Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1174
                        Barcode 882710
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11  The Committee on Ways and Means (Margolis) 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 $15 per slot machine is
19  hereby 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 defined as a
23  municipality that does not have an eligible facility but has 1
24  or more facility located within 2 miles of its municipal
25  borders. Revenue from the fees imposed by this section must be
26  used by the neighboring municipality for the purpose of
27  mitigating traffic and transportation problems that will be
28  caused by implementing Section 23, Article X of the State
29  Constitution and that will occur as a direct result of slot
30  machine operation. The annual fee must be remitted by each
31  eligible facility to the Department of Business and
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1174 Barcode 882710 1 Professional Regulation by February 1 of each year based on 2 the number of slot machines approved as of January 1 from the 3 facilities that are within 2 miles. The department shall 4 distribute the funds to any neighboring municipality 5 requesting mitigation funding. Any neighboring municipality 6 where an eligible facility is located is not entitled to 7 receive the aforementioned benefits if that municipality 8 currently has a financial agreement with any track for a 9 percentage of its benefits. If an eligible facility has an 10 agreement with any neighboring municipality that is within 2 11 miles of the facility and there are no other municipalities 12 within 2 miles of the eligible facility, the eligible facility 13 is exempt from paying the fee. 14 15 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 16 17 18 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 19 And the title is amended as follows: 20 On page 1, line 27, after the second semicolon, 21 22 insert: 23 imposing an annual fee on certain slot 24 machines; providing for the use of the revenue 25 generated by the collection of the annual fee; 26 providing that the annual fee be remitted to 27 the department to be deposited in the Slot 28 Machine Administrative Trust Fund and 29 distributed by the department; providing that a 30 neighboring municipality is not entitled 31 receive fees remitted to the department under 2 3:38 PM 04/25/05 s1174c2c-wm35-tl2
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1174 Barcode 882710 1 certain circumstances; providing that an 2 eligible facility is exempt from paying fees 3 for a specified reason; 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 3:38 PM 04/25/05 s1174c2c-wm35-tl2