Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 7089
                        Barcode 613184
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11  Senator Fasano moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Lines 230-246, delete those lines
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17         (7)(a)  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
18  Development shall notify the Department of Revenue oA NAME="Page1Line19">19  facility certified as a facility for a new professional sports
20  franchise or a facility for a retained professional sports
21  franchise or as a facility for a retained spring training
22  franchise. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
23  Development shall certify no more than eight facilities as
24  facilities for a new professional sports franchise or as
25  facilities for a retained professional sports franchise and
26  shall certify at least five as facilities for retained spring
27  training franchises, including in such total any facilities
28  certified by the Department of Commerce before July 1, 1996.
29  The number of facilities certified as a retained spring
30  training franchise shall be as provided in subsection (5). The
31  office may make no more than one certification for any
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Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 7089 Barcode 613184 1 facility. The office may not certify funding for less than the 2 requested amount to any applicant certified as a facility for 3 a retained spring training franchise. 4 (b) The eighth certification of an applicant under 5 this section as a facility for a new professional sports 6 franchise or a facility for a retained professional sports 7 franchise shall be for a franchise that is a member of the 8 National Basketball Association, has been located within the 9 state since 1987, and has not been previously certified. This 10 paragraph is repealed July 1, 2010. 11 12 13 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 14 And the title is amended as follows: 15 Line 13, after the semicolon, 16 17 insert: 18 providing additional requirements with respect 19 to certification as a facility for a new 20 professional sports franchise or a facility for 21 a retained professional sports franchise; 22 providing for repeal of the requirements by a 23 specified date; 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 10:51 AM 05/04/06 h708900c-11-kob