| 1 | House Concurrent Resolution |
| 2 | A concurrent resolution renumbering current Joint Rule 8 |
| 3 | and creating a new Joint Rule 8 of the Joint Rules of the |
| 4 | Legislature relating to duties of the Joint Legislative |
| 5 | Sales and Use Tax Exemption Review Committee. |
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| 7 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 8 | Florida, the Senate Concurring: |
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| 10 | That current Joint Rule 8 of the Joint Rules of the |
| 11 | Legislature is renumbered as Joint Rule 9 and a new Joint Rule 8 |
| 12 | is created to read: |
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| 14 | JOINT RULE EIGHT |
| 15 | JOINT LEGISLATIVE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION |
| 16 | REVIEW COMMITTEE |
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| 18 | 8.1--Filing and Introduction of Committee Bills |
| 19 | At the regular session following submission of each annual |
| 20 | report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the |
| 21 | House of Representatives recommending the modification or repeal |
| 22 | of exemptions from the general state sales and use tax, the |
| 23 | ranking members of each house of the Legislature on the Joint |
| 24 | Legislative Sales and Use Tax Exemption Review Committee shall |
| 25 | sponsor and file for introduction in their respective houses of |
| 26 | the Legislature bills presenting for modification or repeal |
| 27 | those exemptions from the general state sales and use tax that |
| 28 | were subject to the review and recommendations of the committee |
| 29 | in the report submitted immediately prior to the session in |
| 30 | which introduced. However, if either such member voted against |
| 31 | the recommendation of the committee, another member of the |
| 32 | committee from that house of the Legislature who voted for the |
| 33 | recommendation of the committee shall sponsor the bill in that |
| 34 | house of the Legislature. Each bill filed under this rule shall |
| 35 | be exempt from any filing limits applicable in either house of |
| 36 | the Legislature and shall be limited to a single exemption and |
| 37 | for that purpose only. Upon introduction, each bill filed under |
| 38 | this rule shall be placed on the calendar of the respective |
| 39 | house of the Legislature without reference to any committee and |
| 40 | must be submitted to a vote of the members of the house of the |
| 41 | Legislature in which introduced no later than the eighth week of |
| 42 | the session in which introduced, unless the substance of the |
| 43 | bill has already been voted on by the members of the other house |
| 44 | of the Legislature in another bill during that session and |
| 45 | defeated. In addition, each bill filed under this rule that |
| 46 | receives a majority vote in the house of the Legislature in |
| 47 | which introduced must be submitted to a vote of the members of |
| 48 | the other house of the Legislature during that session, unless |
| 49 | the substance of the bill has already been voted on by the |
| 50 | members of the other house of the Legislature in another bill |
| 51 | during that session and defeated. |
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| 53 | 8.2--Meetings to Consider Proposed Bills; Notice |
| 54 | The committee may hold meetings to consider bills proposing |
| 55 | the modification or repeal of an exemption from the general |
| 56 | state sales and use tax under this rule. Not less than 7 days |
| 57 | prior to a meeting of the committee to consider such proposed |
| 58 | bills, a notice of the meeting, stating the proposed bills to be |
| 59 | considered and the date, time, and place of the meeting, shall |
| 60 | be filed with the Secretary of the Senate when the chair is a |
| 61 | Senator or with the Clerk of the House of Representatives when |
| 62 | the chair is a Representative. The Secretary or the Clerk shall |
| 63 | distribute notice to the Legislature and the public, consistent |
| 64 | with the rules and policies of their respective houses. |
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| 66 | 8.3--Proceedings Governing Consideration of Proposed Bills |
| 67 | All proceedings of the committee at which a bill proposing |
| 68 | the modification or repeal of an exemption from the general |
| 69 | state sales and use tax under this rule is considered shall be |
| 70 | governed by the rules of the Senate when the chair is a Senator |
| 71 | and by the rules of the House of Representatives when the chair |
| 72 | is a Representative, except as otherwise provided in this rule. |
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| 74 | JOINT RULE NINE EIGHT |
| 75 | CONTINUING EXISTENCE OF JOINT RULES |
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| 77 | 9.1 8.1--Continuing Existence of Joint Rules |
| 78 | All joint rules adopted by concurrent resolution, and |
| 79 | amendments thereto, shall continue in effect from session to |
| 80 | session or Legislature to Legislature until repealed by |
| 81 | concurrent resolution. |