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| 3 | 3 | | HB 6083 2022 |
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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to fuel sales tax; amending s. 206.41, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | F.S.; deleting the annual indexing of fuel sales tax 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | rates; providing an effective date. 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of section 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 206.41, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 206.41 State taxes imposed on motor fuel. — 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) The following taxes are imposed on motor fuel un der 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | the circumstances described in subsection (6): 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (g)1. An additional tax is imposed on each net gallon of 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | motor fuel, which tax is on the privilege of selling motor fuel 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | and which is designated the "fuel sales tax," at a rate 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | determined pursuant to thi s paragraph. Before January 1 of 1997, 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and of each year thereafter, the department shall determine the 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tax rate applicable to the sale of fuel for the forthcoming 12 -18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | month period beginning January 1, rounded to the nearest tenth 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | of a cent, by adjusting the initially established tax rate of 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6.9 cents per gallon by the percentage change in the average of 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the Consumer Price Index issued by the United States Department 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | of Labor for the most recent 12 -month period ending September 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 30, compared to the base year a verage, which is the average for 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the 12-month period ending September 30, 1989. However, The tax 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 51 | 51 | | rate shall not be lower than 6.9 cents per gallon. 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2. The department is authorized to adopt rules and adopt 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | such forms as may be necessary for the administra tion of this 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | paragraph. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 3. The department shall notify each terminal supplier, 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | position holder, wholesaler, and importer of the tax rate 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | applicable under this paragraph for the 12 -month period 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | beginning January 1. 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Section 2. This act shall take effec t July 1, 2022. 34 |
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