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 amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 23, between lines 14 and 15,
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18         Section 2.  An annual fee of $150 per slot machine is
19  imposed upon each slot machine approved for use at any
20  eligible facility as defined in section 551.102, Florida
21  Statutes, which is within 2 miles of any neighboring
22  municipality. A "neighboring municipality" is a municipality
23  that does not have an eligible facility but has two facilities
24  located within 2 miles of its municipal borders and is the
25  municipality with the largest population in the county.
26  Revenue from the fees imposed by this section must be used by
27  the neighboring municipality to fund the adverse public
28  health, safety, and welfare and public works and traffic
29  impacts that will be caused by the implementation of Section
30  23, Article X of the State Constitution and that will occur as
31  a direct result of slot machine operation. The annual fee must
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1174 Barcode 451638 1 be remitted to the Department of Business and Professional 2 Regulation to be deposited into the Slot Machine 3 Administrative Trust Fund and distributed by the department to 4 any neighboring municipality. The fee must be remitted by 5 February 1 of each year based on the number of slot machines 6 approved as of January 1. 7 8 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 9 10 11 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 12 And the title is amended as follows: 13 On page 1, line 27, after the semicolon, 14 15 insert: 16 imposing an annual fee on certain slot 17 machines; providing for the use of the revenue 18 generated by the collection of the annual fee; 19 providing that the annual fee be remitted to 20 the department to be deposited in the Slot 21 Machine Administrative Trust Fund and 22 distributed by the department; 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 5:15 PM 04/21/05 s1174c1c-ju32-k9f