| 1 | Representative(s) Lopez-Cantera offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Senate Amendment (613184) (with directory and |
| 4 | title amendments) |
| 5 | On page 1, line 17 through page 2, line 23, |
| 6 | remove: all of said lines |
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| 8 | and insert: |
| 9 | (7) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development |
| 10 | shall notify the Department of Revenue of any facility certified |
| 11 | as a facility for a new professional sports franchise or a |
| 12 | facility for a retained professional sports franchise or as a |
| 13 | facility for a retained spring training franchise. The Office of |
| 14 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall certify no more |
| 15 | than nine eight facilities as facilities for a new professional |
| 16 | sports franchise or as facilities for a retained professional |
| 17 | sports franchise and shall certify at least five as facilities |
| 18 | for retained spring training franchises, including in such total |
| 19 | any facilities certified by the Department of Commerce before |
| 20 | July 1, 1996. The number of certifications of facilities for |
| 21 | retained spring training franchises shall be pursuant to |
| 22 | subsection (5). The office may make no more than one |
| 23 | certification for any facility. The office may not certify |
| 24 | funding for less than the requested amount to any applicant |
| 25 | certified as a facility for a retained spring training |
| 26 | franchise. |
| 27 | (9)(a) An applicant is not qualified for certification |
| 28 | under this section if the franchise formed the basis for a |
| 29 | previous certification, unless: |
| 30 | 1. The previous certification was withdrawn by the |
| 31 | facility or invalidated by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 32 | Economic Development or the Department of Commerce before any |
| 33 | funds were distributed pursuant to s. 212.20; or. |
| 34 | 2. The previous certification was for an applicant that |
| 35 | served as the home facility for two professional sports |
| 36 | franchises and the franchise was used as a basis for the |
| 37 | certification of a new applicant. Notwithstanding any other |
| 38 | provision of this section, the franchise continuing to use the |
| 39 | original applicant shall be considered the franchise forming the |
| 40 | basis of the previous certification and the previous |
| 41 | certification shall continue to apply for the time period |
| 42 | permitted from the original date of certification. |
| 43 | (b) This subsection does not disqualify an applicant if |
| 44 | the previous certification occurred between May 23, 1993, and |
| 45 | May 25, 1993; however, any funds to be distributed pursuant to |
| 46 | s. 212.20 for the second certification shall be offset by the |
| 47 | amount distributed to the previous certified facility. |
| 48 | Distribution of funds for the second certification shall not be |
| 49 | made until all amounts payable for the first certification have |
| 50 | been distributed. |
| 51 | (c) Payments to a certified applicant may not extend |
| 52 | beyond the period for which the original certification was |
| 53 | issued. |
| 54 | Section 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an |
| 55 | applicant that is certified after the effective date of this act |
| 56 | pursuant to s. 288.1162, Florida Statutes, by the Office of |
| 57 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development as a facility for a new |
| 58 | professional sports franchise or a facility for a retained |
| 59 | professional sports franchise may not receive disbursements |
| 60 | pursuant to s. 212.20(6)(d)7.b., Florida Statutes, until July 1, |
| 61 | 2008. |
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| 64 | Remove line(s) 134 and 135 and insert: |
| 65 | Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (5), subsection |
| 66 | (7), and subsection (9) of section 288.1162, Florida Statutes, |
| 67 | are amended to read: |
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| 70 | Remove line 13 and insert: |
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| 72 | number of certifications of such facilities; increasing the |
| 73 | number of facilities certified by the Office of Tourism, Trade, |
| 74 | and Economic Development as facilities for a new professional |
| 75 | sports franchise or as facilities for a retained professional |
| 76 | sports franchise; providing an additional exception to |
| 77 | disqualification for certification of an applicant when the |
| 78 | franchise formed the basis of a previous certification; |
| 79 | providing that payments to a certified applicant may not extend |
| 80 | beyond the period for which the original certification was |
| 81 | issued; specifying the date on which an applicant certified |
| 82 | after the effective date of the act may receive disbursements; |
| 83 | providing an |