Senate Bill sb0692
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Florida Senate - 2005 SCR 692
By Senator Geller
31-731-05 See HCR 11
1 Senate Concurrent Resolution No. ____
2 A concurrent resolution renumbering current
3 Joint Rule 8 and creating a new Joint Rule 8 of
4 the Joint Rules of the Legislature relating to
5 duties of the Joint Legislative Sales and Use
6 Tax Exemption Review Committee.
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8 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida, the
9 House of Representatives Concurring:
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11 That current Joint Rule 8 of the Joint Rules of the
12 Legislature is renumbered as Joint Rule 9 and a new Joint Rule
13 8 is created to read:
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15 JOINT RULE EIGHT
16 JOINT LEGISLATIVE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION
17 REVIEW COMMITTEE
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19 8.1--Filing and Introduction of Committee Bills
20 At the regular session following submission of each
21 annual report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker
22 of the House of Representatives recommending the modification
23 or repeal of exemptions from the general state sales and use
24 tax, the ranking members of each house of the Legislature on
25 the Joint Legislative Sales and Use Tax Exemption Review
26 Committee shall sponsor and file for introduction in their
27 respective houses of the Legislature bills presenting for
28 modification or repeal those exemptions from the general state
29 sales and use tax that were subject to the review and
30 recommendations of the committee in the report submitted
31 immediately prior to the session in which introduced. However,
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1 if either such member voted against the recommendation of the
2 committee, another member of the committee from that house of
3 the Legislature who voted for the recommendation of the
4 committee shall sponsor the bill in that house of the
5 Legislature. Each bill filed under this rule shall be exempt
6 from any filing limits applicable in either house of the
7 Legislature and shall be limited to a single exemption and for
8 that purpose only. Upon introduction, each bill filed under
9 this rule shall be placed on the calendar of the respective
10 house of the Legislature without reference to any committee
11 and must be submitted to a vote of the members of the house of
12 the Legislature in which introduced no later than the eighth
13 week of the session in which introduced, unless the substance
14 of the bill has already been voted on by the members of the
15 other house of the Legislature in another bill during that
16 session and defeated. In addition, each bill filed under this
17 rule that receives a majority vote in the house of the
18 Legislature in which introduced must be submitted to a vote of
19 the members of the other house of the Legislature during that
20 session, unless the substance of the bill has already been
21 voted on by the members of the other house of the Legislature
22 in another bill during that session and defeated.
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24 8.2--Meetings to Consider Proposed Bills; Notice
25 The committee may hold meetings to consider bills
26 proposing the modification or repeal of an exemption from the
27 general state sales and use tax under this rule. Not less than
28 7 days prior to a meeting of the committee to consider such
29 proposed bills, a notice of the meeting, stating the proposed
30 bills to be considered and the date, time, and place of the
31 meeting, shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate when
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1 the chair is a Senator or with the Clerk of the House of
2 Representatives when the chair is a Representative. The
3 Secretary or the Clerk shall distribute notice to the
4 Legislature and the public, consistent with the rules and
5 policies of their respective houses.
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7 8.3--Proceedings Governing Consideration of Proposed Bills
8 All proceedings of the committee at which a bill
9 proposing the modification or repeal of an exemption from the
10 general state sales and use tax under this rule is considered
11 shall be governed by the rules of the Senate when the chair is
12 a Senator and by the rules of the House of Representatives
13 when the chair is a Representative, except as otherwise
14 provided in this rule.
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16 JOINT RULE NINE EIGHT
17 CONTINUING EXISTENCE OF JOINT RULES
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19 9.1 8.1--Continuing Existence of Joint Rules
20 All joint rules adopted by concurrent resolution, and
21 amendments thereto, shall continue in effect from session to
22 session or Legislature to Legislature until repealed by
23 concurrent resolution.
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