HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2433

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Kelly offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 7, between lines 3 and 4 of the bill

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17         Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 166.231, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended, to read:

19         166.231  Municipalities; public service tax.--

20         (1)(a)  A municipality may levy a tax on the purchase

21  of electricity, metered natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas

22  either metered or bottled, manufactured gas either metered or

23  bottled, and water service. Except for those municipalities in

24  which (c) applies, the tax shall be levied only upon purchases

25  within the municipality and shall not exceed 10 percent of the

26  payments received by the seller of the taxable item from the

27  purchaser for the purchase of such service. Municipalities

28  imposing a tax on the purchase of cable television service as

29  of May 4, 1977, may continue to levy such tax to the extent

30  necessary to meet all obligations to or for the benefit of

31  holders of bonds or certificates which were issued prior to

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2433

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  May 4, 1977.  Purchase of electricity means the purchase of

 2  electric power by a person who will consume it within the

 3  municipality.

 4         (b)  The tax imposed by paragraph (a) shall not be

 5  applied against any fuel adjustment charge, and such charge

 6  shall be separately stated on each bill. The term "fuel

 7  adjustment charge" means all increases in the cost of utility

 8  services to the ultimate consumer resulting from an increase

 9  in the cost of fuel to the utility subsequent to October 1,

10  1973.

11         (c)  The tax in paragraph (a) on water service may be

12  applied outside municipal boundaries to property included in a

13  development of regional impact approved pursuant to s. 380.06,

14  if agreed to in writing by the development of such property

15  and the municipality prior to March 31, 2000, if a tax levied

16  pursuant to the subsection is challenged, recovery, if any,

17  shall be limited to monies paid into an escrow account of the

18  clerk of the court subsequent to such challenge.

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22  And the title is amended as follows:

23         On page 1, line 14,

24  remove from the bill:  all of said line

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26  and insert in lieu thereof:

27         F.S.; amending s. 166.231(1), F.S.; to allow a

28         municipality to levy tax on water service

29         outside municipal boundaries if an agreement is

30         reached by specific date; amending ss. 175.111

31         and 185.09, F.S.;

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