Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1432
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/04/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Wise) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 125.595, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         125.595 Economic distress flexibility.—
    8         (1) The board of county commissioners of an eligible county
    9  may, by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the board, use
   10  revenues from distributions of state taxes to the county, or
   11  from taxes authorized by the Legislature to be imposed by the
   12  county, in order to reduce the proposed millage rate for the
   13  county, notwithstanding other purposes specified in law for the
   14  use of those revenues.
   15         (2) As used in this section, the term “eligible county”
   16  means a county having a proposed millage rate pursuant to s.
   17  200.065(2)(a) and (b) which is greater than the adopted millage
   18  rate for the previous year and which meets three of the
   19  following criteria, as determined by the Office of Economic and
   20  Demographic Research:
   21         (a) The just value of property subject to ad valorem tax as
   22  of January 1 was lower than it was on the previous January 1.
   23         (b) The annual per capita personal income of the county for
   24  the most recent calendar year was lower than for the prior
   25  calendar year.
   26         (c) State sales tax remitted from within the county during
   27  the most recent calendar year was less than during the prior
   28  calendar year.
   29         (d) The unemployment rate in the county in the previous
   30  calendar year was greater than 8 percent.
   31         (3) A county that was included in a major federal disaster
   32  or emergency declaration in the previous calendar year shall be
   33  considered an eligible county for purposes of this section.
   34         (4) The determination that a county is an eligible county
   35  must be made no later than July 1 of each year, and the annual
   36  determination of county eligibility must be posted on the Office
   37  of Economic and Demographic Research's website. The authority
   38  granted under this section may be exercised only one fiscal year
   39  at a time.
   40         (5) The authority granted under this section does not apply
   41  to revenues that may be used only for a purpose specified in the
   42  State Constitution or to revenues from taxes levied with the
   43  approval of the voters.
   44         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   46  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   47         And the title is amended as follows:
   48         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   49  and insert:
   50                        A bill to be entitled                      
   51         An act relating to county government funding; creating
   52         s. 125.595, F.S.; providing circumstances under which
   53         a board of county commissioners may use certain
   54         revenues to reduce the proposed millage rate for ad
   55         valorem taxes; defining the term “eligible county”;
   56         specifying that county eligibility must be determined
   57         annually and exercised for a limited time; prohibiting
   58         the use of certain revenues for such purposes;
   59         providing an effective date.