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  2         An act relating to food and beverage vending

  3         machines; amending s. 212.0515, F.S.; deleting

  4         requirements relating to quarterly reports

  5         filed by operators; providing effective dates.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 212.0515, Florida

10  Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to read:

11         212.0515  Sales from vending machines; sales to vending

12  machine operators; special provisions; registration; quarterly

13  reports; penalties.--

14         (4)(a)  Each operator shall submit to the department on

15  or before the 20th day of the month following the close of

16  each calendar quarter a report in a format prescribed by the

17  department which provides:  the number of vending machines

18  being operated by that operator in this state, which number is

19  coded to indicate whether the machines are food or beverage

20  machines; separate statements for food machines and for

21  beverage machines which indicate the gross receipts from the

22  operation of the machines during the quarterly period; and the

23  amount of tax remitted pursuant to this part with respect to

24  such receipts.  All information shall be broken down by

25  county.

26         (b)  A penalty of $250 per machine is imposed on an

27  operator who fails to properly obtain and display the required

28  notice on any machine.  A penalty of $250 is imposed on an

29  operator who fails to timely file a quarterly report or who

30  files false information.  Penalties accrue interest as

31  provided for delinquent taxes under this part and apply in


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  1  addition to all other applicable taxes, interest, and

  2  penalties.

  3         (c)  The department is authorized to adopt rules

  4  regarding the form in which the quarterly report required by

  5  this subsection is to be submitted, which form may include

  6  magnetic tape or other means of electronic transmission.

  7         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  8  law.

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