| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the district school tax; authorizing a |
| 3 | school district to levy by a super majority vote of the |
| 4 | district school board additional millage for school |
| 5 | operational purposes for the 2009-2010 fiscal year; |
| 6 | providing restrictions on such levy; providing an |
| 7 | effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Notwithstanding s. 1011.71(8), Florida |
| 12 | Statutes, which authorizes the levy by local referendum or in a |
| 13 | general election of additional millage for school operational |
| 14 | purposes, a school district may levy for the 2009-2010 fiscal |
| 15 | year, by a super majority vote of the district school board, |
| 16 | additional millage for school operational purposes up to an |
| 17 | amount that, when combined with the nonvoted millage levied |
| 18 | under s. 1011.71, Florida Statutes, does not exceed the 10-mill |
| 19 | limit established in s. 9(b), Art. VII of the State |
| 20 | Constitution. |
| 21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |