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11 Senators Garcia, Villalobos, and Diaz de la Portilla moved the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Lines 16 through 38, delete those lines
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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 The previous certification was withdrawn by the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 2. 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, 2008.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
15 Lines 3 through 7, delete those lines
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18 amending s. 288.1162, F.S.; clarifying the
19 number of certifications of facilities for
20 retained spring training franchises; increasing
21 the number of facilities certified by the
22 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
23 Development as facilities for a new
24 professional sports franchise or as facilities
25 for a retained professional sports franchise;
26 providing an additional exception to
27 disqualification for certification of an
28 applicant when the franchise formed the basis
29 of a previous certification; providing that
30 payments to a certified applicant may not
31 extend beyond the period for which the original
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1 certification was issued; specifying the date
2 on which an applicant certified after the
3 effective date of the act may receive
4 disbursements; providing
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