HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1681

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

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11  The Committee on General Government Appropriations offered the

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 26 of the bill, line 31,

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18         Section 15.  Subsection (8) of section 496.404, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         496.404  Definitions.--As used in ss. 496.401-496.424:

21         (8)  "Educational institutions" means those

22  institutions and organizations described in s.

23  212.08(7)(cc)8.a. The term includes private nonprofit

24  organizations, the purpose of which is to raise funds for

25  schools teaching grades kindergarten through high school,

26  colleges, and universities, including any nonprofit newspaper

27  of free or paid circulation primarily on university or college

28  campuses which holds a current exemption from federal income

29  tax under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, any

30  educational television or radio network or system established

31  pursuant to s. 229.805 or s. 229.8051, and any nonprofit

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1681

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





  1  television or radio station that is a part of such network or

  2  system and that holds a current exemption from federal income

  3  tax under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The term

  4  also includes a nonprofit educational cable consortium that

  5  holds a current exemption from federal income tax under s.

  6  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, whose primary purpose

  7  is the delivery of educational and instructional cable

  8  television programming and whose members are composed

  9  exclusively of educational organizations that hold a valid

10  consumer certificate of exemption and that are either an

11  educational institution as defined in this subsection or

12  qualified as a nonprofit organization pursuant to s.

13  501.(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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17  And the title is amended as follows:

18         On page 2, line 25 after the first semicolon,

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21         amending s. 496.404, F.S.; redefining the term

22         "educational institutions";

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