HOUSE AMENDMENT
    hbd-05                              Bill No. HB 1981, 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 87, between lines 16 and 17, of the bill
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17         Section 29.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1)
18  of section 206.9825, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
19         206.9825  Aviation fuel tax.--
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21         (b)  Any licensed wholesaler or terminal supplier that
22  delivers aviation fuel to an air carrier offering
23  transcontinental jet service and that, after January 1, 1996,
24  increases the air carrier's Florida workforce by more than
25  1000 percent and by 250 or more full-time equivalent employee
26  positions, may receive a credit or refund as the ultimate
27  vendor of the aviation fuel for the 6.9 cents excise tax
28  previously paid, provided that the air carrier has no facility
29  for fueling highway vehicles from the tank in which the
30  aviation fuel is stored.  In calculating the new or additional
31  Florida full-time equivalent employee positions, any full-time
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    File original & 9 copies    04/30/01                          
    hbd0005                     12:51 pm         01981-0045-812257

HOUSE AMENDMENT hbd-05 Bill No. HB 1981, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 equivalent employee positions of parent or subsidiary 2 corporations which existed before January 1, 1996, shall not 3 be counted toward reaching the Florida employment increase 4 thresholds. The refund allowed under this paragraph is in 5 furtherance of the goals and policies of the State 6 Comprehensive Plan set forth in s. 187.201(17)(a), (b)1., 2., 7 (18)(a), (b)1., 4., (20)(a), (b)5., (22)(a), (b)1., 2., 4., 8 7., 9., and 12. This paragraph will expire on July 1, 2001. 9 (c) If, before July 1, 2001, the number of full-time 10 equivalent employee positions created or added to the air 11 carrier's Florida workforce falls below 250, the exemption 12 granted pursuant to this section shall not apply during the 13 period in which the air carrier has fewer than the 250 14 additional employees. 15 16 17 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 18 And the title is amended as follows: 19 On page 6, line 13, after the semicolon 20 21 insert: 22 amending s. 206.9825, F.S.; removing the 23 expiration date of provisions which allow any 24 licensed wholesaler or terminal supplier that 25 delivers aviation fuel to certain air carriers 26 to receive a credit or refund of the aviation 27 fuel tax under certain conditions; 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 04/30/01 hbd0005 12:51 pm 01981-0045-812257