The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 550
PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING

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F.S. 550.235

550.235 Conniving to prearrange result of race or jai alai game; using medication or drugs on horse or dog; penalty.—

(1) Any person who influences, or has any understanding or connivance with, any owner, jockey, groom, or other person associated with or interested in any stable, kennel, horserace, dograce, or jai alai game, in which any horse, dog, or jai alai player participates, to prearrange or predetermine the results of any such race or game, is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2) Any person who attempts to affect the outcome of a horserace or dograce through administration of medication or drugs to a race animal as prohibited by law; who administers any medication or drugs prohibited by law to a race animal for the purpose of affecting the outcome of a horserace or dograce; or who conspires to administer or to attempt to administer such medication or drugs is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 25, ch. 92-348; s. 30, ch. 97-98.

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Amendments to 550.235

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 550.235

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S550.235 1 - SPORTS TAMPERING - INFLUENCE HORSE OR DOG RACE BY OWNER ETC - F: T

S550.235 2 - SPORTS TAMPERING - GIVE DRUG TO DOG HORSE TO EFFECT RACE RESULT - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. RUBIO,, 967 So. 2d 768 (Fla. 2007)

. . . The immediately preceding-subsection, section 895.02(l)(a)(8), sets forth “[sjection 550.235, s. 550.3551 . . .

R. PLANTE, D. V. M. v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, DIVISION OF PARI- MUTUEL WAGERING,, 685 So. 2d 886 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . The agency found that Plante had violated section 550.235(2), Florida Statutes (1993), and Florida Administrative . . . Code Regulation 61D-1.002(18), which implemented section 550.235(2). . . . The Department suspended Plante’s license finding he violated section 550.235(2). . . . Section 550.235(2) provides: Any person who attempts to affect the outcome of a horserace or dograce . . . Complementing section 550.235(2) is section 550.2415(9)(a) which reads: Under no circumstances may any . . .

STATE v. GIAMANCO,, 682 So. 2d 1193 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . to a race animal for the purpose of affecting the outcome of a horse race in violation of sections 550.235 . . . The trial court dismissed the charges ruling section 550.235(2) unconstitutionally vague both on its . . . Section 550.235(2) provides: Any person who attempts to affect the outcome of a horserace or dograce . . . Complementing section 550.235(2) is section 550.2415(9)(a) which provides: Under no circumstances may . . . We therefore hold that section 550.235(2) is facially constitutional. . . .

R. WITMER, v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, DIVISION OF PARI- MUTUEL WAGERING,, 631 So. 2d 338 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . connection with racing, in violation of Florida Administrative Code Rule 61D-1.002(18) and section 550.235 . . . 61D-1.002(18), Florida Administrative Code, and that Witmer additionally conspired to violate section 550.235 . . . The Department charges that the offer to administer the drug violated section 550.235(2), Florida Statutes . . . Section 550.235(2) requires that the conspiracy be directed toward affecting the outcome of a race and . . . But neither section 550.235 nor rule 61D-1.002(18) prohibits the act of soliciting a crime or violation . . .