HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                        Bill No. HB 1961, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Wiles offered the following:
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13         Amendment to Amendment (721727) (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, lines 18-22,
15  remove from the amendment:  all of said lines
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17  and insert in lieu thereof:  
18         Section 3.  (1)  Paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of
19  subsection (1) of section 206.9825, Florida Statutes, are
20  amended to read:
21         206.9825  Aviation fuel tax.--
22         (1)(a)  Except as otherwise provided in this part, an
23  excise tax of 6.9 cents per gallon of aviation fuel is imposed
24  upon every gallon of aviation fuel sold in this state, or
25  brought into this state for use, upon which such tax has not
26  been paid or the payment thereof has not been lawfully assumed
27  by some person handling the same in this state. Fuel purchased
28  for non-aviation purposes, such as the manufacturing of
29  consumer goods, shall not be subject to the tax. Fuel taxed
30  pursuant to this part shall not be subject to the taxes
31  imposed by ss. 206.41(1)(d), (e), and (f) and 206.87(1)(b),
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    File original & 9 copies    05/03/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1961, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 (c), and (d). falls below 250, the exemption granted pursuant 2 to this section shall not apply during the period in which the 3 air carrier has fewer than the 250 additional employees. 4 (d) The exemption taken by credit or refund pursuant 5 to paragraph (b) shall apply only under the terms and 6 conditions set forth therein. If any part of that paragraph 7 is judicially declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, the 8 validity of any provisions taxing aviation fuel shall not be 9 affected and all fuel exempted pursuant to paragraph (b) shall 10 be subject to tax as if the exemption was never enacted. 11 Every person benefiting from such exemption shall be liable 12 for and make payment of all taxes for which a credit or refund 13 was granted. 14 15 16 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 17 And the title is amended as follows: 18 On page 2, line 29, of the amendmentafter the semicolon 19 20 insert: 21 providing an exception to the application of 22 the aviation fuel tax; 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 05/03/01 hbd0001 12:41 pm 01961-0020-310103