Senate Bill sb1462c2

    Florida Senate - 2005            CS for CS for SB's 1462 & 648

    By the Committees on Government Efficiency Appropriations;
    Domestic Security; and Senators Baker and Campbell




    593-2215-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to hurricane preparedness;

  3         providing an exemption from the tax on sales,

  4         use, and other transactions for sales of

  5         certain items of tangible personal property for

  6         a certain period for certain purposes;

  7         authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt

  8         rules; providing an appropriation; providing an

  9         effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  (1)  Effective June 1, 2005, through June

14  12, 2005, no tax levied under the provisions of chapter 212,

15  Florida Statutes, shall be collected on the sale of:

16         (a)  Any portable self-powered light source selling for

17  $20 or less.

18         (b)  Any portable self-powered radio, two-way radio, or

19  weather-band radio selling for $50 or less.

20         (c)  Any tarpaulin or other flexible waterproof

21  sheeting selling for $50 or less.

22         (d)  Any self-contained first-aid kit selling for $30

23  or less.

24         (e)  Any ground anchor system or tie-down kit selling

25  for $50 or less.

26         (f)  Any gas or diesel fuel tank selling for $25 or

27  less.

28         (g)  Any package of AA-cell, C-cell, D-cell, 6-volt, or

29  9-volt batteries, excluding automobile and boat batteries,

30  selling for $30 or less.

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    Florida Senate - 2005            CS for CS for SB's 1462 & 648
    593-2215-05




 1         (h)  Any nonelectrical food-storage cooler selling for

 2  $30 or less.

 3         (i)  Any portable generator selling for $750 or less to

 4  provide light or communications or preserve perishable food in

 5  the event of a power outage due to a hurricane.

 6         (2)  The Department of Revenue may adopt rules pursuant

 7  to sections 120.536(1) and 120.54, Florida Statutes, to carry

 8  out this section.

 9         Section 2.  The sum of $221,400 is appropriated from

10  the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Revenue for the

11  2005-2006 fiscal year for purposes of administering section 1

12  of this act.

13         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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16          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
17                      CS/SB 1462 and SB 648

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19  The committee substitute increases the sales price of
    generators that are exempt from sales tax from $500 to $750
20  and reduces the General Revenue appropriation to the
    Department of Revenue from $421,400 to $221,400.
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