HOUSE AMENDMENT
    hbd-05                                         Bill No. HB 645
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Fasano offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, between lines 28 and 29, of the bill
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17         Section 2.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of
18  section 206.9825, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
19         206.9825  Aviation fuel tax.--
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21         (b)  Any licensed wholesaler or terminal supplier that
22  delivers aviation fuel to an air carrier offering
23  transcontinental jet service and that, after January 1, 1996,
24  increases the air carrier's Florida workforce by more than
25  1000 percent and by 250 or more full-time equivalent employee
26  positions, may receive a credit or refund as the ultimate
27  vendor of the aviation fuel for the 6.9 cents excise tax
28  previously paid, provided that the air carrier has no facility
29  for fueling highway vehicles from the tank in which the
30  aviation fuel is stored.  In calculating the new or additional
31  Florida full-time equivalent employee positions, any full-time
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    File original & 9 copies    05/02/01                          
    hbd0016                     01:00 pm         00645-0045-404587

HOUSE AMENDMENT hbd-05 Bill No. HB 645 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 equivalent employee positions of parent or subsidiary 2 corporations which existed before January 1, 1996, shall not 3 be counted toward reaching the Florida employment increase 4 thresholds. The refund allowed under this paragraph is in 5 furtherance of the goals and policies of the State 6 Comprehensive Plan set forth in s. 187.201(17)(a), (b)1., 2., 7 (18)(a), (b)1., 4., (20)(a), (b)5., (22)(a), (b)1., 2., 4., 8 7., 9., and 12. This paragraph will expire on July 1, 2001. 9 (c) If, before July 1, 2001, the number of full-time 10 equivalent employee positions created or added to the air 11 carrier's Florida workforce falls below 250, the exemption 12 granted pursuant to this section shall not apply during the 13 period in which the air carrier has fewer than the 250 14 additional employees. 15 16 17 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 18 And the title is amended as follows: 19 On page 1, line 2, 20 remove from the title of the bill: all of said line 21 22 and insert in lieu thereof: 23 An act relating to taxation; amending s. 24 206.9825, F.S.; removing the expiration date of 25 provisions which allow any licensed wholesaler 26 or terminal supplier that delivers aviation 27 fuel to certain air carriers to receive a 28 credit or refund of the aviation fuel tax under 29 certain conditions; 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 05/02/01 hbd0016 01:00 pm 00645-0045-404587