Retailer FANTASY Bonus Commission Program

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
53ER06-5: Retailer FANTASY Bonus Commission Program
SUMMARY OF THE RULE: The Florida Lottery will award a $500 bonus commission to a retailer(s) each time the retailer(s) sells a winning top prize FANTASY 5 ticket.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS: Faith L. Schneider, Legal Analyst, Department of the Lottery, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011
THE FULL TEXT OF THE EMERGENCY RULE IS:

53ER06-5 Retailer FANTASY® Bonus Commission Program.

(1) Effective February 6, 2006, the Florida Lottery will conduct, as a retailer sales incentive, a Retailer FANTASY 5 Bonus Commission Program ("Program") in which the Florida Lottery will award a $500 bonus commission to each retailer that sells a winning top prize FANTASY 5 ticket. A retailer will receive a separate $500 bonus commission for every winning top prize ticket sold by the retailer.

(2) Award of a top prize FANTASY 5 bonus commission is not dependent upon the winning top prize ticket being claimed by the winner.

(3) Retailers whose Florida Lottery contracts are terminated or inactivated prior to the bonus commission award shall be paid the bonus commission earned provided said termination or inactivation was not due to noncompliance with Chapter 24, F.S., Chapter 53, F.A.C., or contract terms.

(4) A bonus commission will be considered compensation to the retailer for Internal Revenue Service purposes. The Florida Lottery reserves the right to apply a bonus commission earned against a retailer’s outstanding debt to the Florida Lottery, and to award the remaining balance of the bonus commission, if any.

(5) FANTASY 5 bonus commissions are subject to availability of funds appropriated for retailer incentives. This Program is subject to cancellation by future emergency rule if retailer incentive funding is not appropriated or if the Florida Lottery determines that it is no longer in the state’s best interest to use such funds for this purpose.

Specific Authority 24.105(9)(i), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9)(i), 24.112(1) FS. History–New 2-3-06.

THIS RULE TAKES EFFECT UPON BEING FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNLESS A LATER TIME AND DATE IS SPECIFIED IN THE RULE.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 3, 2006