2001 Senate Bill 510

Introduced in the Senate

May 29, 2001

Introduced by Sen. George McManus, Jr. (R-36)

To exempt returnable pallets or containers leased to a farmer or agricultural packer, shipper, manufacturer, retailer, etc. from the state sales tax.

Referred to the Committee on Farming, Agribusiness, and Food Systems

Oct. 31, 2001

Substitute offered

To recommend modifications to language contained in the bill resulting from committee testimony and deliberation. The substitute requires that an amount equivalent to the reduction in taxes collected for the School Aid Fund because of the tax exemption must be transferred to that fund from the state general fund.

The substitute passed by voice vote