The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 616
PUBLIC FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS

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F.S. 616.09

616.09 Not authorized to carry on gambling, etc.; forfeiture of charter for violations; annulment proceedings.—Nothing in this chapter shall be held or construed to authorize or permit any fair association to carry on, conduct, supervise, permit, or suffer any gambling or game of chance, lottery, betting, or other act in violation of the criminal laws of the state; and nothing in this chapter shall permit horseracing or dogracing or any other pari-mutuel wagering, for money or upon which money is placed. Any fair association which violates any such law or which knowingly permits the violation of any such law is subject to forfeiture of its charter; and if any citizen complains to the Department of Legal Affairs that the association was organized for or is being used as a cover to evade any of the laws of Florida against crime, and submits prima facie evidence to sustain the charge, the Department of Legal Affairs shall institute, and in due time prosecute to final judgment, such proceedings as may be necessary to annul the charter and incorporation of the association. A writ of injunction or other extraordinary process shall be issued by a court of competent jurisdiction on the application of the Department of Legal Affairs on complaint pending the annulment proceeding and in aid thereof, and the case shall be given precedence over all civil cases pending in that court and shall be heard and disposed of with as little delay as practicable.

History.—s. 7, ch. 7388, 1917; RGS 4525; CGL 6524; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 4, ch. 63-247; ss. 11, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 25, 26, ch. 83-239; ss. 11, 44, ch. 93-168.

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Amendments to 616.09

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 616.09

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 616.09.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In C. ROBEDEE, v. C., 367 B.R. 901 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2007)

. . . claim of exemptions The Debtor initially scheduled the following assets: cash, $50; bank account #705, $616.09 . . .

R. LAMKIN, C. s a v. FAIRCLOTH, Jr. In, 204 So. 2d 747 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1968)

. . . . § 616.09 Section 849.14 of the Florida Statutes, F.S.A., provides as follows: “Unlawful to bet on result . . . of Chapter 616, Florida Statutes, which recognize the prohibitions of those gambling laws (Sections 616.09 . . . Section 616.09 provides that “[njothing in this chapter shall be held or construed to authorize or permit . . .

FAIRCLOTH, v. CENTRAL FLORIDA FAIR, INC. a E. a, 202 So. 2d 608 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967)

. . . . § 616.09. . . .

LAMKIN, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL,, 26 Fla. Supp. 107 (Hillsborough Cty. Cir. Ct. 1966)

. . . notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 616, which recognize the prohibitions of those gambling laws (§§616.09 . . . devices and games in public fairs and expositions has been specifically recognized in chapter 616 by §616.09 . . .