Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 710 Ì536678]Î536678 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 01/11/2016 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Community Affairs (Bradley) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. Section 196.1963, Florida Statutes, is created 6 to read: 7 196.1963 Nonprofit blood establishments.—A blood 8 establishment as defined in s. 381.06014 which qualifies as a 9 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity under the Internal Revenue Code, 10 1986, as amended, is found to serve a charitable purpose as 11 defined in s. 196.012(7) and is exempt from ad valorem taxation 12 within the purview of s. 3(a), Art. VII of the State 13 Constitution. 14 Section 2. This act is intended to clarify existing law and 15 is remedial in nature. 16 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016. 17 18 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 19 And the title is amended as follows: 20 Delete everything before the enacting clause 21 and insert: 22 A bill to be entitled 23 An act relating to nonprofit blood establishments; 24 creating s. 196.1963, F.S.; providing an exemption 25 from ad valorem taxation for nonprofit blood 26 establishments; providing for remedial application; 27 providing an effective date.