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Senator Haridopolos moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendments)

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     Delete line(s) 53

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and insert:

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     Section 2.       Section 2.  Subsection (28), subsection (29)

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of section 212.02, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

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     212.02  Definitions.--The following terms and phrases when

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used in this chapter have the meanings ascribed to them in this

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section, except where the context clearly indicates a different

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meaning:

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     (28)  "Farmer" means a person who is directly engaged in the

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business of producing crops, livestock, or other agricultural

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commodities. The term includes, but is not limited to, horse

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breeders, nurserymen, dairy farmers, poultry farmers, cattle

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ranchers, apiarists, and persons raising fish.

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     (29)  "Livestock" includes all animals of the equine,

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bovine, or swine class, including goats, sheep, mules, horses,

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hogs, cattle, ostriches, and other grazing animals raised for

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commercial purposes. The term "livestock" shall also include fish

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raised for commercial purposes.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 2-9

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and insert:

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An act relating to the tax exemptions; amending s. 212.08,

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F.S., relating to the tax exemption for nonprofit

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cooperative hospital laundries; requiring a member of a

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nonprofit cooperative to immediately divest itself of

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participation in the cooperative if it loses its nonprofit

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status; providing that the provision of emergency services

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to a nonmember business does not invalidate the

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certificate of tax exemption; or cause such certificate to

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be denied; repealing an exemption for fish breeding in s.

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212.02(28), (29), Florida Statutes.

4/29/2008  3:27:00 PM     FT.26.09063