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    By Senator Silver





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to admissions taxes; amending

  3         s. 212.04, F.S.; prohibiting taxes on

  4         admissions to pari-mutuel events; amending s.

  5         550.0951, F.S.; repealing the admission tax on

  6         entrance to pari-mutuel facilities; amending

  7         ss. 550.09511, 550.09514, 550.09515, 550.1625,

  8         550.3551, 550.375, 550.6305, F.S., to conform

  9         cross-references to the amendment made by this

10         act; providing an effective date.

11

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 212.04, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         212.04  Admissions tax; rate, procedure, enforcement.--

17         (2)

18         (a)1.  No tax shall be levied on admissions to athletic

19  or other events sponsored by elementary schools, junior high

20  schools, middle schools, high schools, community colleges,

21  public or private colleges and universities, deaf and blind

22  schools, facilities of the youth services programs of the

23  Department of Children and Family Services, and state

24  correctional institutions when only student, faculty, or

25  inmate talent is used. However, this exemption shall not apply

26  to admission to athletic events sponsored by an institution

27  within the State University System, and the proceeds of the

28  tax collected on such admissions shall be retained and used by

29  each institution to support women's athletics as provided in

30  s. 240.533(3)(c).

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  1         2.a.  No tax shall be levied on dues, membership fees,

  2  and admission charges imposed by not-for-profit sponsoring

  3  organizations. To receive this exemption, the sponsoring

  4  organization must qualify as a not-for-profit entity under the

  5  provisions of s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of

  6  1954, as amended.

  7         b.  No tax shall be levied on admission charges to an

  8  event sponsored by a governmental entity, sports authority, or

  9  sports commission when held in a convention hall, exhibition

10  hall, auditorium, stadium, theater, arena, civic center,

11  performing arts center, or publicly owned recreational

12  facility and when 100 percent of the risk of success or

13  failure lies with the sponsor of the event and 100 percent of

14  the funds at risk for the event belong to the sponsor, and

15  student or faculty talent is not exclusively used.  As used in

16  this sub-subparagraph, the terms "sports authority" and

17  "sports commission" mean a nonprofit organization that is

18  exempt from federal income tax under s. 501(c)(3) of the

19  Internal Revenue Code and that contracts with a county or

20  municipal government for the purpose of promoting and

21  attracting sports-tourism events to the community with which

22  it contracts.

23         3.  No tax shall be levied on an admission paid by a

24  student, or on the student's behalf, to any required place of

25  sport or recreation if the student's participation in the

26  sport or recreational activity is required as a part of a

27  program or activity sponsored by, and under the jurisdiction

28  of, the student's educational institution, provided his or her

29  attendance is as a participant and not as a spectator.

30         4.  No tax shall be levied on admissions to the

31  National Football League championship game, on admissions to

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  1  any semifinal game or championship game of a national

  2  collegiate tournament, or on admissions to a Major League

  3  Baseball all-star game.

  4         5.  A participation fee or sponsorship fee imposed by a

  5  governmental entity as described in s. 212.08(6) for an

  6  athletic or recreational program is exempt when the

  7  governmental entity by itself, or in conjunction with an

  8  organization exempt under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue

  9  Code of 1954, as amended, sponsors, administers, plans,

10  supervises, directs, and controls the athletic or recreational

11  program.

12         6.  Also exempt from the tax imposed by this section to

13  the extent provided in this subparagraph are admissions to

14  live theater, live opera, or live ballet productions in this

15  state which are sponsored by an organization that has received

16  a determination from the Internal Revenue Service that the

17  organization is exempt from federal income tax under s.

18  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, if

19  the organization actively participates in planning and

20  conducting the event, is responsible for the safety and

21  success of the event, is organized for the purpose of

22  sponsoring live theater, live opera, or live ballet

23  productions in this state, has more than 10,000 subscribing

24  members and has among the stated purposes in its charter the

25  promotion of arts education in the communities which it

26  serves, and will receive at least 20 percent of the net

27  profits, if any, of the events which the organization sponsors

28  and will bear the risk of at least 20 percent of the losses,

29  if any, from the events which it sponsors if the organization

30  employs other persons as agents to provide services in

31  connection with a sponsored event. Prior to March 1 of each

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  1  year, such organization may apply to the department for a

  2  certificate of exemption for admissions to such events

  3  sponsored in this state by the organization during the

  4  immediately following state fiscal year. The application shall

  5  state the total dollar amount of admissions receipts collected

  6  by the organization or its agents from such events in this

  7  state sponsored by the organization or its agents in the year

  8  immediately preceding the year in which the organization

  9  applies for the exemption. Such organization shall receive the

10  exemption only to the extent of $1.5 million multiplied by the

11  ratio that such receipts bear to the total of such receipts of

12  all organizations applying for the exemption in such year;

13  however, in no event shall such exemption granted to any

14  organization exceed 6 percent of such admissions receipts

15  collected by the organization or its agents in the year

16  immediately preceding the year in which the organization

17  applies for the exemption. Each organization receiving the

18  exemption shall report each month to the department the total

19  admissions receipts collected from such events sponsored by

20  the organization during the preceding month and shall remit to

21  the department an amount equal to 6 percent of such receipts

22  reduced by any amount remaining under the exemption. Tickets

23  for such events sold by such organizations shall not reflect

24  the tax otherwise imposed under this section.

25         7.  Also exempt from the tax imposed by this section

26  are entry fees for participation in freshwater fishing

27  tournaments.

28         8.  Also exempt from the tax imposed by this section

29  are participation or entry fees charged to participants in a

30  game, race, or other sport or recreational event if spectators

31  are charged a taxable admission to such event.

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  1         9.  No tax shall be levied on admissions to any

  2  postseason collegiate football game sanctioned by the National

  3  Collegiate Athletic Association.

  4         10.  No tax shall be levied on admissions to

  5  pari-mutuel events licensed and conducted under chapter 550.

  6         (b)  No municipality of the state shall levy an excise

  7  tax on admissions.

  8         (c)  The taxes imposed by this section shall be

  9  collected in addition to the admission tax collected pursuant

10  to s. 550.0951, but the amount collected under s. 550.0951

11  shall not be subject to taxation under this chapter.

12         Section 2.  Effective July 1, 2003, paragraph (a) of

13  subsection (2) of section 212.04, Florida Statutes, is amended

14  to read:

15         212.04  Admissions tax; rate, procedure, enforcement.--

16         (2)(a)1.  No tax shall be levied on admissions to

17  athletic or other events sponsored by elementary schools,

18  junior high schools, middle schools, high schools, community

19  colleges, public or private colleges and universities, deaf

20  and blind schools, facilities of the youth services programs

21  of the Department of Children and Family Services, and state

22  correctional institutions when only student, faculty, or

23  inmate talent is used. However, this exemption shall not apply

24  to admission to athletic events sponsored by an institution

25  within the State University System, and the proceeds of the

26  tax collected on such admissions shall be retained and used by

27  each institution to support women's athletics as provided in

28  s. 240.533(3)(c).

29         2.  No tax shall be levied on dues, membership fees,

30  and admission charges imposed by not-for-profit sponsoring

31  organizations. To receive this exemption, the sponsoring

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  1  organization must qualify as a not-for-profit entity under the

  2  provisions of s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of

  3  1954, as amended.

  4         3.  No tax shall be levied on an admission paid by a

  5  student, or on the student's behalf, to any required place of

  6  sport or recreation if the student's participation in the

  7  sport or recreational activity is required as a part of a

  8  program or activity sponsored by, and under the jurisdiction

  9  of, the student's educational institution, provided his or her

10  attendance is as a participant and not as a spectator.

11         4.  No tax shall be levied on admissions to the

12  National Football League championship game, on admissions to

13  any semifinal game or championship game of a national

14  collegiate tournament, or on admissions to a Major League

15  Baseball all-star game.

16         5.  A participation fee or sponsorship fee imposed by a

17  governmental entity as described in s. 212.08(6) for an

18  athletic or recreational program is exempt when the

19  governmental entity by itself, or in conjunction with an

20  organization exempt under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue

21  Code of 1954, as amended, sponsors, administers, plans,

22  supervises, directs, and controls the athletic or recreational

23  program.

24         6.  Also exempt from the tax imposed by this section to

25  the extent provided in this subparagraph are admissions to

26  live theater, live opera, or live ballet productions in this

27  state which are sponsored by an organization that has received

28  a determination from the Internal Revenue Service that the

29  organization is exempt from federal income tax under s.

30  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, if

31  the organization actively participates in planning and

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  1  conducting the event, is responsible for the safety and

  2  success of the event, is organized for the purpose of

  3  sponsoring live theater, live opera, or live ballet

  4  productions in this state, has more than 10,000 subscribing

  5  members and has among the stated purposes in its charter the

  6  promotion of arts education in the communities which it

  7  serves, and will receive at least 20 percent of the net

  8  profits, if any, of the events which the organization sponsors

  9  and will bear the risk of at least 20 percent of the losses,

10  if any, from the events which it sponsors if the organization

11  employs other persons as agents to provide services in

12  connection with a sponsored event. Prior to March 1 of each

13  year, such organization may apply to the department for a

14  certificate of exemption for admissions to such events

15  sponsored in this state by the organization during the

16  immediately following state fiscal year. The application shall

17  state the total dollar amount of admissions receipts collected

18  by the organization or its agents from such events in this

19  state sponsored by the organization or its agents in the year

20  immediately preceding the year in which the organization

21  applies for the exemption. Such organization shall receive the

22  exemption only to the extent of $1.5 million multiplied by the

23  ratio that such receipts bear to the total of such receipts of

24  all organizations applying for the exemption in such year;

25  however, in no event shall such exemption granted to any

26  organization exceed 6 percent of such admissions receipts

27  collected by the organization or its agents in the year

28  immediately preceding the year in which the organization

29  applies for the exemption. Each organization receiving the

30  exemption shall report each month to the department the total

31  admissions receipts collected from such events sponsored by

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  1  the organization during the preceding month and shall remit to

  2  the department an amount equal to 6 percent of such receipts

  3  reduced by any amount remaining under the exemption. Tickets

  4  for such events sold by such organizations shall not reflect

  5  the tax otherwise imposed under this section.

  6         7.  Also exempt from the tax imposed by this section

  7  are entry fees for participation in freshwater fishing

  8  tournaments.

  9         8.  Also exempt from the tax imposed by this section

10  are participation or entry fees charged to participants in a

11  game, race, or other sport or recreational event if spectators

12  are charged a taxable admission to such event.

13         9.  No tax shall be levied on admissions to any

14  postseason collegiate football game sanctioned by the National

15  Collegiate Athletic Association.

16         10.  No tax shall be levied on admissions to

17  pari-mutuel events licensed and conducted under chapter 550.

18         Section 3.  Subsection (2) of section 550.0951, Florida

19  Statutes, is repealed.

20         Section 4.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section

21  550.09511, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

22         550.09511  Jai alai taxes; abandoned interest in a

23  permit for nonpayment of taxes.--

24         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s.

25  550.0951(2)(b) s. 550.0951(3)(b), wagering on live jai alai

26  performances shall be subject to the following taxes:

27         (a)1.  The tax on handle per performance for live jai

28  alai performances is 4.25 percent of handle per performance.

29  However, when the live handle of a permitholder during the

30  preceding state fiscal year was less than $15 million, the tax

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  1  shall be paid on the handle in excess of $30,000 per

  2  performance per day.

  3         2.  The tax rate shall be applicable only until the

  4  requirements of paragraph (b) are met.

  5         (b)  At such time as the total of admissions tax, daily

  6  license fee, and tax on handle for live jai alai performances

  7  paid to the division by a permitholder during the current

  8  state fiscal year exceeds the total state tax revenues from

  9  wagering on live jai alai performances paid or due by the

10  permitholder in fiscal year 1991-1992, the permitholder shall

11  pay tax on handle for live jai alai performances at a rate of

12  2.55 percent of the handle per performance for the remainder

13  of the current state fiscal year. For purposes of this

14  section, total state tax revenues on live jai alai wagering in

15  fiscal year 1991-1992 shall include any admissions tax, tax on

16  handle, surtaxes on handle, and daily license fees.

17         (c)  If no tax on handle for live jai alai performances

18  were paid to the division by a jai alai permitholder during

19  the 1991-1992 state fiscal year, then at such time as the

20  total of admissions tax, daily license fee, and tax on handle

21  for live jai alai performances paid to the division by a

22  permitholder during the current state fiscal year exceeds the

23  total state tax revenues from wagering on live jai alai

24  performances paid or due by the permitholder in the last state

25  fiscal year in which the permitholder conducted a full

26  schedule of live games, the permitholder shall pay tax on

27  handle for live jai alai performances at a rate of 3.3 percent

28  of the handle per performance for the remainder of the current

29  state fiscal year. For purposes of this section, total state

30  tax revenues on live jai alai wagering shall include any

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  1  admissions tax, tax on handle, surtaxes on handle, and daily

  2  license fees.  This paragraph shall take effect July 1, 1993.

  3         (d)  A permitholder who obtains a new permit issued by

  4  the division subsequent to the 1991-1992 state fiscal year and

  5  a permitholder whose permit has been converted to a jai alai

  6  permit under the provisions of this chapter, shall, at such

  7  time as the total of admissions tax, daily license fee, and

  8  tax on handle for live jai alai performances paid to the

  9  division by the permitholder during the current state fiscal

10  year exceeds the average total state tax revenues from

11  wagering on live jai alai performances for the first 3

12  consecutive jai alai seasons paid to or due the division by

13  the permitholder and during which the permitholder conducted a

14  full schedule of live games, pay tax on handle for live jai

15  alai performances at a rate of 3.3 percent of the handle per

16  performance for the remainder of the current state fiscal

17  year.

18         (e)  The payment of taxes pursuant to paragraphs (b),

19  (c), and (d) shall be calculated and commence beginning the

20  day after the biweekly period in which the permitholder is

21  first entitled to the reduced rate specified in this section

22  and the report of taxes required by s. 550.0951(4) s.

23  550.0951(5) is submitted to the division.

24         (f)  A jai alai permitholder paying taxes under this

25  section shall retain the breaks and pay an amount equal to the

26  breaks as special prize awards which shall be in addition to

27  the regular contracted prize money paid to jai alai players at

28  the permitholder's facility. Payment of the special prize

29  money shall be made during the permitholder's current meet.

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  1         (g)  For purposes of this section, "handle" shall have

  2  the same meaning as in s. 550.0951, and shall not include

  3  handle from intertrack wagering.

  4         (3)(a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection

  5  (2) and s. 550.0951(2)(c)1. s. 550.0951(3)(c)1., any jai alai

  6  permitholder which is restricted under Florida law from

  7  operating live performances on a year-round basis is entitled

  8  to conduct wagering on live performances at a tax rate of 3.85

  9  percent of live handle.  Such permitholder is also entitled to

10  conduct intertrack wagering as a host permitholder on live jai

11  alai games at its fronton at a tax rate of 3.3 percent of

12  handle at such time as the total tax on intertrack handle paid

13  to the division by the permitholder during the current state

14  fiscal year exceeds the total tax on intertrack handle paid to

15  the division by the permitholder during the 1992-1993 state

16  fiscal year.

17         (b)  The payment of taxes pursuant to paragraph (a)

18  shall be calculated and commence beginning the day after the

19  biweekly period in which the permitholder is first entitled to

20  the reduced rate specified in this subsection.

21         Section 5.  Subsection (1) and paragraph (e) of

22  subsection (2) of section 550.09514, Florida Statutes, are

23  amended to read:

24         550.09514  Greyhound dogracing taxes; purse

25  requirements.--

26         (1)  Wagering on greyhound racing is subject to a tax

27  on handle for live greyhound racing as specified in s.

28  550.0951(2) s. 550.0951(3). However, each permitholder shall

29  pay no tax on handle until such time as this subsection has

30  resulted in a tax savings per state fiscal year of $360,000.

31  Thereafter, each permitholder shall pay the tax as specified

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  1  in s. 550.0951(2) s. 550.0951(3) on all handle for the

  2  remainder of the permitholder's current race meet, and the tax

  3  must be calculated and commence beginning the day after the

  4  biweekly period in which the permitholder reaches the maximum

  5  tax savings per state fiscal year provided in this section.

  6  For the three permitholders that conducted a full schedule of

  7  live racing in 1995, and are closest to another state that

  8  authorizes greyhound pari-mutuel wagering, the maximum tax

  9  savings per state fiscal year shall be $500,000.  The

10  provisions of this subsection relating to tax exemptions shall

11  not apply to any charity or scholarship performances conducted

12  pursuant to s. 550.0351.

13         (2)

14         (e)  In addition to the purse requirements of

15  paragraphs (a)-(c), each greyhound permitholder shall pay as

16  purses an amount equal to one-third of the amount of the tax

17  reduction on live and simulcast handle applicable to such

18  permitholder as a result of the reductions in tax rates

19  provided by this act through the amendments to former s.

20  550.0951(3). With respect to intertrack wagering when the host

21  and guest tracks are greyhound permitholders not within the

22  same market area, an amount equal to the tax reduction

23  applicable to the guest track handle as a result of the

24  reduction in tax rate provided by this act through the

25  amendment to former s. 550.0951(3) shall be distributed to the

26  guest track, one-third of which amount shall be paid as purses

27  at the guest track. However, if the guest track is a greyhound

28  permitholder within the market area of the host or if the

29  guest track is not a greyhound permitholder, an amount equal

30  to such tax reduction applicable to the guest track handle

31  shall be retained by the host track, one-third of which amount

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  1  shall be paid as purses at the host track. These purse funds

  2  shall be disbursed in the week received if the permitholder

  3  conducts at least one live performance during that week. If

  4  the permitholder does not conduct at least one live

  5  performance during the week in which the purse funds are

  6  received, the purse funds shall be disbursed weekly during the

  7  permitholder's next race meet in an amount determined by

  8  dividing the purse amount by the number of performances

  9  approved for the permitholder pursuant to its annual license,

10  and multiplying that amount by the number of performances

11  conducted each week. The division shall conduct audits

12  necessary to ensure compliance with this paragraph.

13         Section 6.  Subsections (5) and (6) of section

14  550.09515, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

15         550.09515  Thoroughbred horse taxes; abandoned interest

16  in a permit for nonpayment of taxes.--

17         (5)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s.

18  550.0951(2)(c) s. 550.0951(3)(c), the tax on handle for

19  intertrack wagering on rebroadcasts of simulcast horseraces is

20  2.4 percent of the handle; provided however, that if the guest

21  track is a throughbred track located more than 35 miles from

22  the host track, the host track shall pay a tax of .5 percent

23  of the handle, and additionally the host track shall pay to

24  the guest track 1.9 percent of the handle to be used by the

25  guest track solely for purses.  The tax shall be deposited

26  into the Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund.

27         (6)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s.

28  550.0951(2)(c) s. 550.0951(3)(c), the tax on handle is 0.2

29  percent for intertrack wagering and for intertrack wagering on

30  rebroadcasts of simulcast horseraces for a thoroughbred

31  permitholder that conducts performances during the period

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  1  beginning March 17 and ending May 22. This subsection applies

  2  only to thoroughbred permitholders located in any area of the

  3  state where there are three or more thoroughbred permitholders

  4  within 25 miles of each other.  The tax shall be deposited

  5  into the Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund.  Effective July 1,

  6  2001, this subsection is repealed.

  7         Section 7.  Subsection (2) of section 550.1625, Florida

  8  Statutes, is amended to read:

  9         550.1625  Dogracing; taxes.--

10         (2)  A permitholder that conducts a dograce meet under

11  this chapter must pay the daily license fee, the admission

12  tax, the breaks tax, and the tax on pari-mutuel handle as

13  provided in s. 550.0951 and is subject to all penalties and

14  sanctions provided in s. 550.0951(5) s. 550.0951(6).

15         Section 8.  Subsection (2) of section 550.3551, Florida

16  Statutes, is amended to read:

17         550.3551  Transmission of racing and jai alai

18  information; commingling of pari-mutuel pools.--

19         (2)  Any horse track, dog track, or fronton licensed

20  under this chapter may transmit broadcasts of races or games

21  conducted at the enclosure of the licensee to locations

22  outside this state.

23         (a)  All broadcasts of horseraces transmitted to

24  locations outside this state must comply with the provisions

25  of the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, 92 Stat. 1811, 15

26  U.S.C. ss. 3001 et seq.

27         (b)  Wagers accepted by any out-of-state pari-mutuel

28  permitholder or licensed betting system on a race broadcasted

29  under this subsection may be, but are not required to be,

30  included in the pari-mutuel pools of the horse track in this

31  state that broadcasts the race upon which wagers are accepted.

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  1  The handle, as referred to in s. 550.0951(2) s. 550.0951(3),

  2  does not include any wagers accepted by an out-of-state

  3  pari-mutuel permitholder or licensed betting system,

  4  irrespective of whether such wagers are included in the

  5  pari-mutuel pools of the Florida permitholder as authorized by

  6  this subsection.

  7         Section 9.  Subsection (4) of section 550.375, Florida

  8  Statutes, is amended to read:

  9         550.375  Operation of certain harness tracks.--

10         (4)  The permitholder conducting a harness horse race

11  meet must pay the daily license fee, the admission tax, the

12  tax on breaks, and the tax on pari-mutuel handle provided in

13  s. 550.0951 and is subject to all penalties and sanctions

14  provided in s. 550.0951(5) s. 550.0951(6).

15         Section 10.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of section

16  550.6305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

17         550.6305  Intertrack wagering; guest track payments;

18  accounting rules.--

19         (9)  A host track that has contracted with an

20  out-of-state horse track to broadcast live races conducted at

21  such out-of-state horse track pursuant to s. 550.3551(5) may

22  broadcast such out-of-state races to any guest track and

23  accept wagers thereon in the same manner as is provided in s.

24  550.3551.

25         (a)  For purposes of this section, "net proceeds" means

26  the amount of takeout remaining after the payment of state

27  taxes, purses required pursuant to s. 550.0951(2)(c)1. s.

28  550.0951(3)(c)1., the cost to the permitholder required to be

29  paid to the out-of-state horse track, breeders' awards paid to

30  the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association and the Florida

31  Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association, to be used as

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1696
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  1  set forth in s. 550.625(2)(a) and (b), and the deduction of

  2  any amount retained pursuant to s. 550.615(12).

  3         Section 11.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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