Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 550
                        Barcode 581068
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11  Senator Bullard moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 2, between lines 13 and 14,
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16  insert:  
17         Section 3.  Section 220.192, Florida Statutes, is
18  created to read:
19         220.192  Cultural contributions tax credit.--
20         (1)  A credit in the amount of 50 percent of a
21  contribution to the Cultural Institutions Trust Fund is
22  allowed against any tax due for a taxable year under this
23  chapter.
24         (2)(a)  If the credit granted under this section is not
25  fully used in any one year, the unused amount may not be
26  carried forward. A taxpayer may not convey, assign, or
27  transfer the credit authorized by this section to another
28  entity unless all of the assets of the taxpayer are conveyed,
29  assigned, or transferred in the same transaction.
30         (b)  An application for a tax credit under this section
31  shall be submitted to the department on forms established by
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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 550 Barcode 581068 1 rule of the department. 2 (c) The department shall adopt rules necessary to 3 administer this section. 4 5 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 6 7 8 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 9 And the title is amended as follows: 10 Delete everything before the enacting clause 11 12 and insert: 13 A bill to be entitled 14 An act relating to taxation; amending s. 15 196.012, F.S.; defining the term "ex-service 16 member" for purposes of ch. 196, F.S.; amending 17 s. 196.24, F.S.; revising the qualifications 18 for the exemption; entitling the surviving 19 spouse of a disabled ex-service member to an 20 exemption from property taxation for the value 21 of certain property under certain 22 circumstances; creating s. 220.192, F.S.; 23 providing a tax credit for donations to the 24 Cultural Institutions Trust Fund; providing 25 that the unused amount of a credit may not be 26 carried forward; prohibiting conveying, 27 assigning, or transferring the credit to 28 another entity except as specified; providing 29 application procedures; providing for 30 rulemaking by the Department of Revenue; 31 providing an effective date. 2 4:18 PM 04/26/05 s0550c-39-k9b