Notice of Variances and Waivers

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
61D-11.0175: Count Rooms and Count Procedures
61D-11.025: Cardroom Electronic Surveillance
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 30, 2008, the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, has issued an order.
The Final Order was in response to a Petition for Variance from Melbourne Greyhound Park, LLC, Petitioner, filed November 6, 2008, and advertised in Vol. 34, No. 49, of the Florida Administrative Weekly.
The Final Order on the Petition for Variance from Melbourne Greyhound Park, LLC, Petitioner, in DBPR Case No. 2008060903 (VW 2008-309) grants the Petitioner a variance from cardroom surveillance technology requirements of subsection (3) of Rule 61D-11.0175, F.A.C., and subsections (4) and (5) of Rule 61D-11.025, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), because of substantial financial hardship. The Final Order grants Petitioner a variance from both Rules’ electronic surveillance requirements for 90 days from January 1, 2009, and further requires that Petitioner be fully in compliance with both Rules 61D-11.0175 and 61D-11.025, F.A.C., by no later than April 1, 2009.
A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202, (850)921-0342.