Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1174
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11 The Committee on Judiciary (Campbell) recommended the
12 following substitute for amendment (140132):
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 (2) LOCAL EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL SLOT MACHINE TAX.--
19 (a) On January 1 of each year, an annual tax of $1,500
20 per machine shall be imposed upon each slot machine approved
21 for use at any slot machine licensee's facility. The slot
22 machine licensee shall, on or before March 1 of each year, pay
23 the total amount of such tax to the division. On or before
24 July 1 of each year, the division shall deposit any tax
25 imposed pursuant to this subsection in the Educational
26 Enhancement Trust Fund in the Department of Education. The
27 Department of Education shall use the moneys collected under
28 this subsection from a slot machine licensee for reimbursement
29 of eligible expenses to the school district where the slot
30 machine licensee is located and for such other purposes as are
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Bill No. CS for SB 1174
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1 (b) The school district where the slot machine
2 licensee is located shall request such moneys as are available
3 under this subsection for reimbursement of the following
4 additional expenses:
5 1. Supplemental public education instruction expenses;
6 2. Classroom and school facilities construction
7 expenses;
8 3. School safety expenses; or
9 4. Educational infrastructure expenses.
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11 Eligible expenses under this paragraph must have been incurred
12 as a direct result of the slot machine licensee's operation of
13 slot machines in the school district during the immediately
14 preceding school year.
15 (c) The Department of Education shall distribute the
16 moneys available under this subsection for reimbursement of
17 expenses to the school district only after conducting an
18 independent audit for the purposes of determining the amount
19 of the additional expenses to the school district which are
20 attributable to such district as a direct result of the slot
21 machine licensee's operations of slot machines in the school
22 district during the immediately preceding school year. The
23 amount of the revenues collected from the supplemental slot
24 machine tax less the amount paid to the school district for
25 reimbursement of eligible expenses, as determined by the
26 Department of Education audit, shall be paid annually to all
27 school districts according to the distribution formula in
28 subsection (3).
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1174
Barcode 023588
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
3 On page 1, line 15, after the semicolon,
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6 requiring that the slot machine licensee pay an
7 annual tax on each machine; providing for
8 deposit of the tax into the Educational
9 Enhancement Trust Fund to be distributed to the
10 school district where the facility is located
11 for certain purposes; directing the Department
12 of Education to conduct an audit and return
13 amounts in excess of certain costs to the
14 Educational Enhancement Trust Fund;
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