2010-04-14                     Senate Journal                      Page 2348
SB 312                                                                                                                        
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 312(FIN) "An Act relating to the                                                                         
deposit of the proceeds of the tax on gambling operations aboard                                                                
certain commercial passenger vessels into the general fund; providing                                                           
for a reduction in the excise tax to $34.50 for a passenger for each                                                            
voyage on a commercial passenger vessel; describing the passengers                                                              
that are subject to the excise tax and liable for the payment of the tax;                                                       
providing for a reduction in the state excise tax imposed on a                                                                  
passenger traveling on a commercial passenger vessel by the amount                                                              
of tax on a passenger traveling on a commercial passenger vessel                                                                
imposed by a municipality under a law enacted before December 17,                                                               
2007; authorizing appropriations from the commercial vessel                                                                     
passenger tax account to the first seven ports of call in the state and for                                                     
costs associated with commercial passenger vessels and the passengers                                                           
on board; limiting the use of funds appropriated from the commercial                                                            
passenger vessel tax account to expenditures related to port facilities,                                                        
harbor infrastructure, other services provided to the commercial                                                                
passenger vessels and the passengers on board those vessels and                                                                 
certain other purposes; repealing the regional cruise ship impact fund;                                                         
relating to the administration of the excise tax by the Department of                                                           
Revenue and regulations required to be adopted; requiring a report                                                              
from the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic                                                                        
Development relating to safely and efficiently hosting passengers;                                                              
defining 'voyage' for purposes of the excise tax; relating to municipal                                                         
levies on a passenger on a commercial passenger vessel; and providing                                                           
for an effective date" was engrossed, signed by the President and                                                               
Secretary and transmitted to the House for consideration.