Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1520
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/16/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Bradley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 17 - 23
    4  and insert:
    5         (c) A county located adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico or the
    6  Atlantic Ocean, except a county that receives revenue from taxes
    7  levied pursuant to s. 125.0108, which meets the following
    8  criteria may use up to 10 percent of the tax revenue received
    9  pursuant to this section to reimburse expenses incurred in
   10  providing public safety services, including emergency medical
   11  services as defined in s. 401.107(3), and law enforcement
   12  services, which are needed to address impacts related to
   13  increased tourism and visitors to an area. However, if taxes
   14  collected pursuant to this section are used to reimburse
   15  emergency medical services or public safety services for tourism
   16  or special events, the governing board of a county or
   17  municipality may not use such taxes to supplant the normal
   18  operating expenses of an emergency services department, a fire
   19  department, a sheriff’s office, or a police department. To
   20  receive reimbursement, the county must:
   21         1. Generate a minimum of $10 million in annual proceeds
   22  from any tax, or any combination of taxes, authorized to be
   23  levied pursuant to this section;
   24         2. Have at least three municipalities; and
   25         3. Have an estimated population of less than 225,000
   26  according to the most recent population estimate prepared
   27  pursuant to s. 186.901, excluding the inmate population.
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   29  The board of county commissioners must by majority vote approve
   30  reimbursement made pursuant to this paragraph upon receipt of a
   31  recommendation from the tourist development council.