HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/HB 1681, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Dockery offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 43, between lines 29 and 30,

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17         Section 34.  Subsection (5) of section 601.155, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         601.155  Equalizing excise tax; credit; exemption.--

20         (5)  All Products made subject to the taxable

21  privileges under this section, which products are produced in

22  whole or in part from citrus fruit on which an equivalent tax

23  is levied pursuant to s. 601.15 grown within the United

24  States, are exempt from the tax imposed by this section to the

25  extent that the products are derived from oranges or

26  grapefruit grown within the United States. In the case of

27  products made in part from citrus fruit exempt from the tax

28  imposed by this section grown within the United States, it

29  shall be the burden of the persons liable for the excise tax

30  to show the Department of Citrus, through competent evidence,

31  proof of that part which is not subject to a taxable

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/HB 1681, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)





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  5  And the title is amended as follows:

  6         On page 5, line 3, after the semicolon,

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  9         amending s. 601.155, F.S.; revising an

10         exemption from an equalizing excise tax on

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