Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 550
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11  Senator Bullard moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 2, between lines 13 and 14,
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16  insert:  
17         Section 3.  Section 220.192, Florida Statutes, is
18  created to read:
19         220.192  Cultural contributions tax credit.--
20         (1)  A credit in the amount of 50 percent of a
21  contribution to the Cultural Institutions Trust Fund is
22  allowed against any tax due for a taxable year under this
23  chapter.
24         (2)(a)  If the credit granted under this section is not
25  fully used in any one year, the unused amount may not be
26  carried forward. A taxpayer may not convey, assign, or
27  transfer the credit authorized by this section to another
28  entity unless all of the assets of the taxpayer are conveyed,
29  assigned, or transferred in the same transaction.
30         (b)  An application for a tax credit under this section
31  shall be submitted to the department on forms established by
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    Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 550
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 1  rule of the department.
 2         (c)  The department shall adopt rules necessary to
 3  administer this section.
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 5  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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 9  And the title is amended as follows:
10         Delete everything before the enacting clause
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12  and insert:
13                      A bill to be entitled
14         An act relating to taxation; amending s.
15         196.012, F.S.; defining the term "ex-service
16         member" for purposes of ch. 196, F.S.; amending
17         s. 196.24, F.S.; revising the qualifications
18         for the exemption; entitling the surviving
19         spouse of a disabled ex-service member to an
20         exemption from property taxation for the value
21         of certain property under certain
22         circumstances; creating s. 220.192, F.S.;
23         providing a tax credit for donations to the
24         Cultural Institutions Trust Fund; providing
25         that the unused amount of a credit may not be
26         carried forward; prohibiting conveying,
27         assigning, or transferring the credit to
28         another entity except as specified; providing
29         application procedures; providing for
30         rulemaking by the Department of Revenue;
31         providing an effective date.
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