Senate Bill sb0724c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                            CS for SB 724

    By the Committee on Commerce, Economic Opportunities, and
    Consumer Services; and Senator Margolis




    310-2021-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to county tourism promotion

  3         agencies; amending s. 125.01, F.S.; providing

  4         that a county may prohibit under certain

  5         circumstances the use of certain names by

  6         business entities that are not county tourism

  7         promotion agencies; amending s. 125.0104, F.S.;

  8         providing names by which such agencies may be

  9         called; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (dd) is added to subsection (1)

14  of section 125.01, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         125.01  Powers and duties.--

16         (1)  The legislative and governing body of a county

17  shall have the power to carry on county government.  To the

18  extent not inconsistent with general or special law, this

19  power includes, but is not restricted to, the power to:

20         (dd)  Prohibit a business entity, other than a county

21  tourism promotion agency, from using names as specified in s.

22  125.0104(9)(e) when representing itself to the public as an

23  entity representing tourism interests of the county levying

24  the local option tourist development tax under s. 125.0104.

25         Section 2.  Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (9) of

26  section 125.0104, Florida Statutes, to read:

27         125.0104  Tourist development tax; procedure for

28  levying; authorized uses; referendum; enforcement.--

29         (9)  COUNTY TOURISM PROMOTION AGENCIES.--In addition to

30  any other powers and duties provided for agencies created for

31  the purpose of tourism promotion by a county levying the

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    Florida Senate - 2003                            CS for SB 724
    310-2021-03




 1  tourist development tax, such agencies are authorized and

 2  empowered to:

 3         (e)  Represent themselves to the public as convention

 4  and visitors bureaus, visitors bureaus, tourist development

 5  councils, vacation bureaus, or by any other names specifically

 6  designated by ordinance.

 7         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 8  law.

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10          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
11                         Senate Bill 724

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13  The committee substitute replaces the original bill and
    provides counties with the authority to prohibit a business
14  from using certain names when representing itself as a county
    tourism-information location; creates a new provision stating
15  the prohibited names; and provides that a county may pass an
    ordinance adding names to the prohibited name list.
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