Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 942
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/01/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce (Sobel) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. (1) A tax levied under chapter 212, Florida
    7  Statutes, may not be collected on the sale of a new energy
    8  efficient product having a selling price of $1,500 or less per
    9  product from 12:01 a.m., October 1, through midnight, October
   10  31. This exemption applies to products purchased for
   11  noncommercial home or personal use, and does not apply to
   12  products purchased for trade, business, or resale. As used in
   13  this section, the term “energy-efficient product” means a
   14  dishwasher, clothes washer, air conditioner, ceiling fan,
   15  compact fluorescent light bulb, dehumidifier, programmable
   16  thermostat, or refrigerator that has been designated by the
   17  United States Department of Energy as meeting or exceeding the
   18  agency’s requirements for energy efficiency or as meeting or
   19  exceeding the requirements under the Energy Star Program.
   20         (2) The Department of Revenue may adopt emergency rules to
   21  administer this section.
   22         Section 2. For the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the sum $73,891
   23  is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department
   24  of Revenue to implement and administer the energy-efficient
   25  products sales tax holiday created in this act. For the 2010
   26  2011 fiscal year a recurring appropriation of $57,028 is
   27  appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of
   28  Revenue to administer the energy-efficient products sales tax
   29  holiday created in this act.
   30         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   32  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   33         And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   35  and insert:
   36                        A bill to be entitled                      
   37         An act relating to the tax on sales, use, and other
   38         transactions; exempting certain energy-efficient
   39         products from the tax during the month of October;
   40         defining the term “energy-efficient product”;
   41         authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt
   42         emergency rules; providing an appropriation; providing
   43         an effective date.