Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1792
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Diaz de la Portilla moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 54 and 55
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. Subsection (3) of section 170.01, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         170.01 Authority for providing improvements and levying and
    8  collecting special assessments against property benefited.—
    9         (3) Any municipality, subject to the approval by of a
   10  majority vote of the affected property owners voting in an
   11  election, may levy and collect special assessments against
   12  property benefited for the purpose of stabilizing and improving:
   13         (a) Retail business districts,
   14         (b) Wholesale business districts, or
   15         (c) Nationally recognized historic districts,
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   17  or any combination of such districts, through promotion,
   18  management, marketing, and other similar services in such
   19  districts of the municipality. This subsection does not
   20  authorize a municipality to use bond proceeds to fund ongoing
   21  operations of these districts.
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   24         And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Between lines 6 and 7
   26  insert:
   27         made by the act; amending s. 170.01, F.S.; clarifying
   28         that certain assessments must be approved by a
   29         majority vote of certain voting electors; providing an
   30         effective date.