Florida SB 1176: Public Records/Exemption Claim Investigation by a Property Appraiser's Office

Bill Text

1176 
Local Business Tax Receipts 
2026-01-06T04:32:58Z 
Requiring persons applying for or renewing a local business tax receipt to practice or engage in or manage any business or occupation that conducts certain transactions to exhibit an active license or authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-10-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1176 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-00685-26 20261176__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to local business tax receipts; 
 3 amending s. 205.194, F.S.; requiring persons applying 
 4 for or renewing a local business tax receipt to 
 5 practice or engage in or manage any business or 
 6 occupation that conducts certain transactions to 
 7 exhibit an active license or authorization from the 
 8 Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States 
 9 Department of the Treasury; specifying that online 
 10 renewals may meet such requirement by electronic 
 11 certification by the applicant; providing an effective 
 12 date. 
 13 
 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 15 
 16 Section 1. Present subsection (2) of section 205.194, 
 17 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3), and a new 
 18 subsection (2) is added to that section, to read: 
 19 205.194 Prohibition of local business tax receipt without 
 20 exhibition of state license or registration.— 
 21 (2) Any person applying for or renewing a local business 
 22 tax receipt to practice any profession or engage in or manage 
 23 any business or occupation, which conducts transactions subject 
 24 to the sanction programs administered by the Office of Foreign 
 25 Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury 
 26 must exhibit an active license or authorization, or proof of 
 27 copy of the same, from the Office of Foreign Assets before such 
 28 local receipt may be issued. Online renewals may provide for 
 29 electronic certification by an applicant to meet this 
 30 requirement. 
 31 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026.