Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 888
                        Barcode 684616
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11  The Committee on Environmental Preservation (Constantine)
12  recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 24, between lines 19 and 20, delete those lines
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18         (1)  The commission shall adopt appropriate goals for
19  increasing the use of Florida renewable energy resources.  The
20  commission may change the goals for reasonable cause; however,
21  the time period to review and reset the goals shall not exceed
22  five years.
23         (2)  For purposes of this section, "Florida renewable
24  energy resources" means renewable resources ad defined in s.
25  366.91(2)(b) that is produced in Florida.
26         (3)  In addition to the avoided cost payments
27  authorized in s. 366.91 and in order to promote the production
28  of energy from Florida renewable resources, the commission may
29  approve bilateral contracts providing for contract payments to
30  producers of such energy of an amount equal to 50 percent
31  above the utility's full avoided costs as defined in s.
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 888 Barcode 684616 1 366.051. 2 (4) A credit against the tax imposed by ch. 220, shall 3 be granted to the utility in an amount equal to the annual 4 cost of contract payments to Florida renewable energy 5 resources which are in excess of the utility's full avoided 6 cost. If the credit is not fully used in any one tax year 7 because of insufficient tax liability on the part of the 8 utility, the unused amount may be used as a credit against the 9 tax liability pursuant to s. 212 or carried forward until it 10 is used against an existing liability under either ch. 220 or 11 ch. 212. A taxpayer that files a consolidated return in this 12 state as a member of an affiliated group under s. 220.131(1) 13 may be allowed the credit on a consolidated return basis up to 14 the amount of tax imposed upon the consolidated group. Any 15 eligible cost for which a credit is claimed and which is 16 deducted or otherwise reduces federal taxable income shall be 17 added back in computing adjusted federal income under s. 18 220.13. 19 20 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 21 22 23 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 24 And the title is amended as follows: 25 On page 1, line 25, delete that line 26 27 and insert: 28 findings and intent; providing for contracts on 29 Florida renewable energy; creating s. 377.801, 30 F.S.; 31 2 6:18 PM 04/03/06 s0888.ep22.01a