Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 346
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Finance and Tax (Altman) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 26 - 52
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subsection (2) of section
    6  212.055, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (i), and
    7  a new paragraph (h) is added to that subsection to read:
    8         212.055 Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent;
    9  authorization and use of proceeds.—It is the legislative intent
   10  that any authorization for imposition of a discretionary sales
   11  surtax shall be published in the Florida Statutes as a
   12  subsection of this section, irrespective of the duration of the
   13  levy. Each enactment shall specify the types of counties
   14  authorized to levy; the rate or rates which may be imposed; the
   15  maximum length of time the surtax may be imposed, if any; the
   16  procedure which must be followed to secure voter approval, if
   17  required; the purpose for which the proceeds may be expended;
   18  and such other requirements as the Legislature may provide.
   19  Taxable transactions and administrative procedures shall be as
   20  provided in s. 212.054.
   21         (2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX.—
   22         (h) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), if approved by a
   23  majority of the electors of the county voting in a referendum,
   24  the proceeds of the surtax authorized by this subsection, and
   25  any accrued interest, may be used for the purpose of funding
   26  capital projects to restore natural water bodies for public use,
   27  including tributaries, canals, stormwater conveyance systems,
   28  and channels that are directly connected to such natural water
   29  bodies. Such use is limited to dredging operations related to
   30  ecologically beneficial muck
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   33  And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete lines 2 - 8
   35  and insert:
   36         An act relating to local government infrastructure
   37         surtax; amending s. 212.055, F.S.; authorizing
   38         proceeds from a discretionary sales surtax to fund
   39         capital restoration of natural water bodies for public
   40         use under certain circumstances; limiting uses to