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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1083

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Finance & Taxation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, line 8

15  remove from the bill:  everything after the enacting clause

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

19  212.031, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to

20  read:

21         212.031  Lease or rental of or license in real

22  property.--

23         (1)(a)  It is declared to be the legislative intent

24  that every person is exercising a taxable privilege who

25  engages in the business of renting, leasing, letting, or

26  granting a license for the use of any real property unless

27  such property is:

28         1.  Assessed as agricultural property under s. 193.461.

29         2.  Used exclusively as dwelling units.

30         3.  Property subject to tax on parking, docking, or

31  storage spaces under s. 212.03(6).

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 1         4.  Recreational property or the common elements of a

 2  condominium when subject to a lease between the developer or

 3  owner thereof and the condominium association in its own right

 4  or as agent for the owners of individual condominium units or

 5  the owners of individual condominium units. However, only the

 6  lease payments on such property shall be exempt from the tax

 7  imposed by this chapter, and any other use made by the owner

 8  or the condominium association shall be fully taxable under

 9  this chapter.

10         5.  A public or private street or right-of-way occupied

11  or used by a utility for utility purposes.

12         6.  A public street or road which is used for

13  transportation purposes.

14         7.  Property used at an airport exclusively for the

15  purpose of aircraft landing or aircraft taxiing or property

16  used by an airline for the purpose of loading or unloading

17  passengers or property onto or from aircraft or for fueling

18  aircraft.

19         8.a.  Property used at a port authority, as defined in

20  s. 315.02(2), exclusively for the purpose of oceangoing

21  vessels or tugs docking, or such vessels mooring on property

22  used by a port authority for the purpose of loading or

23  unloading passengers or cargo onto or from such a vessel, or

24  property used at a port authority for fueling such vessels, or

25  to the extent that the amount paid for the use of any property

26  at the port is based on the charge for the amount of tonnage

27  actually imported or exported through the port by a tenant.

28         b.  The amount charged for the use of any property at

29  the port in excess of the amount charged for tonnage actually

30  imported or exported shall remain subject to tax except as

31  provided in sub-subparagraph a.

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 1         9.  Property used as an integral part of the

 2  performance of qualified production services.  As used in this

 3  subparagraph, the term "qualified production services" means

 4  any activity or service performed directly in connection with

 5  the production of a qualified motion picture, as defined in s.

 6  212.06(1)(b), and includes:

 7         a.  Photography, sound and recording, casting, location

 8  managing and scouting, shooting, creation of special and

 9  optical effects, animation, adaptation (language, media,

10  electronic, or otherwise), technological modifications,

11  computer graphics, set and stage support (such as

12  electricians, lighting designers and operators, greensmen,

13  prop managers and assistants, and grips), wardrobe (design,

14  preparation, and management), hair and makeup (design,

15  production, and application), performing (such as acting,

16  dancing, and playing), designing and executing stunts,

17  coaching, consulting, writing, scoring, composing,

18  choreographing, script supervising, directing, producing,

19  transmitting dailies, dubbing, mixing, editing, cutting,

20  looping, printing, processing, duplicating, storing, and

21  distributing;

22         b.  The design, planning, engineering, construction,

23  alteration, repair, and maintenance of real or personal

24  property including stages, sets, props, models, paintings, and

25  facilities principally required for the performance of those

26  services listed in sub-subparagraph a.; and

27         c.  Property management services directly related to

28  property used in connection with the services described in

29  sub-subparagraphs a. and b.

30         10.  Leased, subleased, licensed, or rented to a person

31  providing food and drink concessionaire services within the

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 1  premises of a movie theater, a convention hall, exhibition

 2  hall, auditorium, stadium, theater, arena, civic center,

 3  performing arts center, recreational facility, or any business

 4  operated under a permit issued pursuant to chapter 550, or any

 5  publicly owned arena, sports stadium, convention hall,

 6  exhibition hall, auditorium, or recreational facility.  A

 7  person providing retail concessionaire services involving the

 8  sale of food and drink or other tangible personal property

 9  within the premises of an airport shall be subject to tax on

10  the rental of real property used for that purpose, but shall

11  not be subject to the tax on any license to use the property.

12  For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "sale" shall not

13  include the leasing of tangible personal property.

14         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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18  And the title is amended as follows:

19         On page 1, line 9, through

20         Page 2, line 3

21  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines

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23  and insert in lieu thereof:

24  services within certain premises; providing an effective date.

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