Senate Bill 2550

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2550

    By Senator Dyer





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the tax on sales, use, and

  3         other transactions; amending s. 212.08, F.S.;

  4         exempting from the tax certain sales of

  5         "people-mover" systems and parts thereof;

  6         forgiving certain taxes unpaid on transactions

  7         occurring before a specified date; providing an

  8         effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (ggg) is added to subsection (7)

13  of section 212.08, Florida Statutes, to read:

14         212.08  Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution,

15  and storage tax; specified exemptions.--The sale at retail,

16  the rental, the use, the consumption, the distribution, and

17  the storage to be used or consumed in this state of the

18  following are hereby specifically exempt from the tax imposed

19  by this chapter.

20         (7)  MISCELLANEOUS EXEMPTIONS.--

21         (ggg)  People-mover systems.--People-mover systems, and

22  parts thereof, which are sold to contractors employed either

23  directly or as agents for the United States Government, the

24  state, a county, a municipality, a political subdivision of a

25  state, or the public operator of a public-use airport are

26  exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter, whether of not

27  the systems or parts go into or become part of public works.

28  Manufacturers, fabricators, and contractors of such systems

29  which also install such systems or parts are exempt from

30  taxation on the purchase of component parts and all other

31  manufactured or fabricated costs for such systems. The

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  1  department may provide a form to be used by contractors to

  2  provide to suppliers of people-mover systems or parts to

  3  certify the contractors' eligibility for the exemption

  4  provided under this paragraph. The term "people-mover systems"

  5  includes wheeled passenger vehicles and related control and

  6  power distribution systems that are part of a transportation

  7  system for use by the general public, regardless of whether

  8  such vehicles are operator-controlled or driverless;

  9  self-propelled or propelled by external power and control

10  systems; or conducted on roads, rails, guidebeams, or other

11  permanent structures that are an integral part of such

12  transportation system. The term "related control and power

13  distribution system" includes any electrical or electronic

14  control or signaling equipment but does not include the

15  embedded wiring, conduits, or cabling used to transmit

16  electrical or electronic signals among such control equipment,

17  power distribution equipment, signaling equipment, and wheeled

18  vehicles.

19         Section 2.  The tax on a transaction described in

20  section 212.08(7)(ggg), Florida Statutes, which occurred

21  before July 1, 2000, and on which the tax imposed by chapter

22  212, Florida Statutes, is unpaid is forgiven; however, any tax

23  collected before July 1, 2000, on a transaction exempted under

24  section 212.08(7)(ggg), Florida Statutes, need not be refunded

25  by the Department of Revenue.

26         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

27  law.

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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Exempts sales of people-mover systems, as defined, and
      parts therefor from the tax on sales, use, and other
  4    transactions when made to contractors employed by
      governmental entities. Forgives taxes on such
  5    transactions which are incurred before July 1, 2000, but
      remain unpaid on that date.
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