| 1 | Representative Stargel offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 433 and 434, insert: |
| 5 | Section 14. (1) The taxes levied under sections |
| 6 | 202.12(1), 202.19(7), 202.15, and 203.01, Florida Statutes, |
| 7 | shall not be levied on the actual cost of operating a substitute |
| 8 | communications system, as defined in s. 202.11, Florida |
| 9 | Statutes, during the period from the effective date of this act |
| 10 | through December 31, 2005. |
| 11 | (2) The Department of Revenue shall not make assessments |
| 12 | of tax on the costs of operating a substitute communications |
| 13 | system for the period October 1, 2001 through the effective date |
| 14 | of this act. No refunds shall be made of any tax that has been |
| 15 | remitted to the Department of Revenue on the costs of operating |
| 16 | a substitute communications system prior to the effective date |
| 17 | of this act. |
| 18 | ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ============= |
| 19 | Between lines 53 and 54, insert: |
| 20 | specifying the period during which the actual cost of operating |
| 21 | a substitute communications system shall be exempt from |
| 22 | specified taxes; prohibiting the Department of Revenue from |
| 23 | making certain assessments or refunds of taxes under certain |
| 24 | circumstances; |