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CS/SB 990: Rural Communities

GENERAL BILL by Commerce and Tourism ; Montford ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gibson

Rural Communities; Designating the “Florida Rural Community Jobs and Business Resiliency Act”; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to accept an application seeking approval as a rural growth fund; prohibiting the department from reducing the investment authority of an application or denying an application for reasons other than the ones listed; providing that a taxpayer who makes an investor contribution is vested with a credit against state premium tax liability; specifying that an out-of-state business relocating employees to this state must satisfy a specific definition within a certain timeframe before a new principal place of business operations is recognized, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/21/2017 Senate • Filed
    12/13/2017 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations -SJ 76
    1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 76
    1/11/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/16/18, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    1/16/2018 Senate • CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 205
    1/17/2018 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    1/19/2018 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development -SJ 205
    1/23/2018 Senate • CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time -SJ 210
    3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

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  • CS/SB 990, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/17/2018 at 4:07 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1415 Rural Communities Beshears Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Agriculture and Property Rights Subcommittee

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    288.062 Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 990, Original Filed Version Posted 11/21/2017 at 3:33 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 1/12/2018 (pdf)
    Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) 1/17/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1415 Rural Communities Beshears Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Agriculture and Property Rights Subcommittee

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    437474 - Amendment
    Delete lines 164 - 168 and insert:
    Commerce and Tourism
    (Montford)
    1/16/2018
    12:49 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/16/2018
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    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/16/2018 1:30 PM Commerce and Tourism 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    288.062 Page 3 (pdf)

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