Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1506
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/29/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Ring) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 20 and 21
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 213.053, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         213.053 Confidentiality and information sharing.—
    8         (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
    9  the department may provide:
   10         (k)1. Payment information relative to chapters 199, 201,
   11  202, 212, 220, 221, and 624 to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
   12  Economic Development, or its employees or agents that are
   13  identified in writing by the office to the department, in the
   14  administration of the tax refund program for qualified defense
   15  contractors and space flight business contractors authorized by
   16  s. 288.1045 and the tax refund program for qualified target
   17  industry businesses authorized by s. 288.106.
   18         2. Information relative to tax credits taken by a business
   19  under s. 220.191 and exemptions or tax refunds received by a
   20  business under s. 212.08(5)(j) to the Office of Tourism, Trade,
   21  and Economic Development, or its employees or agents that are
   22  identified in writing by the office to the department, in the
   23  administration and evaluation of the capital investment tax
   24  credit program authorized in s. 220.191 and the semiconductor,
   25  defense, and space tax exemption program authorized in s.
   26  212.08(5)(j).
   27         3. Information relative to tax credits taken by a taxpayer
   28  pursuant to the tax credit programs created in ss. 193.017;
   29  212.08(5)(g),(h),(n),(o) and (p); 212.08(15); 212.096; 212.097;
   30  212.098; 220.181; 220.182; 220.183; 220.184; 220.1845; 220.185;
   31  220.1895; 220.19; 220.191; 220.192; 220.193; 288.0656; 288.99;
   32  290.007; 376.30781; 420.5093; 420.5099; 550.0951; 550.26352;
   33  550.2704; 601.155; 624.509; 624.510; 624.5105; and 624.5107 to
   34  the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, or its
   35  employees or agents that are identified in writing by the office
   36  to the department, for use in the administration or evaluation
   37  of such programs.
   38  
   39  Disclosure of information under this subsection shall be
   40  pursuant to a written agreement between the executive director
   41  and the agency. Such agencies, governmental or nongovernmental,
   42  shall be bound by the same requirements of confidentiality as
   43  the Department of Revenue. Breach of confidentiality is a
   44  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided by s.
   45  775.082 or s. 775.083.
   46         4. Information relative to single sales factor
   47  apportionment used by a taxpayer pursuant to the program created
   48  in s. 220.153 to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
   49  Development, or its employees or agents that are identified in
   50  writing by the office to the department, for use in the
   51  administration or evaluation of the program.
   52  
   53  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   54         And the title is amended as follows:
   55         Delete line 3
   56  and insert:
   57         s. 213.053, F.S.; allowing the Office of Tourism,
   58         Trade, and Economic Development access to confidential
   59         taxpayer information related to the single sales
   60         apportionment factor; amending s. 220.131, F.S.;
   61         conforming provisions to changes