| 1 | Representative Bogdanoff offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Between lines 57 and 58, insert: |
| 5 | (5) AUTHORIZED USES OF REVENUE.-- |
| 6 | (a) All tax revenues received pursuant to this section by |
| 7 | a county imposing the tourist development tax shall be used by |
| 8 | that county for the following purposes only: |
| 9 | 1. To acquire, construct, extend, enlarge, remodel, |
| 10 | repair, improve, maintain, operate, or promote one or more |
| 11 | publicly owned and operated convention centers, sports stadiums, |
| 12 | sports arenas, coliseums, or auditoriums;, or museums that are |
| 13 | publicly owned and operated or owned and operated by not-for- |
| 14 | profit organizations and open to the public; or publicly owned |
| 15 | convention center hotels and appurtenant facilities, including, |
| 16 | but not limited to, walkways and meeting facilities, within the |
| 17 | boundaries of the county or subcounty special taxing district in |
| 18 | which the tax is levied. Tax revenues received pursuant to this |
| 19 | section may also be used for promotion of zoological parks that |
| 20 | are publicly owned and operated or owned and operated by not- |
| 21 | for-profit organizations and open to the public. However, these |
| 22 | purposes may be implemented through service contracts and leases |
| 23 | with lessees with sufficient expertise or financial capability |
| 24 | to operate such facilities; |
| 25 | 2. To promote and advertise tourism in the State of |
| 26 | Florida and nationally and internationally; however, if tax |
| 27 | revenues are expended for an activity, service, venue, or event, |
| 28 | the activity, service, venue, or event shall have as one of its |
| 29 | main purposes the attraction of tourists as evidenced by the |
| 30 | promotion of the activity, service, venue, or event to tourists; |
| 31 | 3. To fund convention bureaus, tourist bureaus, tourist |
| 32 | information centers, and news bureaus as county agencies or by |
| 33 | contract with the chambers of commerce or similar associations |
| 34 | in the county, which may include any indirect administrative |
| 35 | costs for services performed by the county on behalf of the |
| 36 | promotion agency; or |
| 37 | 4. To finance beach park facilities or beach improvement, |
| 38 | maintenance, renourishment, restoration, and erosion control, |
| 39 | including shoreline protection, enhancement, cleanup, or |
| 40 | restoration of inland lakes and rivers to which there is public |
| 41 | access as those uses relate to the physical preservation of the |
| 42 | beach, shoreline, or inland lake or river. However, any funds |
| 43 | identified by a county as the local matching source for beach |
| 44 | renourishment, restoration, or erosion control projects included |
| 45 | in the long-range budget plan of the state's Beach Management |
| 46 | Plan, pursuant to s. 161.091, or funds contractually obligated |
| 47 | by a county in the financial plan for a federally authorized |
| 48 | shore protection project may not be used or loaned for any other |
| 49 | purpose. In counties of less than 100,000 population, no more |
| 50 | than 10 percent of the revenues from the tourist development tax |
| 51 | may be used for beach park facilities. |
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| 55 | D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T |
| 56 | Remove line(s) 19-20 and insert: |
| 57 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and paragraph |
| 58 | (a) of subsection (5) of section 125.0104, Florida Statutes, are |
| 59 | amended to read: |
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| 63 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 64 | Remove line 2 and insert: |
| 65 | An act relating to temporary accommodations; amending s. |
| 66 | 125.0104, F.S.; expanding authorized uses of tourist development |
| 67 | tax revenues to include publicly owned convention center hotels |
| 68 | and appurtenant facilities; amending ss. |