Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 898
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  03/04/2014           .                                
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       (Abruzzo) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 60 - 71
    4  and insert:
    5         9. The sale of communications services between a franchisor
    6  and its franchisee. This exclusion does not apply to the sale of
    7  communications services to a franchisor for its own use. As used
    8  in this subparagraph, the term “franchisee” means any entity,
    9  including a related company as defined in s. 495.011, using the
   10  franchisor’s service mark as defined in s. 495.011, whether by
   11  license, management agreement, or by a subsidiary or affiliate
   12  of the franchisor.
   13         Section 2. This act is a clarification of existing law, and
   14  no tax may be assessed or collected with respect to any charge
   15  or portion thereof described in s. 202.11(13)(b), Florida
   16  Statutes, as amended by this act, for periods before or after
   17  the effective date of this act.
   18         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   21  And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete lines 4 - 6
   23  and insert:
   24         the term “sales price” to exclude charges for the sale
   25         of communications services between a franchisor and
   26         its franchisee; defining the term “franchisee”;
   27         providing applicability; providing an