Senate Bill sb1404

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1404

    By Senator Atwater





    25-1101-06                                          See HB 691

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the tax on sales, use, and

  3         other transactions; providing for noncollection

  4         of the tax on a portion of the sales price of

  5         certain transactions during a certain period of

  6         time; providing exceptions; requiring retailers

  7         to obtain a signed certificate of personal

  8         consumption from purchasers of certain items;

  9         providing penalties; authorizing the Department

10         of Revenue to adopt rules; providing criteria;

11         providing an appropriation; providing an

12         effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  (1)  Except as otherwise provided in this

17  section, during the period from 12:01 a.m., July 31, 2006,

18  through midnight, August 6, 2006, the tax levied under the

19  provisions of chapter 212, Florida Statutes, shall not be

20  collected on the first $5,000 of the sales price of, or

21  consideration paid for, any item of tangible personal property

22  or admission to an event purchased by an individual for

23  personal consumption. This subsection does not apply to

24  purchases made by a business as defined in s. 212.02(2),

25  Florida Statutes, or by an individual to be used in a

26  business.

27         (2)  The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply to:

28         (a)  Rental car surcharges paid pursuant to s.

29  212.0606, Florida Statutes.

30         (b)  Sales from vending machines taxed pursuant to s.

31  212.0515, Florida Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1404
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 1         (c)  All dues and fees paid to private clubs and

 2  membership clubs, as described in s. 212.02(1), Florida

 3  Statutes.

 4         (d)  Service warranties taxed pursuant to s. 212.0506,

 5  Florida Statutes.

 6         (e)  Charges for the use of coin-operated amusement

 7  machines under s. 212.05(1)(h), Florida Statutes.

 8         (f)  Discretionary sales surtaxes levied pursuant to

 9  ss. 212.054 and 212.055, Florida Statutes.

10         (g)  Convention development taxes levied pursuant to s.

11  212.0305, Florida Statutes.

12         (h)  Local option food and beverage taxes levied

13  pursuant to s. 212.0306, Florida Statutes.

14         (3)  A retailer that sells any single item of tangible

15  personal property having a sales price of $1,000 or more shall

16  obtain from the purchaser and keep a Florida Sales Tax

17  Purchaser's Certification of Personal Consumption which the

18  purchaser shall sign under the penalties of perjury and

19  include the purchaser's mailing address.

20         (4)  Notwithstanding chapter 120, Florida Statutes, the

21  Department of Revenue may adopt rules to implement and

22  administer this section. It is the intent of the Legislature

23  that these rules provide a broad sales tax exemption for items

24  purchased during the tax holiday. The department is

25  specifically authorized to develop and adopt rules applying to

26  and including, but not limited to, the contents of the Florida

27  Sales Tax Purchaser's Certification of Personal Consumption,

28  multiple items on one invoice, bundled transactions, coupons

29  and discounts, exchanges, layaway sales, special order items,

30  rain checks, rebates, splitting of items normally sold

31  together, returns, and erroneously collected taxes.

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 1         (5)  The sum of $400,000 is appropriated from the

 2  General Revenue Fund to the Department of Revenue for purposes

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 4         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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