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Chapter 849GAMBLING
SECTION 15Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., of slot machines or devices prohibited.
F.S. 849.15
849.15 Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., of slot machines or devices prohibited.—(1) It is unlawful:(a) To manufacture, own, store, keep, possess, sell, rent, lease, let on shares, lend or give away, transport, or expose for sale or lease, or to offer to sell, rent, lease, let on shares, lend or give away, or permit the operation of, or for any person to permit to be placed, maintained, or used or kept in any room, space, or building owned, leased or occupied by the person or under the person's management or control, any slot machine or device or any part thereof; or
(b) To make or to permit to be made with any person any agreement with reference to any slot machine or device, pursuant to which the user thereof, as a result of any element of chance or other outcome unpredictable to him or her, may become entitled to receive any money, credit, allowance, or thing of value or additional chance or right to use such machine or device, or to receive any check, slug, token or memorandum entitling the holder to receive any money, credit, allowance or thing of value.
(2) Pursuant to section 2 of that chapter of the Congress of the United States entitled 'An act to prohibit transportation of gaming devices in interstate and foreign commerce,' approved January 2, 1951, being ch. 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, and also designated as 15 U.S.C. ss. 1171-1177, the State of Florida, acting by and through the duly elected and qualified members of its Legislature, does hereby in this section, and in accordance with and in compliance with the provisions of section 2 of such chapter of Congress, declare and proclaim that any county of the State of Florida within which slot machine gaming is authorized pursuant to chapter 551 is exempt from the provisions of section 2 of that chapter of the Congress of the United States entitled 'An act to prohibit transportation of gaming devices in interstate and foreign commerce,' designated as 15 U.S.C. ss. 1171-1177, approved January 2, 1951. All shipments of gaming devices, including slot machines, into any county of this state within which slot machine gaming is authorized pursuant to chapter 551 and the registering, recording, and labeling of which have been duly performed by the manufacturer or distributor thereof in accordance with sections 3 and 4 of that chapter of the Congress of the United States entitled 'An act to prohibit transportation of gaming devices in interstate and foreign commerce,' approved January 2, 1951, being ch. 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, and also designated as 15 U.S.C. ss. 1171-1177, shall be deemed legal shipments thereof into this state provided the destination of such shipments is an eligible facility as defined in s. 551.102 or the facility of a slot machine manufacturer or slot machine distributor as provided in s. 551.109(2)(a).
History.—s. 1, ch. 18143, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(405-a); s. 1367, ch. 97-102; s. 2, ch. 2005-362; s. 156, ch. 2007-5; s. 11, ch. 2007-252.
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2018 Florida Statutes
Chapter 723
MOBILE HOME PARK LOT TENANCIESEntire Chapter
MOBILE HOME PARK LOT TENANCIES
723.008
Applicability of chapter 212 to fees, penalties, and fines under this chapter.
723.009
Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund.
723.011
Disclosure prior to rental of a mobile home lot; prospectus, filing, approval.
723.013
Written notification in the absence of a prospectus.
723.014
Failure to provide prospectus or offering circular prior to occupancy.
723.017
Publication of false or misleading information; remedies.
723.024
Compliance by mobile home park owners and mobile home owners.
723.025
Park owner's access to mobile home and mobile home lot.
723.027
Persons authorized by park owner to receive notices.
723.032
Prohibited or unenforceable provisions in mobile home lot rental agreements.
723.033
Unreasonable lot rental agreements; increases, changes.
723.037
Lot rental increases; reduction in services or utilities; change in rules and regulations; mediation.
723.041
Entrance fees; refunds; exit fees prohibited; replacement homes.
723.044
Interference with installation of appliances or interior improvements.
723.054
Right of mobile home owners to peaceably assemble; right to communicate.
723.055
Right of mobile home owner to invite public officers, candidates for public office, or representatives of a tenant organization.
723.056
Enforcement of right of assembly and right to hear outside speakers.
723.06116
Payments to the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation.
723.0612
Change in use; relocation expenses; payments by park owner.
723.063
Defenses to action for rent or possession; procedure.
723.072
Affidavit of compliance with statutory requirements.
723.074
Sale of facilities serving a mobile home subdivision.
723.0791
Mobile home cooperative homeowners' associations; elections.
723.083
Governmental action affecting removal of mobile home owners.
723.085
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