Capitol battle is on over funding Visit Florida, Enterprise Florida and more
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida House are now in open warfare over two of his biggest priorities.
As the Republican governor sharpened his criticism of the Legislature for threatening to cut tourism marketing spending and job incentive programs, the Florida House retaliated Thursday by proposing a bill that would completely eliminate entire agencies charged with carrying out Scott’s goals.
The House, led by Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’Lakes, rolled out a massive 172-page proposal that would abolish the state’s economic development agency, Enterprise Florida, and the state’s tourism marketing arm, Visit Florida.
But the far-reaching bill goes even further. It eliminates sales tax exemptions for filmmaking and would bar professional sports teams from using millions of dollars from future local hotel bed taxes to fund new stadium construction or renovations.
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