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House Bill 3307




    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3307

        By Representative Gay






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to beverage taxes; amending s.

  3         1, ch. 97-213, Laws of Florida, which provides

  4         that the surcharge on the sale of alcoholic

  5         beverages for consumption on the premises shall

  6         be repealed if certain collections under the

  7         beverage laws exceed a specified amount in

  8         1998; providing that taxes and benefits

  9         generated by the restaurant industry from

10         employment of WAGES program participants shall

11         be included in those collections; providing an

12         effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Section 1 of chapter 97-213, Laws of

17  Florida, is amended to read:

18         Section 1.  No later than March 1, 1999, the Department

19  of Business and Professional Regulation shall certify to the

20  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

21  Representatives the amount of taxes due and paid during

22  calendar year 1998 under sections 563.05, 564.06, and 565.12,

23  Florida Statutes, and payments made to the state pursuant to

24  section 561.54, Florida Statutes, and the amount of taxes and

25  economic benefit generated by the restaurant industry from the

26  employment of participants in the WAGES program. If this

27  amount is greater than $535 million, then, effective July 1,

28  1999, section 561.501, Florida Statutes, is repealed.

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

30  law.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3307

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      Revises provisions which provide that the surcharge on
  4    the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the
      premises shall be repealed if certain collections under
  5    the beverage laws exceed a specified amount in 1998, to
      provide that taxes and benefits generated by the
  6    restaurant industry from employment of WAGES program
      participants shall be included in those collections.
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