| 1 | Representative Brodeur offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Between lines 112 and 113, insert: |
| 5 | (4) ORDINANCE LEVY TAX; PROCEDURE.- |
| 6 | (c) Prior to enactment of the ordinance levying and |
| 7 | imposing the tax, the county tourist development council shall |
| 8 | prepare and submit to the governing board of the county for its |
| 9 | approval a plan for tourist development. The plan shall set |
| 10 | forth the anticipated net tourist development tax revenue to be |
| 11 | derived by the county for the 24 months following the levy of |
| 12 | the tax; the tax district in which the tourist development tax |
| 13 | is proposed; and a list, in the order of priority, of the |
| 14 | proposed uses of the tax revenue by specific project or special |
| 15 | use as the same are authorized under subsection (5). The plan |
| 16 | shall include the approximate cost or expense allocation for |
| 17 | each specific project or special use and shall require within 12 |
| 18 | months after the adoption of the plan the preparation and |
| 19 | submission to the governing board of the county a financial |
| 20 | disclosure of the actual cost or expense allocation of the tax |
| 21 | revenue. |
| 22 | (e) The governing board of each county which levies and |
| 23 | imposes a tourist development tax under this section shall |
| 24 | appoint an advisory council to be known as the "...(name of |
| 25 | county)... Tourist Development Council." The council shall be |
| 26 | established by ordinance and composed of nine members who shall |
| 27 | be appointed by the governing board. The chair of the governing |
| 28 | board of the county or any other member of the governing board |
| 29 | as designated by the chair shall serve on the council. Two |
| 30 | members of the council shall be elected municipal officials, at |
| 31 | least one of whom shall be from the most populous municipality |
| 32 | in the county or subcounty special taxing district in which the |
| 33 | tax is levied. Six members of the council shall be persons who |
| 34 | are involved in the tourist industry and who have demonstrated |
| 35 | an interest in tourist development, of which members, not less |
| 36 | than three nor more than four shall be owners or operators of |
| 37 | motels, hotels, recreational vehicle parks, or other tourist |
| 38 | accommodations in the county and subject to the tax, at least |
| 39 | one of whom shall represent the smallest lodging establishment |
| 40 | within the county or subcounty special taxing district in which |
| 41 | the tax is levied, and at least one of whom shall represent the |
| 42 | establishment with the highest collection of the tax. All |
| 43 | members of the council shall be electors of the county and may |
| 44 | not have made political contributions to any member of the |
| 45 | governing board of the county for the 24 months prior to their |
| 46 | appointment. The governing board of the county shall have the |
| 47 | option of designating the chair of the council or allowing the |
| 48 | council to elect a chair. The chair shall be appointed or |
| 49 | elected annually and may be reelected or reappointed. The |
| 50 | members of the council shall serve for staggered terms of 4 |
| 51 | years. The terms of office of the original members shall be |
| 52 | prescribed in the resolution required under paragraph (b). The |
| 53 | council shall meet at least once each quarter and, from time to |
| 54 | time, shall make recommendations to the county governing board |
| 55 | for the effective operation of the special projects or for uses |
| 56 | of the tourist development tax revenue and perform such other |
| 57 | duties as may be prescribed by county ordinance or resolution. |
| 58 | The council shall continuously review expenditures of revenues |
| 59 | from the tourist development trust fund and shall receive, at |
| 60 | least quarterly, expenditure reports from the county governing |
| 61 | board or its designee. Expenditures which the council believes |
| 62 | to be unauthorized shall be reported to the county governing |
| 63 | board and the Department of Revenue. The governing board and the |
| 64 | department shall review the findings of the council and take |
| 65 | appropriate administrative or judicial action to ensure |
| 66 | compliance with this section. The changes in the composition of |
| 67 | the membership of the tourist development council mandated by |
| 68 | chapter 86-4, Laws of Florida, and this act shall not cause the |
| 69 | interruption of the current term of any person who is a member |
| 70 | of a council on October 1, 1996. |
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| 75 | D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T |
| 76 | Remove line 29 and insert: |
| 77 | Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (f) of subsection (3) and |
| 78 | paragraphs (c) and (e) of subsection (4) of |
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| 82 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 83 | Remove line 6 and insert: |
| 84 | providing construction; requiring a county tourist development |
| 85 | council to prepare and submit a financial disclosure of |
| 86 | specified financial information within a specified time after |
| 87 | the adoption of a tourist development plan relating to the use |
| 88 | of the tourist development tax; specifying additional criteria |
| 89 | and restrictions relating to members appointed to a tourist |
| 90 | development council; amending s. 125.0108, F.S.; |