HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1849

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Frankel offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17         Section 1.  (1)  For the period beginning at 12:01 a.m.

18  July 1, 2000, through midnight, July 31, 2000, no taxes shall

19  be collected on child restraint systems under chapter 212,

20  Florida Statutes.

21         (2)  Taxes administered on sales of child restraint

22  systems during the period from 12:01 a.m. August 31, 2000,

23  through midnight, June 30, 2001, shall be collected as stated

24  in chapter 212, Florida Statutes, except that such revenues

25  shall be designated to provide funding of grants and aid for

26  purchase of child restraint systems for families with incomes

27  up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

28         (3)  As used in this section, the term "child restraint

29  systems" means systems that comply with the requirements of 49

30  C.F.R. s. 571.213, or any successor provision of the Code of

31  Federal Regulations, and that are for use in motor vehicles

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1849

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  are exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter.  This

 2  exemption applies to tether anchorages, tether straps, tether

 3  hooks, and similar accessory items required to install such

 4  systems, regardless of whether such items are purchased

 5  separately or as part of a qualified child restraint system.

 6         (4)  The provisions of chapter 120, Florida Statutes,

 7  to the contrary notwithstanding, the Department of Revenue may

 8  adopt rules to carry out this section.

 9         Section 2.  This act shall shall take effect upon

10  becoming law.

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14  And the title is amended as follows:

15         On page 1, lines 3-6,

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

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18  and insert in lieu thereof:

19         transactions; specifying a period during which

20         child restraint systems are exempt; specify

21         period during which the taxes collected from

22         the sale of child restraint systems are used

23         for a specified purpose; defining the term

24         "child restraint systems" for purposes of the

25         exemption; provides an effective date.

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