HOUSE AMENDMENT
    hbd-05                              Bill No. HB 1961, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Fasano offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 6, line 9, of the bill
15  remove from the bill:  all of said line
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17  and insert in lieu thereof:  
18         Section 3.  (1)  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection
19  (1) of section 206.9825, Florida Statutes, are amended to
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21         206.9825  Aviation fuel tax.--
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23         (b)  Any licensed wholesaler or terminal supplier that
24  delivers aviation fuel to an air carrier offering
25  transcontinental jet service and that, after January 1, 1996,
26  increases the air carrier's Florida workforce by more than
27  1000 percent and by 250 or more full-time equivalent employee
28  positions, may receive a credit or refund as the ultimate
29  vendor of the aviation fuel for the 6.9 cents excise tax
30  previously paid, provided that the air carrier has no facility
31  for fueling highway vehicles from the tank in which the
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    File original & 9 copies    05/02/01                          
    hbd0007                     10:42 am         01961-0045-721727

HOUSE AMENDMENT hbd-05 Bill No. HB 1961, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 aviation fuel is stored. In calculating the new or additional 2 Florida full-time equivalent employee positions, any full-time 3 equivalent employee positions of parent or subsidiary 4 corporations which existed before January 1, 1996, shall not 5 be counted toward reaching the Florida employment increase 6 thresholds. The refund allowed under this paragraph is in 7 furtherance of the goals and policies of the State 8 Comprehensive Plan set forth in s. 187.201(17)(a), (b)1., 2., 9 (18)(a), (b)1., 4., (20)(a), (b)5., (22)(a), (b)1., 2., 4., 10 7., 9., and 12. This paragraph will expire on July 1, 2001. 11 (c) If, before July 1, 2001, the number of full-time 12 equivalent employee positions created or added to the air 13 carrier's Florida workforce falls below 250, the exemption 14 granted pursuant to this section shall not apply during the 15 period in which the air carrier has fewer than the 250 16 additional employees. 17 (2) This section shall take effect upon this act 18 becoming a law. 19 Section 4. Except as otherwise provided herein, this 20 act shall take effect July 1, 2001. 21 22 23 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 24 And the title is amended as follows: 25 remove from the title of the bill: the entire title 26 27 and insert in lieu thereof: 28 An act relating to taxation; creating s. 29 212.213, F.S.; providing that it is the policy 30 of this state that only those items, services, 31 and other transactions deemed to be subject to 2 File original & 9 copies 05/02/01 hbd0007 10:42 am 01961-0045-721727
HOUSE AMENDMENT hbd-05 Bill No. HB 1961, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 the tax on sales, use, and other transactions 2 on July 1, 2001, shall be taxed under ch. 212, 3 F.S., unless made subject to said tax by act of 4 the Legislature; amending s. 212.08, F.S.; 5 revising the exemption for industrial machinery 6 and equipment; broadening the application of 7 the exemption; reducing the maximum amount of 8 the tax which is imposed on such machinery and 9 equipment; amending s. 206.9825, F.S.; removing 10 the expiration date of provisions which allow 11 any licensed wholesaler or terminal supplier 12 that delivers aviation fuel to certain air 13 carriers to receive a credit or refund of the 14 aviation fuel tax under certain conditions; 15 providing effective dates. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 05/02/01 hbd0007 10:42 am 01961-0045-721727