Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1174
                        Barcode 145688
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11  The Committee on Judiciary (Geller) recommended the following
12  amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 12, between lines 15 and 16,
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17  insert:  
18         (7)  Local Education Supplemental Slot Machine Tax.--
19         (a)  On January 1 of each year, an annual tax of $1,500
20  per machine shall be imposed upon each slot machine approved
21  for use at any slot machine licensee's facility.  The slot
22  machine licensee shall, on or before March 1 of each year, pay
23  the total amount of such tax to the division.  The division
24  shall deposit any tax imposed pursuant to this subsection in
25  the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund in the Department of
26  Education on or before July 1 of each year.  The Department of
27  Education shall, on or before August 1 of each year, forward
28  to the school district where a slot machine licensee is
29  located, any tax revenues collected from such slot machine
30  licensee pursuant to this subsection.  The school district
31  shall use such revenues to pay additional:
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    6:54 PM   04/18/05                              s1174.ju31.001

Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1174 Barcode 145688 1 1. Supplemental public education instruction expenses; 2 2. Classroom and school facilities construction 3 expenses; 4 3. School safety expenses; or 5 4. Educational infrastructure expenses. 6 7 All expenses under this paragraph must have been incurred as a 8 direct result of the slot machine licensee's operation of slot 9 machines in the school district during the immediately 10 preceding school year. 11 (b) On or before June 30 of each year following a 12 school district's receipt of tax revenues, the Department of 13 Education shall conduct a independent audit for purposes of 14 confirming the amount of any additional expenses to the school 15 district that are attributable to such district as a direct 16 result of the slot machine licensee's operations of slot 17 machines in the school district during the immediately 18 preceding school year. The amount of the tax revenues received 19 from a slot machine licensee pursuant to this section, in 20 excess of the amount of any such additional direct expenses, 21 as determined by the Department of Education audit, shall be 22 returned to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund within 90 23 days after the audit becomes final. 24 25 26 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 27 And the title is amended as follows: 28 On page 1, line 15, after the semicolon 29 30 insert: 31 providing for local supplemental tax; 2 6:54 PM 04/18/05 s1174.ju31.001