| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the tax on sales, use, and other |
| 3 | transactions; specifying periods during 2012 when the |
| 4 | sale of clothing, wallets, bags, and school supplies |
| 5 | are exempt from the sales tax; providing definitions; |
| 6 | providing exceptions; authorizing the Department of |
| 7 | Revenue to adopt emergency rules; providing an |
| 8 | effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. (1) The tax levied under chapter 212, Florida |
| 13 | Statutes, may not be collected during the periods from 12:01 |
| 14 | a.m. on August 10, 2012, through 11:59 p.m. on August 12, 2012, |
| 15 | and 12:01 a.m. on August 17, 2012, through 11:59 p.m. on August |
| 16 | 19, 2012, on the sale of: |
| 17 | (a) Clothing, wallets, or bags, including handbags, |
| 18 | backpacks, fanny packs, and diaper bags, but excluding |
| 19 | briefcases, suitcases, and other garment bags, having a sales |
| 20 | price of $75 or less per item. As used in this paragraph, the |
| 21 | term "clothing" means: |
| 22 | 1. Any article of wearing apparel intended to be worn on |
| 23 | or about the human body, excluding watches, watchbands, jewelry, |
| 24 | umbrellas, or handkerchiefs; and |
| 25 | 2. All footwear, excluding skis, swim fins, roller blades, |
| 26 | and skates. |
| 27 | (b) School supplies having a sales price of $15 or less |
| 28 | per item. As used in this paragraph, the term "school supplies" |
| 29 | means pens, pencils, erasers, crayons, notebooks, notebook |
| 30 | filler paper, legal pads, binders, lunch boxes, construction |
| 31 | paper, markers, folders, poster board, composition books, poster |
| 32 | paper, scissors, cellophane tape, glue or paste, rulers, |
| 33 | computer disks, protractors, compasses, and calculators. |
| 34 | (2) The tax exemptions in this section do not apply to |
| 35 | sales within a theme park or entertainment complex as defined in |
| 36 | s. 509.013(9), Florida Statutes, a public lodging establishment |
| 37 | as defined in s. 509.013(4), Florida Statutes, or an airport as |
| 38 | defined in s. 330.27(2), Florida Statutes. |
| 39 | (3) The Department of Revenue may, and all conditions are |
| 40 | deemed met to, adopt emergency rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) |
| 41 | and 120.54, Florida Statutes, to administer this section. |
| 42 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |