Florida Senate - 2009                 (Corrected Copy)    SB 942
       
       
       
       By Senators Sobel and Bennett
       
       
       
       
       21-01084-09                                            2009942__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to an exemption from the tax on sales,
    3         use, and other transactions; creating s. 212.0802,
    4         F.S.; providing a short title; specifying an annual
    5         period during which the sale of an energy-efficient
    6         product is exempt from the tax on sales, use, and
    7         other transactions; providing a limitation; providing
    8         a definition; authorizing the Department of Revenue to
    9         adopt rules; providing an effective date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 212.0802, Florida Statutes, is created
   14  to read:
   15         212.0802 Energy-efficient products; annual exemption
   16  period.—
   17         (1) This section may be cited as the “Consumer Energy
   18  Savings Act.”
   19         (2) The tax levied under this chapter may not be collected
   20  on the sale of an energy-efficient product having a selling
   21  price of $1,500 or less per product during the period beginning
   22  at 12:01 a.m. of the second Saturday preceding the last Sunday
   23  in July and ending at midnight of the last Sunday in July. This
   24  exemption applies only when the energy-efficient product is
   25  purchased for noncommercial home or personal use and does not
   26  apply when the product is purchased for trade, business, or
   27  resale. As used in this section, the term “energy-efficient
   28  product” means a dishwasher, clothes washer, air conditioner,
   29  ceiling fan, incandescent or florescent light bulb,
   30  dehumidifier, programmable thermostat, or refrigerator that has
   31  been designated by the United States Environmental Protection
   32  Agency and by the United States Department of Energy as meeting
   33  or exceeding each agency's requirements for energy efficiency or
   34  that has been designated as meeting or exceeding the
   35  requirements under the Energy Star Program of either agency.
   36         (3) The Department of Revenue may adopt rules under chapter
   37  120 to administer this section.
   38         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.