| 1 | Representative(s) Cannon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 591-677, and insert: |
| 5 | thereto or by a three-fourths vote if the governing body has |
| 6 | nine or more members. |
| 7 | (c) Upon approval of a maximum rate as provided in |
| 8 | paragraph (b), a higher rate may be levied if approved by a |
| 9 | referendum of the voters. |
| 10 | (3)(a) The maximum millage rate that a municipality or a |
| 11 | special district dependent to a municipality may levy by a |
| 12 | majority vote of the governing body for the 2007-2008 fiscal |
| 13 | year shall be determined as follows: |
| 14 | 1. For any municipality for which the compound annual |
| 15 | growth in total municipal ad valorem taxes levied, as defined in |
| 16 | s. 200.001, per capita from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year |
| 17 | 2006-2007 was no more than 6 percent, or, for a municipality |
| 18 | that first levied ad valorem taxes in the 2002-2003 fiscal year, |
| 19 | 100 percent of the rolled-back rate, as calculated under s. |
| 20 | 200.065; |
| 21 | 2. For any municipality for which the compound annual |
| 22 | growth in total municipal ad valorem taxes levied, as defined in |
| 23 | s. 200.001, per capita from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year |
| 24 | 2006-2007 was greater than 6 percent but no more than 7.5 |
| 25 | percent, or, notwithstanding subparagraphs 3., 4., and 5., any |
| 26 | municipality that is a municipality of special financial concern |
| 27 | not included in subparagraph 1., 97 percent of the rolled-back |
| 28 | rate, as calculated under s. 200.065; |
| 29 | 3. For any municipality for which the compound annual |
| 30 | growth in total municipal ad valorem taxes levied, as defined in |
| 31 | s. 200.001, per capita from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year |
| 32 | 2006-2007 was greater than 7.5 percent but no more than 10.5 |
| 33 | percent, 95 percent of the rolled-back rate, as calculated under |
| 34 | s. 200.065; |
| 35 | 4. For any municipality for which the compound annual |
| 36 | growth in total municipal ad valorem taxes levied, as defined in |
| 37 | s. 200.001, per capita from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year |
| 38 | 2006-2007 was greater than 10.5 percent but no more than 12.4 |
| 39 | percent, 93 percent of the rolled-back rate, as calculated under |
| 40 | s. 200.065; or |
| 41 | 5. For any municipality for which the compound annual |
| 42 | growth in total municipal ad valorem taxes levied, as defined in |
| 43 | s. 200.001, per capita from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year |
| 44 | 2006-2007 was greater than 12.4 percent, 91 percent of the |
| 45 | rolled-back rate, as calculated under s. 200.065. |
| 46 | (b) The maximum millage rate that may be levied under |
| 47 | paragraph (a) may be increased to: |
| 48 | 1. The rolled-back rate, as calculated under s. 200.065, |
| 49 | if approved by a two-thirds vote of the governing body of the |
| 50 | municipality or special district dependent thereto; or |
| 51 | 2. The nonvoted millage rate that was levied in the 2006- |
| 52 | 2007 fiscal year, if approved by a unanimous vote of the |
| 53 | governing body of the municipality or special district dependent |
| 54 | thereto or by a three-fourths vote if the governing body has |
| 55 | nine or more members. |
| 56 | (c) Upon approval of a maximum rate as provided in |
| 57 | paragraph (b), a higher rate may be levied if approved by a |
| 58 | referendum of the voters. |
| 59 | (4) The maximum millage rate that an independent special |
| 60 | district may levy by a majority vote of the governing body for |
| 61 | the 2007-2008 fiscal year is 97 percent of the rolled-back rate, |
| 62 | as calculated under s. 200.065. |
| 63 | (a) The maximum millage rate specified in this subsection |
| 64 | may be increased to the rolled-back rate if approved by a two- |
| 65 | thirds vote of the governing body of the independent special |
| 66 | district. |
| 67 | (b) The maximum millage rate specified in this subsection |
| 68 | may be increased to the nonvoted millage rate that was levied in |
| 69 | the 2006-2007 fiscal year, if approved by a unanimous vote of |
| 70 | the governing body of the independent special district or by a |
| 71 | three-fourths vote if the governing body has nine or more |
| 72 | members. |
| 73 | (c) Upon approval of a maximum rate in paragraph (b), a |
| 74 | higher rate may be levied if approved by a referendum of the |
| 75 | voters. |
| 76 | (5) In the 2008-2009 fiscal year, a county, municipal |
| 77 | service taxing units of that county, and special districts |
| 78 | dependent to that county; a municipality and special districts |
| 79 | dependent to that municipality; and an independent special |
| 80 | district may levy a maximum millage determined as follows: |
| 81 | (a) The maximum millage rate that may be levied shall be |
| 82 | the rolled-back rate calculated pursuant to s. 200.065 and |
| 83 | adjusted for growth in per capita Florida personal income, |
| 84 | except that ad valorem tax revenue levied in the 2007-2008 |
| 85 | fiscal year shall be reduced by any tax revenue resulting from a |
| 86 | millage rate approved by a super majority vote of the governing |
| 87 | board of the taxing authority in excess of the maximum rate that |
| 88 | could have been levied by a majority vote as provided in this |
| 89 | section. |
| 90 | (b) A rate of not more than 110 percent of the rate in |
| 91 | paragraph (a) may be levied if approved by a two-thirds vote of |
| 92 | the governing body. |
| 93 | (c) A rate in excess of the millage rate allowed in |
| 94 | paragraph (b) may be levied if approved by a unanimous vote of |
| 95 | the governing body or by a three-fourths vote if the governing |
| 96 | body has nine or more members or if approved by a referendum of |
| 97 | the voters. |