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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 874
Amendment No. 1
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11 The Committee on Fiscal Resource recommended the following
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Paragraph (l) of subsection (3) of section
19 125.0104, Florida statutes, is amended to read:
20 125.0104 Tourist development tax; procedure for
21 levying; authorized uses; referendum; enforcement.--
22 (3) TAXABLE PRIVILEGES; EXEMPTIONS; LEVY; RATE.--
23 (l) In addition to any other tax which is imposed
24 pursuant to this section, a county may impose up to an
25 additional 1-percent tax on the exercise of the privilege
26 described in paragraph (a) by majority vote of the governing
27 board of the county in order to:
28 1. Pay the debt service on bonds issued to finance the
29 construction, reconstruction, or renovation of a professional
30 sports franchise facility, or the acquisition, construction,
31 reconstruction, or renovation of a retained spring training
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1 franchise facility, either publicly owned and operated, or
2 publicly owned and operated by the owner of a professional
3 sports franchise or other lessee with sufficient expertise or
4 financial capability to operate such facility, and to pay the
5 planning and design costs incurred prior to the issuance of
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7 2. Pay the debt service on bonds issued to finance the
8 construction, reconstruction, or renovation of a convention
9 center, and to pay the planning and design costs incurred
10 prior to the issuance of such bonds.
11 3. Pay the operation and maintenance costs of a
12 convention center for a period of up to 10 years. Only
13 counties that have elected to levy the tax for the purposes
14 authorized in subparagraph 2. may use the tax for the purposes
15 enumerated in this subparagraph. Counties that have elected to
16 levy the tax for the purposes authorized in subparagraph 2.
17 after July 1, 2000, may use the proceeds to pay the operation
18 and maintenance costs of a convention center for the life of
19 the bonds.
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21 The provision of paragraph (b) which prohibits any county
22 authorized to levy a convention development tax pursuant to s.
23 212.0305 from levying more than the 2-percent tax authorized
24 by this section, and the provisions of paragraphs (4)(a)
25 through (d), shall not apply to the additional tax authorized
26 in this paragraph. The effective date of the levy and
27 imposition of the tax authorized under this paragraph shall be
28 the first day of the second month following approval of the
29 ordinance by the governing board or the first day of any
30 subsequent month as may be specified in the ordinance. A
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8 And the title is amended as follows:
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12 An act relating to taxation; amending s.
13 125.0104, F.S.; authorizing counties that elect
14 to levy a tourist development tax to be used to
15 construct, reconstruct, or renovate a
16 convention center after a certain date, to use
17 proceeds to pay the operational and maintenance
18 costs of the convention center for the life of
19 the bonds; amending s. 212.031, F.S.;
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