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SB 312                                                                                                                        
Message was received stating the Governor signed the following bill                                                             
on June 24 and transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies to the                                                             
Lieutenant Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 312(FIN) am H "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                                                                              

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     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."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                           Chapter 101, SLA 2010                                                                               
                          Effective Date: 10/31/10