53ER17-42. Retailer Application and Fee Schedule  


Effective on Friday, July 28, 2017
  • 1(1) New Applicants.

    4(a) Any person interested in contracting with the Lottery as a retailer shall file Form DOL-129, Retailer Application; or Form DOL-129-1, Retailer Application in Spanish; or Form DOL-129C, Chain Account Retailer Applic36ation, as applicable.

    39(b) For the initial sales location, each applicant shall submit a fee of $100.00 along with the appropriate retailer application set 60forth in paragraph (a), above.

    65(c) An application for an additional location must be submitted to the Lottery on Form DOL-129, DOL-129-1, DOL-129C, or Form DOL-129CA, Chain Account Retailer Additional Location Application, as applicable, and must be accompanied by a fee of $25.00 103for each additional location.

    107(d) Each applicant shall be subject to a background investigation, which can include fingerprinting.

    121(e) Organizations which are publicly traded on a national securities exchange must submit the following136:

    1371. Form DOL-129C, including Section 4 entitled “Information on Publicly Traded Organizations”; and,

    1502. Form DOL-374, 153Publicly Traded 155Organization Retailer 157Affidavit158.

    159Form DOL-374 will be provided to the applicant during the application process and must be completed by a corporate officer or legal counsel to state whether the corporation, any of its executive officers or its chairperson has been convicted of, or entered a plea 203of guilty or nolo contendere to 209a felony committed in the preceding ten years, regardless of adjudication.

    220(f) Organizations which are not publicly traded on a national securities exchange shall be subject to the background investigation provisions set forth in accordance with rules of the Florida Lottery governing retailer applicant background investigations. A copy of the current rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, 268Retailer Contracting, 270250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2766573277.

    278(2) Renewal Application.

    281Retailer contracts shall be renewed by execution of a new retailer contract. Prior to the expiration of a retailer contract, a retailer shall submit Form DOL-307, Application for Contract Renewal, or Form DOL-320, Application for Chain Account Contract Renewal, and a new retailer contract signed by the retailer, along with a fee of $10.00 per location and $25.00 for each new officer, director, or shareholder of 10% or more of the corporation since the last application. 357Renewal applicants shall be subject to a background investigation and 367fingerprinting may be required.

    371(3) Change of Location.

    375An application to change a location must be submitted to the Lottery at least thirty days in advance of the change, on Form DOL-129, DOL-129-1, or DOL-129C, as applicable, and must be accompanied by a fee of $10.00.

    413(4) All application fees shall be non-refundable unless the initial application is denied because the applicant or the location fails the Lottery435436s marketing evaluation, in which case the application fee for that location shall be refunded to the applicant.

    454(5) Applications and subsequent contracts, if any, are not assignable or transferable to any person or entity.

    471(6) Any department, commission, agency, or instrument of the 480state, or its subdivisions, or 485any municipality or county, that seeks a contract as a retailer shall bear the burden of securing approval of any other person, board, commission, agent, or instrumentality of the state, or its subdivisions, or municipality or county, which may have controlling authority over the applicant.

    530(7) The following forms are incorporated herein by reference and may be obtained by writing to the Department of the Lottery, Retailer Contracting, 250 Marriott Dri556ve, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-6573560:

    561Form DOL-129, Retailer Application, revised 5667567/17,

    568Form DOL-129-1, Retailer Application in Spanish, revised 5757576/17,

    577Form DOL-129C, Chain Account Retailer Application, revised 5847/17,

    585Form DOL-129CA, Chain Account Retailer Additional Location Application, revised 5947/17,

    595Form DOL-374, 597Publicly Traded O600rganization Retailer 602Affidavit, revised 6047/17,

    605Form DOL-307, Application for Contract Renewal, revised 6127/17; 613and,

    614Form DOL-320, Application for Chain Account Contract Renewal, revised 6237/17

    624Forms DOL-129, DOL-129-1, DOL-129C, and DOL-129CA may also be obtained from the Lottery’s website at www.flalottery.com.

    640(8) This emergency rule replaces Emergency Rule 53ER16483-66649.

    650Rulemaking Authority 65224.105(15), 65324.109(1), 65424.112(1) FS. 656Law Implemented 65824.112 FS. 660History661662New 6637-66426658666-17, 667Replaces 66853ER13669-67066671.