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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002              CS/HB 121

        By the Fiscal Responsibility Council and Representatives
    Bennett and Spratt





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to corporate income tax;

  3         amending s. 220.15, F.S., which provides for

  4         apportionment of adjusted federal income to

  5         this state; revising the conditions for

  6         determining when sales of tangible personal

  7         property occur in this state for certain

  8         industries; amending s. 220.187, F.S.;

  9         expanding the definition of qualified student;

10         repealing section 9 of ch. 2001-225, Laws of

11         Florida, relating to an incorrect statute cross

12         reference; repealing s. 220.331, F.S., relating

13         to application of certain credits to estimated

14         payments; providing for retroactive effect;

15         providing an effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section

20  220.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

21         220.15  Apportionment of adjusted federal income.--

22         (5)  The sales factor is a fraction the numerator of

23  which is the total sales of the taxpayer in this state during

24  the taxable year or period and the denominator of which is the

25  total sales of the taxpayer everywhere during the taxable year

26  or period.

27         (b)1.  Sales of tangible personal property occur in

28  this state if the property is delivered or shipped to a

29  purchaser within this state, regardless of the f.o.b. point,

30  other conditions of the sale, or ultimate destination of the

31  property, unless shipment is made via a common or contract

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  1  carrier. However, for industries in SIC Industry Number 2037,

  2  if the ultimate destination of the product is to a location

  3  outside this state, regardless of the method of shipment or

  4  f.o.b. point, the sale shall not be deemed to occur in this

  5  state.

  6         2.  When citrus fruit is delivered by a cooperative for

  7  a grower-member, by a grower-member to a cooperative, or by a

  8  grower-participant to a Florida processor, the sales factor

  9  for the growers for such citrus fruit delivered to such

10  processor shall be the same as the sales factor for the most

11  recent taxable year of that processor.  That sales factor,

12  expressed only as a percentage and not in terms of the dollar

13  volume of sales, so as to protect the confidentiality of the

14  sales of the processor, shall be furnished on the request of

15  such a grower promptly after it has been determined for that

16  taxable year.

17         3.  Reimbursement of expenses under an agency contract

18  between a cooperative, a grower-member of a cooperative, or a

19  grower and a processor is not a sale within this state.

20         Section 2.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section

21  220.187, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

22         220.187  Credits for contributions to nonprofit

23  scholarship-funding organizations.--

24         (2)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term:

25         (e)  "Qualified student" means a student who qualifies

26  for free or reduced-price school lunches under the National

27  School Lunch Act and who:

28         1.  Was counted as a full-time-equivalent student

29  during the previous state fiscal year for purposes of state

30  per-student funding; or

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  1         2.  Received a scholarship from an eligible nonprofit

  2  scholarship-funding organization during the previous school

  3  year; or

  4         3.  Is eligible to enter kindergarten or first grade.

  5         Section 3.  Section 9 of chapter 2001-225, Laws of

  6  Florida, and s. 220.331, Florida Statutes, are repealed.

  7         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  8  law and shall apply to tax years beginning on or after January

  9  1, 2002.

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