RESOLUTION 87-18765 RESOLUTION NO. 87-18765
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH , FLORIDA PETITIONING THE STATE
LEGISLATURE FOR APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION EXEMPTING
SUBLEASES OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER
LESSEES FROM STATE SALES TAX.
WHEREAS , the City of Miami Beach , in its proprietary
capacity, owns and operates the City of Miami Beach Convention
Center Complex , which is one of the Nation ' s outstanding
convention hall facilities and is an asset of incalculable value
to the entire State of Florida, and
WHEREAS, numerous cities throughout the Nation also have
convention hall facilities which are in direct competition with
the said convention facilities owned and operated by the City of
Miami Beach, and
WHEREAS, prospective conventions , public or trade shows,
have expressed vigorous and continued objection to the imposition
of a Florida State Sales Tax upon proposed subleases entered into
by them and have threatened not to come or to return to the City
of Miami Beach because of the imposition of said State Sales Tax;
said sublessees conducting display booths, and other facilities
being an essential and integral part of the main leases, and
WHEREAS , the return to the State of Florida by the
imposition of said sales tax on said subleases isinfinitesimal
compared to the enormous loss which will result not only to the
City of Miami Beach but the entire State of Florida if said
potential lessees of the City ' s Convention Center facilities
refuse to come to Miami Beach because of the imposition of said
onerous sales tax upon subleases ;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Legislature of the State
of Florida be and it is respectfully but firmly petitioned to
address itself immediately and forthwith to the ensuant grave
problem confronting this City because of said onerous and
destructive sales tax on convention hall facilities ' subleases
and to enact appropriate legislation forthwith exempting said
sublessees and subleases from said State Sales Tax;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH , FLORIDA , that copies of this Resolution be
transmitted immediately to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives , the President of the Senate , the Dade
Delegation, and to members of the Senate and House Finance a n d
Taxation Committee and Appropriations Committee.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 18 day of February , 1987 .
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Attest:
City Clerk �.
By It0- ttit'AS
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ORIGINAL,
RESOLUTION NO, 87-18765
(Petitioning the State Legislature for
appropriate legislation exempting sub-
leases of City of Muni Beach Convention
Center lessees from. State Spies Tax)
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