Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 1813
                        Barcode 123560
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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Between lines 967 and 968,
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17         Section 27.  Section 196.1999, Florida Statutes, is
18  created to read:
19         196.1999  Space laboratories and carriers;
20  exemption.--Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter,
21  a module, pallet, rack, locker, and any necessary associated
22  hardware and subsystem owned by any person and intended to be
23  used to transport or store cargo used for a space laboratory
24  for the primary purpose of conducting scientific research in
25  space is deemed to carry out a scientific purpose and is
26  exempt from ad valorem taxation.
27         Section 28.  Section 196.1994, Florida Statutes, is
28  repealed.
29         Section 29.  Sections 29 and 30 of this act shall apply
30  retroactively to January 1, 2005.
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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1813 Barcode 123560 1 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 2 3 4 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 5 And the title is amended as follows: 6 On line 70, after the semicolon, 7 8 insert: 9 creating s. 196.1999, F.S.; providing an 10 exemption from ad valorem taxes for certain 11 space laboratories; repealing s. 196.1994, 12 F.S., which expired effective July 1, 2004, and 13 which provided an exemption from ad valorem 14 taxes for certain space laboratories; providing 15 for retroactivity; 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 8:32 AM 05/04/05 h181300c-37-c8h