does not 19 constitute grounds to revoke or deny renewal of other related 20 gaming licenses held by a person who is a greyhound permitholder 21 on November 6, 2018, and does not affect the eligibility of such 22 permitholder, or such permitholder’s facility, to conduct other 23 pari-mutuel activities authorized by general law on November 6, 24 2018, for a pari-mutuel facility operating a full schedule of 25 live racing or games. By general law, the legislature shall 26 specify civil or criminal penalties for violations of this 27 section and for activities that aid or abet violations of this 28 section. 29 30 A new section is added to Article XII of the State 31 Constitution to read: 32 ARTICLE XII 33 SCHEDULE 34 Prohibition on racing or wagering on greyhounds or other 35 dogs.-The amendment to Article X, which prohibits the racing of 36 or wagering on greyhound and other dogs, and the creation of 37 this section, shall take effect upon the approval of the 38 electors. 39 40 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 41 And the title is amended as follows: 42 Delete everything before the proposal clause 43 and insert: 44 A proposal to create 45 new sections in Article X and Article XII of the State 46 Constitution to prohibit the racing of and wagering on 47 greyhounds and other dogs after a specified date.