Florida House Bill 923 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Authorizes EFI to establish statewide golf trail; requires EFI to cooperate with various entities; requires EFI to designate proprietary name for statewide golf trail; authorizes EFI to license name & receive compensation for such licensing; requires EFI to maintain & protect name, brand, proprietary marks, & intellectual property of statewide golf trail in specified manner; encourages EFI to enter into certain licensing arrangements or contracts; prohibits EFI from accepting certain financial responsibility or liability for statewide golf trail; directs various economic development & tourism promotion agencies to support statewide golf trail; requires EFI to submit annual report to Legislature on statewide golf trail; revises definitions of terms "qualified active low-income community business" & "qualified investment" for purposes of New Markets Development Program Act; exempts from ad valorem taxation golf course property donated to state, local government, or nonprofit organization for use by public for specified purposes; authorizes owners of golf course property to donate or retain vested or permitted rights in property.

Economic Development

Rep. Charles McBurney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 89
2011-12-21		Referred to Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee; Finance and Tax Committee; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee; Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 90
2011-12-06		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
288	9913		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/923
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0923/BillText/Filed/HTML