SIMMONS v. DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL, ETC.

No. 81-59.

407 So.2d 269 (1981)

John SIMMONS, et al., Appellants, v. The DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION, State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DuFresne & DuFresne, Miami, for appellants.

David M. Maloney, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

We are called upon to decide whether Section 550.241, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1980), is constitutional in the face of an attack by the appellants, certain owners and trainers of horses (hereafter, horsemen) that this law constitutes (1) a taking of property without just compensation; (2) an invalid exercise of the police power because not rationally related to the purpose of regulating racing; (3) an improper delegation of legislative authority...

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