Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 836
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/14/2009           .                                
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       The Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means (Altman)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Between lines 1752 and 1753
    4  insert:
    5         (9) The tax imposed by this section is in lieu of all
    6  license, excise, or occupational taxes to the state or any
    7  county, municipality, or other political subdivision, except
    8  that, if a race meeting or game is held or conducted in a
    9  municipality, the municipality may assess and collect an
   10  additional tax against any person conducting live racing or
   11  games within its corporate limits, which tax may not exceed $150
   12  per day for horseracing, or $50 per day for dogracing, or jai
   13  alai, simulcasts, intertrack wagering, cardrooms, slot machines,
   14  or electronic gaming machines. Except as provided in this
   15  chapter, a municipality may not assess or collect any additional
   16  excise or revenue tax against any person conducting race
   17  meetings within the corporate limits of the municipality or
   18  against any patron of any such person.
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   20  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   21         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   22         Delete line 1612
   23  and insert:
   24         Section 31. Subsections (1), (2), (5), (6), (9), and (10)
   25  of
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   27  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   28         And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete line 101
   30  and insert:
   31         license fees; providing for the additional tax that a
   32         municipality may assess for live racing to apply to
   33         additional specified games; providing procedures for
   34         criminal