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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1458, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___

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11  Senator King moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 6, between lines 10 and 11,

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17         Section 4.  Paragraph (l) of subsection (3) of section

18  125.0104, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         125.0104  Tourist development tax; procedure for

20  levying; authorized uses; referendum; enforcement.--

21         (3)  TAXABLE PRIVILEGES; EXEMPTIONS; LEVY; RATE.--

22         (l)  In addition to any other tax which is imposed

23  pursuant to this section, a county may impose up to an

24  additional 1-percent tax on the exercise of the privilege

25  described in paragraph (a) by majority vote of the governing

26  board of the county in order to:

27         1.  Pay the debt service on bonds issued to finance the

28  construction, reconstruction, or renovation of a professional

29  sports franchise facility, or the acquisition, construction,

30  reconstruction, or renovation of a retained spring training

31  franchise facility, either publicly owned and operated, or

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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  1  publicly owned and operated by the owner of a professional

  2  sports franchise or other lessee with sufficient expertise or

  3  financial capability to operate such facility, and to pay the

  4  planning and design costs incurred prior to the issuance of

  5  such bonds.

  6         2.  Pay the debt service on bonds issued to finance the

  7  construction, reconstruction, or renovation of a convention

  8  center, and to pay the planning and design costs incurred

  9  prior to the issuance of such bonds.

10         3.  Pay the operation and maintenance costs of a

11  convention center for a period of up to 10 years. Only

12  counties that have elected to levy the tax for the purposes

13  authorized in subparagraph 2. may use the tax for the purposes

14  enumerated in this subparagraph.

15         4.  A county in which a museum described in s. 265.26

16  or s. 272.129 is located may use the tax for the purposes set

17  forth in paragraph (5)(a)1.

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19  The provision of paragraph (b) which prohibits any county

20  authorized to levy a convention development tax pursuant to s.

21  212.0305 from levying more than the 2-percent tax authorized

22  by this section, and the provisions of paragraphs (4)(a)

23  through (d), shall not apply to the additional tax authorized

24  in this paragraph. The effective date of the levy and

25  imposition of the tax authorized under this paragraph shall be

26  the first day of the second month following approval of the

27  ordinance by the governing board or the first day of any

28  subsequent month as may be specified in the ordinance.  A

29  certified copy of such ordinance shall be furnished by the

30  county to the Department of Revenue within 10 days after

31  approval of such ordinance.

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  6  And the title is amended as follows:

  7         On page 1, line 8, after the semicolon,

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10         amending s. 125.0104, F.S., relating to the

11         tourist development tax; authorizing certain

12         counties to use the proceeds of the tax for

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