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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1604, 1st Eng.

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11  Senator McKay moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 7, between lines 15 and 16,

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17         Section 7.  Paragraph (l) of subsection (3) of section

18  125.0104, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         125.0104  Tourist development tax; procedure for

20  levying; authorized uses; referendum; enforcement.--

21         (3)  TAXABLE PRIVILEGES; EXEMPTIONS; LEVY; RATE.--

22         (l)  In addition to any other tax which is imposed

23  pursuant to this section, a county may impose up to an

24  additional 1-percent tax on the exercise of the privilege

25  described in paragraph (a) by majority vote of the governing

26  board of the county in order to:

27         1.  Pay the debt service on bonds issued to finance the

28  construction, reconstruction, or renovation of a professional

29  sports franchise facility, or the acquisition, construction,

30  reconstruction, or renovation of a retained spring training

31  franchise facility, either publicly owned and operated, or

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  1  publicly owned and operated by the owner of a professional

  2  sports franchise or other lessee with sufficient expertise or

  3  financial capability to operate such facility, and to pay the

  4  planning and design costs incurred prior to the issuance of

  5  such bonds.

  6         2.  Pay the debt service on bonds issued to finance the

  7  construction, reconstruction, or renovation of a convention

  8  center, and to pay the planning and design costs incurred

  9  prior to the issuance of such bonds.

10         3.  Pay the operation and maintenance costs of a

11  convention center for a period of up to 10 years. Only

12  counties that have elected to levy the tax for the purposes

13  authorized in subparagraph 2. may use the tax for the purposes

14  enumerated in this subparagraph. Any county that elects to

15  levy the tax for the purposes authorized in subparagraph 2.

16  after July 1, 2000, may use the proceeds of the tax to pay the

17  operation and maintenance costs of a convention center for the

18  life of the bonds.

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20  The provision of paragraph (b) which prohibits any county

21  authorized to levy a convention development tax pursuant to s.

22  212.0305 from levying more than the 2-percent tax authorized

23  by this section, and the provisions of paragraphs (4)(a)

24  through (d), shall not apply to the additional tax authorized

25  in this paragraph. The effective date of the levy and

26  imposition of the tax authorized under this paragraph shall be

27  the first day of the second month following approval of the

28  ordinance by the governing board or the first day of any

29  subsequent month as may be specified in the ordinance.  A

30  certified copy of such ordinance shall be furnished by the

31  county to the Department of Revenue within 10 days after

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  1  approval of such ordinance.

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  7  And the title is amended as follows:

  8         On page 1, line 18, after the semicolon,

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11         amending s. 125.0104, F.S.; authorizing

12         counties that levy a tourist development tax

13         after a specified date for the purpose of

14         issuing bonds to construct, reconstruct, or

15         renovate a convention center to pay the

16         operation and maintenance costs of the

17         convention center for the life of the bonds;

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