Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1828
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
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                  04/22/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Hukill) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 55 and 56
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section
    6  125.0104, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         125.0104 Tourist development tax; procedure for levying;
    8  authorized uses; referendum; enforcement.—
    9         (10) LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF TAX.—
   10         (a) A county levying a tax under this section or s.
   11  125.0108 may be exempted from the requirements of the respective
   12  section that:
   13         1. The tax collected be remitted to the Department of
   14  Revenue before being returned to the county; and
   15         2. The tax be administered according to chapter 212,
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   17  if the county adopts an ordinance providing for the local
   18  collection and administration of the tax. The county may require
   19  that a return required to be filed with the county include, for
   20  each rental property, the names of the owners; the address of
   21  the property, including the unit number; the number of days
   22  rented; the taxable rent; and the amount of tax payable.
   23         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section
   24  212.0305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   25         212.0305 Convention development taxes; intent;
   26  administration; authorization; use of proceeds.—
   27         (5) LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF TAX.—
   28         (a) A county levying a tax under the provisions of this
   29  section may be exempt from the requirements of this section that
   30  the tax collected be remitted to the Department of Revenue
   31  before being returned to the county and that such tax be
   32  administered according to the provisions of this chapter, if the
   33  county adopts an ordinance providing for the collection and
   34  administration of the tax on a local basis. The county may
   35  require that a return required to be filed with the county
   36  include, for each rental property, the names of the owners; the
   37  address of the property, including the unit number; the number
   38  of days rented; the taxable rent; and the amount of tax payable.
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   40  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   41         And the title is amended as follows:
   42         Between lines 2 and 3
   43  insert:
   44         125.0104, F.S.; authorizing counties to require
   45         certain information for tax returns filed with county
   46         governments; amending s. 212.0305, F.S.; authorizing
   47         counties to require certain information for tax
   48         returns filed with county governments; amending s.