Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1174
                        Barcode 624328
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11  The Committee on Judiciary (Geller) recommended the following
12  substitute for amendment (842968):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 23, between lines 14 and 15,
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18         Section 2.  An annual fee of $150 per slot machine is
19  hereby imposed upon each slot machine approved for use at any
20  eligible facility as defined in section 551.102, Florida
21  Statutes, which is within 1 mile of any neighboring
22  municipality. A "neighboring municipality" is defined as a
23  municipality that does not have an eligible facility but has
24  more than two facilities located within 1 mile of its
25  municipal borders. Revenue from the fees imposed by this
26  section must be used by the neighboring municipality to fund
27  the adverse public health, safety, and welfare and public
28  works and traffic impacts that will be caused by the
29  implementation of Section 23, Article X of the State
30  Constitution and that will occur as a direct result of slot
31  machine operation. The annual fee must be remitted to the
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1174 Barcode 624328 1 Department of Business and Professional Regulation to be 2 deposited into the Slot Machine Administrative Trust Fund and 3 distributed by the department to any neighboring municipality. 4 The fee must be remitted by February 1 of each year based on 5 the number of slot machines approved as of January 1. 6 7 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 8 9 10 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 11 And the title is amended as follows: 12 On page 1, line 27, after the semicolon, 13 14 insert: 15 imposing an annual fee on certain slot 16 machines; providing for the use of the revenue 17 generated by the collection of the annual fee; 18 providing that the annual fee be remitted to 19 the department to be deposited in the Slot 20 Machine Administrative Trust Fund and 21 distributed by the department; 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 11:32 AM 04/19/05 s1174c1c-ju31-c8h