Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7126
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  03/28/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Hukill) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 78 and 79
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (6) of section
    6  211.3103, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         211.3103 Levy of tax on severance of phosphate rock; rate,
    8  basis, and distribution of tax.—
    9         (6)
   10         (c) As used in For purposes of this subsection section, the
   11  term “phosphate-related expenses” means those expenses that
   12  provide for infrastructure or services in support of the
   13  phosphate industry, including environmental education,
   14  reclamation or restoration of phosphate lands, maintenance and
   15  restoration of reclaimed lands and county-owned environmental
   16  lands that were formerly phosphate lands, and community
   17  infrastructure on such reclaimed lands and county-owned
   18  environmental lands that were formerly phosphate lands, and
   19  similar expenses directly related to support of the industry.
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   22         And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Between lines 4 and 5
   24  insert:
   25         amending s. 211.3103, F.S.; expanding the definition
   26         of “phosphate-related expenses” for the purpose of
   27         distributing certain tax proceeds;