SENATE AMENDMENT
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Garcia moved the following amendment to amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 6. There is hereby created a committee of the
19 Legislature to study the condition of thoroughbred horse
20 racing in South Florida within the Florida enterprise zone
21 created by this act. Such committee shall be composed of three
22 members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the
23 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and three members of
24 the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate. The
25 committee shall appoint a chair and cochairs from its members
26 and shall have the use of and support of the staffs of either
27 chamber as the Speaker and the President shall determine. The
28 committee shall hold hearings and hear testimony on the
29 condition of South Florida thoroughbred racing in the
30 enterprise zone and shall hear evidence regarding it. The
31 committee shall issue a report to the Speaker and the
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1 President on or before June 15, 2002. The committee shall
2 consider the historical, cultural, and economic importance of
3 the industry to the state and whether the thoroughbred
4 facility in such enterprise zone shall be preserved or
5 acquired by the state for the best interest of the people of
6 the state.
7 Section 7. Section 9 of chapter 98-190, Laws of
8 Florida, is amended to read:
9 Section 9. Effective July 1, 2001, Subsection (11) of
10 s. 550.615, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
11 Section 8. Section 10 of chapter 2000-354, Laws of
12 Florida, is amended to read:
13 Section 10. Effective July 1, 2001, Paragraph (a) of
14 subsection (2) of section 550.09515, Florida Statutes, as
15 amended by section 4 of chapter 98-190, Laws of Florida, is
16 amended reenacted to read:
17 550.09515 Thoroughbred horse taxes; abandoned interest
18 in a permit for nonpayment of taxes.--
19 (2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s.
20 550.0951(3)(a), the tax on handle for live thoroughbred horse
21 performances shall be subject to the following:
22 1. The tax on handle per performance for live
23 thoroughbred horserace performances is 0.50 2.25 percent of
24 handle for performances conducted during the period beginning
25 on January 3 and ending March 16; 0.50 .70 percent of handle
26 for performances conducted during the period beginning March
27 17 and ending May 22; and 0.50 1.5 percent of handle for
28 performances conducted during the period beginning May 23 and
29 ending January 2.
30 2. However, any thoroughbred permitholder whose total
31 handle on live performances during the 1991-1992 state fiscal
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1 year was not greater than $34 million is authorized to conduct
2 live performances at any time of the year and shall pay 0.5
3 percent on live handle per performance.
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7 And the title is amended as follows:
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11 providing for a study of thoroughbred racing
12 within the enterprise zone; requiring a report;
13 amending s. 9 of ch. 98-190, Laws of Florida;
14 repealing provisions relating to intertrack
15 wagering broadcasts; amending s. 10 of ch.
16 2000-354, Laws of Florida; modifying the tax on
17 handle for live thoroughbred performances;
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