Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 800
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/10/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Finance and Tax (Albritton) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (264886) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 4 and 5
    5  insert:
    6         Section 1. Present subsections (9) and (10) of section
    7  166.231, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (10)
    8  and (11), respectively, and a new subsection (9) is added to
    9  that section, to read:
   10         166.231 Municipalities; public service tax.—
   11         (9) Beginning July 1, 2023, a municipality may by ordinance
   12  exempt not less than 100 percent of the tax imposed under this
   13  section on purchasers of electrical energy, natural gas, or
   14  propane who the Department of Revenue determines are eligible
   15  for the exemption provided by s. 212.08(19). The exemption shall
   16  be administered as provided in that section. The municipality
   17  shall provide a copy of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this
   18  subsection to the Department of Revenue not less than 14 days
   19  before its effective date.
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   22  And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Between lines 741 and 742
   24  insert:
   25         166.231, F.S.; authorizing municipalities to exempt by
   26         ordinance the public service tax that specified users
   27         would pay on energy purchases; requiring
   28         municipalities to provide copies of such ordinances to
   29         the Department of Revenue within a certain timeframe;
   30         amending s.