HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 7-B
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Fiorentino offered the following:
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18 Section 2. Effective July 1, 2003, paragraphs (l) and
19 (n) of subsection (3) of section 125.0104, Florida Statutes,
20 as amended by this act, are amended to read:
21 125.0104 Tourist development tax; procedure for
22 levying; authorized uses; referendum; enforcement.--
23 (3) TAXABLE PRIVILEGES; EXEMPTIONS; LEVY; RATE.--
24 (l) In addition to any other tax which is imposed
25 pursuant to this section, a county may impose up to an
26 additional 1-percent tax on the exercise of the privilege
27 described in paragraph (a) by majority vote of the governing
28 board of the county in order to:
29 1. Pay the debt service on bonds issued to finance the
30 construction, reconstruction, or renovation of a professional
31 sports franchise facility, or the acquisition, construction,
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1 reconstruction, or renovation of a retained spring training
2 franchise facility, either publicly owned and operated, or
3 publicly owned and operated by the owner of a professional
4 sports franchise or other lessee with sufficient expertise or
5 financial capability to operate such facility, and to pay the
6 planning and design costs incurred prior to the issuance of
7 such bonds.
8 2. Pay the debt service on bonds issued to finance the
9 construction, reconstruction, or renovation of a convention
10 center, and to pay the planning and design costs incurred
11 prior to the issuance of such bonds.
12 3. Pay the operation and maintenance costs of a
13 convention center for a period of up to 10 years. Only
14 counties that have elected to levy the tax for the purposes
15 authorized in subparagraph 2. may use the tax for the purposes
16 enumerated in this subparagraph. Any county that elects to
17 levy the tax for the purposes authorized in subparagraph 2.
18 after July 1, 2000, may use the proceeds of the tax to pay the
19 operation and maintenance costs of a convention center for the
20 life of the bonds.
21 4. Promote and advertise tourism in the State of
22 Florida and nationally and internationally; however, if tax
23 revenues are expended for an activity, service, venue, or
24 event, the activity, service, venue, or event shall have as
25 one of its main purposes the attraction of tourists as
26 evidenced by the promotion of the activity, service, venue, or
27 event to tourists.
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29 The provision of paragraph (b) which prohibits any county
30 authorized to levy a convention development tax pursuant to s.
31 212.0305 from levying more than the 2-percent tax authorized
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1 by this section, and the provisions of paragraphs (4)(a)-(d),
2 shall not apply to the additional tax authorized in this
3 paragraph. The effective date of the levy and imposition of
4 the tax authorized under this paragraph shall be the first day
5 of the second month following approval of the ordinance by the
6 governing board or the first day of any subsequent month as
7 may be specified in the ordinance. A certified copy of such
8 ordinance shall be furnished by the county to the Department
9 of Revenue within 10 days after approval of such ordinance.
10 (n) In addition to any other tax that is imposed under
11 this section, a county that has imposed the tax under
12 paragraph (l) may impose an additional tax that is no greater
13 than 1 percent on the exercise of the privilege described in
14 paragraph (a) by a majority plus one vote of the membership of
15 the board of county commissioners in order to:
16 1. Pay the debt service on bonds issued to finance:
17 1.a. The construction, reconstruction, or renovation
18 of a facility either publicly owned and operated, or publicly
19 owned and operated by the owner of a professional sports
20 franchise or other lessee with sufficient expertise or
21 financial capability to operate such facility, and to pay the
22 planning and design costs incurred prior to the issuance of
23 such bonds for a new professional sports franchise as defined
24 in s. 288.1162.
25 2.b. The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or
26 renovation of a facility either publicly owned and operated,
27 or publicly owned and operated by the owner of a professional
28 sports franchise or other lessee with sufficient expertise or
29 financial capability to operate such facility, and to pay the
30 planning and design costs incurred prior to the issuance of
31 such bonds for a retained spring training franchise.
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1 2. Promote and advertise tourism in the State of
2 Florida and nationally and internationally; however, if tax
3 revenues are expended for an activity, service, venue, or
4 event, the activity, service, venue, or event shall have as
5 one of its main purposes the attraction of tourists as
6 evidenced by the promotion of the activity, service, venue, or
7 event to tourists.
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9 A county that imposes the tax authorized in this paragraph may
10 not expend any ad valorem tax revenues for the acquisition,
11 construction, reconstruction, or renovation of that a facility
12 for which tax revenues are used pursuant to subparagraph 1.
13 The provision of paragraph (b) which prohibits any county
14 authorized to levy a convention development tax pursuant to s.
15 212.0305 from levying more than the 2-percent tax authorized
16 by this section shall not apply to the additional tax
17 authorized by this paragraph in counties which levy convention
18 development taxes pursuant to s. 212.0305(4)(a). Subsection
19 (4) does not apply to the adoption of the additional tax
20 authorized in this paragraph. The effective date of the levy
21 and imposition of the tax authorized under this paragraph is
22 the first day of the second month following approval of the
23 ordinance by the board of county commissioners or the first
24 day of any subsequent month specified in the ordinance. A
25 certified copy of such ordinance shall be furnished by the
26 county to the Department of Revenue within 10 days after
27 approval of the ordinance.
28 Section 3. Except as otherwise provided herein, this
29 act shall take effect upon becoming a
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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