| 1 | A bill to be entitled | 
| 2 | An act relating to Pasco County; providing that a | 
| 3 | resolution of the District School Board of Pasco County | 
| 4 | which provides for receipt of proceeds from the local | 
| 5 | government infrastructure surtax authorized under s. | 
| 6 | 212.055(2), F.S., may include a covenant to limit the levy | 
| 7 | of capital local school property taxes; ratifying and | 
| 8 | confirming a referendum; providing an effective date. | 
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | 
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| 12 | Section 1.  Resolution regarding local government | 
| 13 | infrastructure surtax for the Pasco County School District.--The | 
| 14 | resolution of the District School Board of Pasco County | 
| 15 | providing for the receipt of proceeds of the local government | 
| 16 | infrastructure surtax authorized under section 212.055(2), | 
| 17 | Florida Statutes, may include a covenant by the board to | 
| 18 | decrease the capital local school property tax levied pursuant | 
| 19 | to section 1011.71(2), Florida Statutes, and to maintain that | 
| 20 | tax at the reduced millage as long as the surtax is in effect. | 
| 21 | Finally, if the surtax revenues are pledged to service bonded | 
| 22 | indebtedness, the board may covenant not to levy the capital | 
| 23 | property tax under section 1011.71(2), Florida Statutes, at a | 
| 24 | millage rate in excess of the reduced millage rate promised in | 
| 25 | the resolution. | 
| 26 | Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law | 
| 27 | but shall ratify and confirm the referendum held in Pasco County | 
| 28 | in March 2004. |