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Introduced
01/13/2020
01/13/2020
In Committee
01/17/2020
01/17/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/19/2020
03/19/2020
Introduced Session
2020 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to sports franchises and facilities; amending s. 125.0104, F.S.; deleting provisions authorizing a county to impose a specified tax for debt service on bonds relating to sports franchise facilities and professional sports franchises; prohibiting revenues generated by specified county taxes to be used for sports franchises after a certain date; amending s. 125.35, F.S.; prohibiting a county from leasing specified professional sports franchise facilities; prohibiting revenues generated by convention development taxes to be used for sports franchises after a certain date; s. 212.0305, F.S.; prohibiting revenues collected after a specified date to be used for sports franchise activities; amending s. 212.205, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 212.20, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; removing a provision that distributes specified sales tax revenues to certain applicants; amending s. 218.64, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 288.0001, F.S.; deleting a provision requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to provide an analysis regarding a hb1369-00 HB 1369 sports development program; repealing ss. 288.1162, 288.11621, 288.11625, 288.11631, and 288.1171, F.S., relating to professional sports franchises and their duties, spring training baseball franchises, sports development, and the retention of Major League Baseball spring training baseball franchises, respectively; creating s. 288.11633, F.S.; prohibiting the lease of public lands for certain purposes related to sports franchises and their facilities; requiring the lease of a facility on public lands for certain purposes to be at fair market value; requiring a sports franchise to repay specified debt incurred by a local government related to construction of facilities; defining the terms "facility," "fair market value," and "sports franchise"; providing applicability; providing an effective date.
AI Summary
This bill proposes several changes related to sports franchises and facilities in Florida:
1. It prohibits revenues from certain county tourist development taxes and convention development taxes from being used for sports franchise facilities after July 1, 2020, although existing contracts and agreements would not be impaired.
2. It prohibits counties from leasing professional sports franchise facilities after this date.
3. It repeals several existing state laws related to professional sports franchises, spring training facilities, and the Sports Development Program.
4. It creates a new law prohibiting sports franchises from constructing, renovating, or improving facilities on leased public land, and requiring any lease or sale of public land to a sports franchise to be at fair market value. It also requires sports franchises to repay any outstanding debt incurred by the state or local government for such facilities if the franchise discontinues use.
The overall effect of this bill is to significantly limit state and local government support and subsidies for professional sports franchises and their facilities in Florida going forward.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Business and Industry
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Died on Calendar (on 03/14/2020)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1369 |
| Bill | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1369/BillText/Filed/PDF |
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