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Fla. Stat. § 550.235 (2025)
Conniving to prearrange result of race or jai alai game; using medication or drugs on horse or dog; penalty.
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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.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 550.235
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§550.235(1)SPORTS TAMPERINGINFLUENCE HORSE OR DOG RACE BY OWNER ETC
§550.235(2)SPORTS TAMPERINGGIVE DRUG TO DOG HORSE TO EFFECT RACE RESULT
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1994–1996 · leading case: Witmer v. Dept. of Bus. & Pro. Reg., 631 So. 2d 338 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994).
Witmer v. Dept. of Bus. & Pro. Reg., 631 So. 2d 338 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). “But neither section 550.235 nor rule 61D-1.002(18) prohibits the act of soliciting a crime or violation, only the commission of the substantive offense and/or conspiracy to commit the offense.”
Plante v. Dept. of Bus. & Pro. Reg., 685 So. 2d 886 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). “The agency found that Plante had violated *887 section 550.235(2), Florida Statutes (1993), and Florida Administrative Code Regulation 61D-1.”
State v. Giamanco, 682 So. 2d 1193 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). “The trial court dismissed the charges ruling section 550.235(2) unconstitutionally vague both on its face and as applied.”
— 550.235(2) — 3 cases
Witmer v. Dept. of Bus. & Pro. Reg., 631 So. 2d 338 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). “But neither section 550.235 nor rule 61D-1.002(18) prohibits the act of soliciting a crime or violation, only the commission of the substantive offense and/or conspiracy to commit the offense.”
Plante v. Dept. of Bus. & Pro. Reg., 685 So. 2d 886 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). “The agency found that Plante had violated *887 section 550.235(2), Florida Statutes (1993), and Florida Administrative Code Regulation 61D-1.”
State v. Giamanco, 682 So. 2d 1193 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). “The trial court dismissed the charges ruling section 550.235(2) unconstitutionally vague both on its face and as applied.”
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