Senate Bill 1802

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1802

    By Senator Ostalkiewicz





    12-1531-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the tax on sales, use, and

  3         other transactions; amending s. 212.11, F.S.;

  4         providing for a reduction in, and the eventual

  5         recision of, the prepayment requirement;

  6         providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section 212.11,

11  Florida Statutes, to read:

12         212.11  Tax returns and regulations.--

13         (5)  An amount equal to 50 percent of the net year-end

14  nonrecurring surplus must be used to decrease the percentage

15  requirement of prepaid sales tax due under subparagraph

16  (1)(a)1. for the following calendar year, by using the

17  succeeding year-end nonrecurring surplus as calculated by the

18  following formula:

19         Gross year-end nonrecurring surplus less

20         constitutionally required contributions to the

21         Budget Stabilization Fund equals net year-end

22         nonrecurring surplus.

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24  This process must continue in each year in which the state

25  produces a net year-end nonrecurring surplus until the

26  prepayment requirement is at 0 percent.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect June 30, 1998.

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  3    Provides for a gradual reduction in, and the eventual
      recision of, the requirement that dealers prepay state
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