SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2218
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 194402
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Senator Wasserman Schultz moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 and insert: the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing
18 Trust Fund. Such election must be made with the timely filing
19 of a return and cannot be rescinded once made. When a dealer
20 who makes such election files a delinquent return, underpays
21 the tax, or files an incomplete return, the amount deposited
22 into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust
23 Fund shall be the collection allowance remaining after
24 resolution of liability for all of the tax, interest, and
25 penalty due on that return or underpayment of tax. The
26 provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to s. 212.0305
27 and to any other tax, fee, or levy that is administered,
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30 Section 11. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter
31 120, Florida Statutes, to the contrary, the Department of
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2218
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 194402
1 Revenue may adopt rules to carry out the amendments made by
2 this act to section 212.12, Florida Statutes.
3 Section 12. The initial proceeds in the amount of
4 $244,000 will be retained in the General Revenue Fund. Amounts
5 reported above the $244,000 will be transferred on a monthly
6 basis into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing
7 Trust Fund. Money attributed to the dealer collection
8 allowance will be earmarked for distribution to the county
9 school board for the county in which the sales tax dealer is
10 located. The Department of Revenue will distribute these
11 proceeds monthly. In the month the revenues attributed to this
12 program exceeds the appropriated sum of $244,000, such revenue
13 will be distributed to the respective county school boards in
14 proportion to the revenue attributed to this program in that
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21 And the title is amended as follows:
22 On page 2, line 15, delete that line
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25 Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing
26 Trust Fund; providing
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