Florida Senate - 2011                                    SB 2020
       
       
       
       By Senator Braynon
       
       
       
       
       33-02421-11                                           20112020__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the tax on sales, use, and other
    3         transactions; specifying a period each year during
    4         which sales of certain energy-efficient products are
    5         exempt from the tax; providing definitions; providing
    6         exceptions; authorizing the Department of Revenue to
    7         adopt rules; providing an appropriation; providing an
    8         effective date.
    9  
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. The tax levied under chapter 212, Florida
   13  Statutes, may not be collected on the sale of:
   14         (1)(a) Energy-efficient products with a sales price of
   15  $1,500 or less per product purchased for noncommercial home or
   16  personal use during the 4-day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on
   17  the first Thursday in October each year.
   18         (b) As used in this subsection, the term “energy-efficient
   19  product” means any dishwasher, clothes washer, air conditioner,
   20  ceiling fan, fluorescent light bulb, dehumidifier, programmable
   21  thermostat, refrigerator, door, or window the energy efficiency
   22  of which has been designated by the United States Environmental
   23  Protection Agency and the United States Department of Energy as
   24  meeting or exceeding each such agency’s energy-saving efficiency
   25  requirements or has been designated as meeting or exceeding such
   26  requirements under each such agency’s Energy Star Program.
   27         (2) This section does not apply to rentals; to purchases
   28  for trade, business, or resale; or to sales within a theme park
   29  or entertainment complex as defined in s. 509.013(9), Florida
   30  Statutes, within a public lodging establishment as defined in s.
   31  509.013(4), Florida Statutes, or within an airport as defined in
   32  s. 330.27(2), Florida Statutes.
   33         (3) Notwithstanding chapter 120, Florida Statutes, the
   34  Department of Revenue may adopt rules to carry out this section.
   35         Section 2. For the 2011-2012 fiscal year, the sum of
   36  $XXX,XXX is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the
   37  Department of Revenue for purposes of administering section 1.
   38         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.