Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 7087, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: OO            .                                
                  03/07/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (Altman)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Between lines 271 and 272
    4  insert:
    5         (iii) Accessible taxicabs.—The sale or lease of accessible
    6  taxicabs is exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter. As used
    7  in this paragraph, the term “accessible taxicab” means a
    8  chauffer-driven taxi, limousine, sedan, van, or other passenger
    9  vehicle for which an operator is hired to use for the
   10  transportation of persons for compensation; which transports
   11  eight passengers or fewer; is equipped with a lift or ramp
   12  designed specifically to transport physically disabled persons
   13  or contains any other device designed to permit access to, and
   14  enable the transportation of, physically disabled persons,
   15  including persons who use wheelchairs, motorized wheelchairs, or
   16  similar mobility aids; which complies with the accessibility
   17  requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 49
   18  C.F.R. ss. 38.23, 38.25, and 38.31, as amended, regardless of
   19  whether such requirements would apply under federal law; and
   20  meets all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards and
   21  regulations adopted thereunder. If the lift or ramp or any other
   22  device is installed through an aftermarket conversion of a stock
   23  vehicle, only the value of the conversion is exempt from the tax
   24  imposed by this chapter.
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   26  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   27         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 192
   29  and insert:
   30  Statutes, are amended, and paragraphs (hhh) and (iii) are added
   31  to
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   34         And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete line 20
   36  and insert:
   37         transactions; providing an exemption from the tax on
   38         sales, use, and other transactions for the sale or
   39         lease of accessible taxicabs; providing a definition
   40         of the term “accessible taxicab”; revising a condition
   41         for an exemption for