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11 Senators Garcia and Villalobos moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 (7) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
19 Development shall notify the Department of Revenue of any
20 facility certified as a facility for a new professional sports
21 franchise or a facility for a retained professional sports
22 franchise or as a facility for a retained spring training
23 franchise. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
24 Development shall certify no more than nine eight facilities
25 as facilities for a new professional sports franchise or as
26 facilities for a retained professional sports franchise and
27 shall certify at least five as facilities for retained spring
28 training franchises, including in such total any facilities
29 certified by the Department of Commerce before July 1, 1996.
30 The number of certifications of facilities for retained spring
31 training franchises shall be pursuant to subsection (5). The
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1 office may make no more than one certification for any
2 facility. The office may not certify funding for less than the
3 requested amount to any applicant certified as a facility for
4 a retained spring training franchise.
5 (9)(a) An applicant is not qualified for certification
6 under this section if the franchise formed the basis for a
7 previous certification, unless:
8 1. The previous certification was withdrawn by the
9 facility or invalidated by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
10 Economic Development or the Department of Commerce before any
11 funds were distributed pursuant to s. 212.20; or.
12 2. The previous certification was for an applicant
13 that served as the home facility for two professional sports
14 franchises and the franchise was used as a basis for the
15 certification of a new applicant. Notwithstanding any other
16 provision of this section, the franchise continuing to use the
17 original applicant shall be considered the franchise forming
18 the basis of the previous certification and the previous
19 certification shall continue to apply for the time period
20 permitted from the original date of certification.
21 (b) This subsection does not disqualify an applicant
22 if the previous certification occurred between May 23, 1993,
23 and May 25, 1993; however, any funds to be distributed
24 pursuant to s. 212.20 for the second certification shall be
25 offset by the amount distributed to the previous certified
26 facility. Distribution of funds for the second certification
27 shall not be made until all amounts payable for the first
28 certification have been distributed.
29 (c) Payments to a certified applicant may not extend
30 beyond the period for which the original certification was
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1 Section 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
2 an applicant that is certified after the effective date of
3 this act pursuant to s. 288.1162, Florida Statutes, by the
4 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development as a
5 facility for a new professional sports franchise or a facility
6 for a retained professional sports franchise may not receive
7 disbursements pursuant to s. 212.20(6)(d)7.b., Florida
8 Statutes, until July 1, 2007.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
15 On page 1, lines 15 through 17, delete those lines
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18 evaluation criteria; clarifying the number of
19 certifications of facilities for retained
20 spring training franchises; increasing the
21 number of facilities certified by the Office of
22 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development as
23 facilities for a new professional sports
24 franchise or as facilities for a retained
25 professional sports franchise; providing an
26 additional exception to disqualification for
27 certification of an applicant when the
28 franchise formed the basis of a previous
29 certification; providing that payments to a
30 certified applicant may not extend beyond the
31 period for which the original certification was
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1 issued; specifying the date on which an
2 applicant certified after the effective date of
3 the act may receive disbursements; providing an
4 effective date.
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