Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1102
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/09/2014           .                                
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       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 26 - 39
    4  and insert:
    5         (h) Notwithstanding paragraphs (c) and (d), the governing
    6  authority in each county may levy a discretionary sales surtax
    7  of 0.5 percent or 1 percent for the purpose of funding capital
    8  restoration of natural water bodies for public use, including
    9  tributaries, canals, stormwater conveyance systems, and channels
   10  connected to such natural water bodies. The proceeds from the
   11  surtax, or the bonds pledging the surtax for such use, may be
   12  spent for dredging operations related to ecologically beneficial
   13  muck removal. The levy of the surtax shall be pursuant to
   14  ordinance enacted by the county governing authority and approval
   15  by a majority of the electors of the county voting in a
   16  referendum on the surtax.
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   18  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   19  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   20         Delete lines 10 - 11
   21  and insert:
   22         Section 1. Present paragraph (h) of subsection (2) of
   23  section 212.055, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
   24  (i), and a new paragraph (h) is added to that subsection, to
   25  read:
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   27  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete line 4
   30  and insert:
   31         of the surtax for funding capital restoration of