53ER17-40. End of Fiscal Year Retailer Bonus Sales Commission  


Effective on Tuesday, June 27, 2017
  • 1(1) 2Subject to 4the funding provisions 7set forth 9in 10subsection (12713), 14below, on 16June 1729, 182017, 19t20he Florida Lottery will 24conduct the 26End of Fiscal Year Retailer Bonus 32Sales 33Commission 34retailer incentive 36(“Retailer Incentive”38.39) 40The 41incentive period 43will 44begin a46t 6:00 a.m. 49(50ET51), 52and 53conclude 54at 12:00 midnight 57(58ET59), 60on June 6229, 632017 64(“Incentive Period”66.67) 68During the Incentive Period, the Florida Lottery will pay Florida Lottery retailers an additional one percent bonus sales commission in addition to the standard five percent sales commission on the total value of each full 103and 104partial 105book of Scratch-Off F109lorida Lottery tickets settled.

    113(1142115) 116The s118tandard s120ales 121commission 122will be reflected on the retailer’s weekly Settlement Report131.

    132(1333134) 135The b137onus sales commission 140will be reflected on the retailer’s weekly Settlement Report 149as an 151adjustment 152at the conclusion of the 157R158etailer 159I160ncentive161.

    162(1634164) 165Retailers who settle one or more books of tickets during the 176Incentive Period 178and subsequently 180return 181such book or books of tickets 187will be subject to 191revocation of the bonus sales commission.

    197(1985199) Retailers whose Florida Lottery contracts are terminated or inac209tivated prior to payment of the 215bonus 216sales 217commissions shall be paid the commissions earned provided said termination or inactivation was not due to noncompliance with Chapter 23624, F238.239S240., 241Chapter 53, F244.245A246.247C248., 249or terms of the retailer contract.

    255(2566257) 258Bonus 259sales commissions will be considered compensation to the retailer for Internal Revenue Service purposes. The Florida Lottery reserves the right to apply a 282bonus 283sales 284commission earned against a retailer’s outstanding debt to the 293Florida Lottery.

    295(2967297) 298Bonus 299sales 300commissions are subject to the availability of funding for the 310R311etailer 312I313ncentive. 314If funding is not available on June 23229, 3232017, th325e R327etailer 328I329ncentive will not be 333conducted 334and bonus sales commissions will not be awarded.

    342Rulemaking 343Authority 34424.105(9)(i), 34524.109(1) FS. 347Law Implemented 34924.105(9)350(351i), 35224.112(1) FS. 354History355356New 3576358-35927360-17.