Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 7087, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/09/2012 11:03 AM       .                                
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       Senator Sobel moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (401580) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 1191 and 1192
    5  insert:
    6         Section 23. To ensure transparency and accountability for
    7  the expenditure of tax dollars, an interim study shall be
    8  conducted by the Finance and Tax Committee, the Commerce
    9  Committee, or the Transportation, Tourism, and Economic
   10  Development Committee, as designated by the presiding officers
   11  of the Senate and the House of Representatives, in consultation
   12  with Florida Tax Watch, the Florida Center for Fiscal and
   13  Economic Policy, and other interested parties, to determine the
   14  effectiveness of the state’s economic development tax
   15  incentives, including exemptions, credits, subsidies, or grants,
   16  in achieving job creation and growth and development in this
   17  state.
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   20         And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete line 1311
   22  and insert:
   23         providing for an interim study by legislative
   24         committees and other interested parties on the
   25         effectiveness of the state’s economic development tax
   26         incentives; providing effective dates.