HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                            Bill No. CS for SB 462

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

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11  Representative(s) Alexander, Dockery, Spratt, and Bowen

12  offered the following:

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 4 of the bill, between lines 29 & 30,

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18         Section 2.  Subsection (5) of section 601.155, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         601.155  Equalizing excise tax; credit; exemption.--

21         (5)  All Products made subject to the taxable

22  privileges under this section, which products are produced in

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

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

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

26  extent that the products are derived from oranges or

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

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

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

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

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

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                            Bill No. CS for SB 462

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





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

  2  privilege.

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  6  And the title is amended as follows:

  7         On page 1, line 6,

  8  remove all of said lines

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

12         exemption from an equalizing excise tax on

13         products made from certain citrus fruit;

14         providing an effective date.

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