House Bill hb1961

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1961

        By the Committee on Fiscal Policy & Resources and
    Representative Wallace





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to tax on sales, use, and other

  3         transactions; creating s. 212.213, F.S.;

  4         providing that it is the policy of this state

  5         that only those items, services, and other

  6         transactions deemed to be subject to said tax

  7         on July 1, 2001, shall be taxed under ch. 212,

  8         F.S., unless made subject to said tax by act of

  9         the Legislature; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Section 212.213, Florida Statutes, is

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15         212.213  State tax policy.--It is the policy of this

16  state that only those items, services, and other transactions

17  that are deemed to be subject to the tax imposed by this

18  chapter on July 1, 2001, shall be taxed under this chapter.

19  All other items, services, and transactions are exempt unless

20  made subject to the tax imposed by this chapter by act of the

21  Legislature. This section does not prohibit the imposition of

22  tax on any item, service, or other transaction that did not

23  exist on July 1, 2001, if that item, service, or other

24  transaction, had it existed on that date, would have been

25  deemed subject to the tax imposed by this chapter.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1961

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      Provides that it is the policy of this state that only
  4    those items, services, and other transactions deemed
      subject to tax under ch. 212, F.S., on July 1, 2001,
  5    shall be taxed under said chapter, unless made subject to
      said tax by act of the Legislature.
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