Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2684
                        Barcode 355712
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11  The Committee on Community Affairs (Geller) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 185.03, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         185.03  Municipal police officers' retirement trust
21  funds; creation; applicability of provisions; participation by
22  public safety officers.--For any municipality, chapter plan,
23  local law municipality, or local law plan under this chapter:
24         (2)(a)  The provisions of This chapter applies shall
25  apply only to municipalities organized and established under
26  pursuant to the laws of the state, and does said provisions
27  shall not apply to the unincorporated areas of any county or
28  counties or nor shall the provisions hereof apply to any
29  governmental entity whose police officers are eligible to
30  participate in the Florida Retirement System.
31         (b)  A municipality that has entered into an interlocal
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Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2684 Barcode 355712 1 agreement to provide police protection services to any other 2 incorporated municipality, in its entirety, for a period of 12 3 months or more may be eligible to receive the premium taxes 4 reported for such other municipality. To be eligible for the 5 premium taxes, the municipality providing the police 6 protection services must notify the division that it has 7 entered into an interlocal agreement with another 8 municipality. The municipality receiving the police protection 9 services may enact an ordinance levying the tax as provided in 10 s. 185.08. Upon being provided copies of the interlocal 11 agreement and the municipal ordinance levying the tax, the 12 division may distribute any premium taxes reported for the 13 municipality receiving the police protection services to the 14 participating municipality providing the police protection 15 services as long as the interlocal agreement is in effect. 16 Section 2. Section 185.08, Florida Statutes, is 17 amended to read: 18 185.08 State excise tax on casualty insurance premiums 19 authorized; procedure.--For any municipality, chapter plan, 20 local law municipality, or local law plan under this chapter: 21 (1) Each incorporated municipality in this state 22 described and classified in s. 185.03, as well as each other 23 city or town of this state which on July 31, 1953, had a 24 lawfully established municipal police officers' retirement 25 trust fund or city fund, by whatever name known, providing 26 pension or relief benefits to police officers as provided 27 under this chapter, may assess and impose on every insurance 28 company, corporation, or other insurer now engaged in or 29 carrying on, or who shall hereafter engage in or carry on, the 30 business of casualty insurance as shown by records of the 31 Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial Services 2 5:35 PM 03/28/07 s2684d-ca31-tc6
Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2684 Barcode 355712 1 Commission, an excise tax in addition to any lawful license or 2 excise tax now levied by each of the said municipalities, 3 respectively, amounting to .85 percent of the gross amount of 4 receipts of premiums from policyholders on all premiums 5 collected on casualty insurance policies covering property 6 within the corporate limits of such municipalities, 7 respectively. 8 (2) In the case of multiple peril policies with a 9 single premium for both property and casualty coverages in 10 such policies, 30 percent of such premium shall be used as the 11 basis for the .85-percent tax above. 12 (3) The excise tax shall be payable annually March 1 13 of each year after the passing of an ordinance assessing and 14 imposing the tax herein authorized. Installments of taxes 15 shall be paid according to the provisions of s. 16 624.5092(2)(a), (b), and (c). 17 18 This section also applies to any municipality that has entered 19 into an interlocal agreement to receive police protection 20 services from another municipality under s. 185.03. The excise 21 tax may be levied on all premiums collected on casualty 22 insurance policies covering property located within the 23 corporate limits of the municipality receiving the police 24 protection services, but is available for distribution to the 25 municipality providing the police protection services. 26 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. 27 28 29 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 30 And the title is amended as follows: 31 Delete everything before the enacting clause 3 5:35 PM 03/28/07 s2684d-ca31-tc6
Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2684 Barcode 355712 1 and insert: 2 A bill to be entitled 3 An act relating to state excise tax on casualty 4 insurance premiums; amending s. 185.03, F.S.; 5 providing that a municipality that has entered 6 into an interlocal agreement to provide police 7 protection services to another incorporated 8 municipality, in its entirety, may be eligible 9 to receive the premium taxes reported for the 10 other municipality under certain circumstances; 11 authorizing the municipality receiving the 12 police protection services to enact an 13 ordinance levying a tax as provided by law; 14 amending s. 185.08, F.S.; authorizing certain 15 municipalities to assess and impose the tax to 16 receive certain police protection services; 17 providing for distribution of premium tax 18 proceeds; providing an effective date. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 5:35 PM 03/28/07 s2684d-ca31-tc6