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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 64
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11 Senator Kurth moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1. (1) For the period beginning at 12:01
18 a.m., July 29, 2000, through midnight, August 6, 2000, taxes
19 levied under chapter 212, Florida Statutes, shall have
20 extraordinary administration and be collected in the following
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22 (a) No tax shall be collected on sales of clothing,
23 wallets, or bags, including handbags, backpacks, fanny packs,
24 and diaper bags, but excluding briefcases, suitcases, and
25 other garment bags, having a selling price of $100 or less
26 during the period from 12:01 a.m., July 29, 2000, through
27 midnight, August 2, 2000.
28 (b) Taxes administered on sales of clothing, wallets,
29 or bags, including handbags, backpacks, fanny packs, and
30 diaper bags, but excluding briefcases, suitcases, and other
31 garment bags, having a selling price of $100 or less during
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Bill No. SB 64
Amendment No.
1 the period from 12:01 a.m., August 3, 2000, through midnight,
2 August 6, 2000, shall be collected as stated in chapter 212,
3 Florida Statutes, except that such revenues shall be
4 designated to augment funding of grants and aid for adult and
5 children's mental health services for the 2000-2001 fiscal
6 year.
7 (2) As used in this section, the term "clothing" means
8 any article of wearing apparel, including all footwear, except
9 skis, swim fins, roller blades, and skates, intended to be
10 worn on or about the human body. For purposes of this section,
11 the term "clothing" does not include watches, watchbands,
12 jewelry, umbrellas, or handkerchiefs.
13 (3) This section does not apply to sales within a
14 theme park or entertainment complex as defined in section
15 509.013(9), Florida Statutes, within a public lodging
16 establishment as defined in section 509.013(4), Florida
17 Statutes, or within an airport as defined in section
18 330.27(2), Florida Statutes.
19 (4) The provisions of chapter 120, Florida Statutes,
20 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Department of Revenue may
21 adopt rules to carry out this section.
22 Section 2. (1) For the period beginning at 12:01
23 a.m., July 29, 2000, through midnight, August 6, 2000, taxes
24 levied under chapter 212, Florida Statutes, shall have
25 extraordinary administration and be collected in the following
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27 (a) No tax shall be collected on sales of school
28 supplies having a selling price of $10 per item or less during
29 the period from 12:01 a.m., July 29, 2000, through midnight,
30 August 2, 2000.
31 (b) Taxes administered on sales of school supplies
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1 having a selling price of $10 per item or less during the
2 period from 12:01 a.m., August 3, 2000, through midnight,
3 August 5,2000, shall be collected as stated in chapter 212,
4 Florida Statutes, except that such revenues shall be
5 designated to augment funding of grants and aid for adult and
6 children's mental health services for the 2000-2001 fiscal
7 year.
8 (2) As used in this section, the term "school
9 supplies" includes pens, pencils, erasers, crayons, notebooks,
10 notebook filler paper, legal pads, composition books, poster
11 paper, scissors, cellophane tape, glue or paste, rulers,
12 protractors, compasses, and calculators.
13 (3) The provisions of chapter 120, Florida Statutes,
14 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Department of Revenue may
15 adopt rules to carry out this section.
16 Section 3. The sum of $200,000 is appropriated from
17 the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Revenue for the
18 purpose of administering this act.
19 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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24 And the title is amended as follows:
25 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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28 A bill to be entitled
29 An act relating to the tax on sales, use, and
30 other transactions; specifying a period during
31 which the sale of clothing shall be exempt from
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1 such tax; specifying a period during which the
2 taxes collected from the sale of clothing shall
3 be used to augment funding of grants and aid
4 for adult and children's mental health
5 services; defining the term "clothing" for
6 purposes of the exemption; exempting sales at
7 certain locations from the tax exemption;
8 providing for rules; specifying a period during
9 which the sale of school supplies is exempt
10 from the sales tax; specifying a period during
11 which the taxes collected from the sale of
12 school supplies shall be used to augment
13 funding of grants and aid for adult and
14 children's mental health services; defining the
15 term "school supplies" for purposes of the
16 exemption; providing for rules; providing an
17 appropriation; providing an effective date.
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