Bill Text: FL H1365 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Tax on Sales, Use, and other Transactions

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H1365 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H1365-Introduced.html

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HB 1365

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

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