Re: Any word on Florida poker?

On Aug 26 2009 5:31 AM, snoball wrote:

Any decision made on increased buyins for poker in Flroida?

No decision yet; Here is what one knowledgeable person thinks:

Timeline for Implementation

All of the following steps have to be completed before any of the changes
per the new bill go into effect:

1. Legislature Officers submit the bill to the Governor. (Just a
procedural step, should happen sometime in June.) COMPLETED
2. Governor signs the bill into law. (Governor has one week to sign the
bill after it is submitted to him. If he doesn't sign or veto it within a
week, it automatically becomes law.) COMPLETED
2. Governor and Tribe "negotiate" the compact (strictly per the terms of
the bill).
3. Tribe passes and signs the new compact. (Deadline August 31st.)
4. Florida legislature (House and Senate) votes to ratify the compact.
(The Legislature will have to convene a special session to do this,
probably in October.)
5. Federal Secretary of the Interior approves the compact, or 45 days
passes after it is submitted to him without an approval or disapproval
being issued by him.
6. Federal Secretary of the Interior publishes the compact in the Federal
Register.

I'm estimating circa Jan 1 for completion [if all goes smoothly].

Or go to 2+2--Poker legislation and read all for yourself, pages 1-5
should suffice.

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