Florida Senate - 2011 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1432 Barcode 266748 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 04/04/2011 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Community Affairs (Wise) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. Section 125.595, Florida Statutes, is created to 6 read: 7 125.595 Economic distress flexibility.— 8 (1) The board of county commissioners of an eligible county 9 may, by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the board, use 10 revenues from distributions of state taxes to the county, or 11 from taxes authorized by the Legislature to be imposed by the 12 county, in order to reduce the proposed millage rate for the 13 county, notwithstanding other purposes specified in law for the 14 use of those revenues. 15 (2) As used in this section, the term “eligible county” 16 means a county having a proposed millage rate pursuant to s. 17 200.065(2)(a) and (b) which is greater than the adopted millage 18 rate for the previous year and which meets three of the 19 following criteria, as determined by the Office of Economic and 20 Demographic Research: 21 (a) The just value of property subject to ad valorem tax as 22 of January 1 was lower than it was on the previous January 1. 23 (b) The annual per capita personal income of the county for 24 the most recent calendar year was lower than for the prior 25 calendar year. 26 (c) State sales tax remitted from within the county during 27 the most recent calendar year was less than during the prior 28 calendar year. 29 (d) The unemployment rate in the county in the previous 30 calendar year was greater than 8 percent. 31 (3) A county that was included in a major federal disaster 32 or emergency declaration in the previous calendar year shall be 33 considered an eligible county for purposes of this section. 34 (4) The determination that a county is an eligible county 35 must be made no later than July 1 of each year, and the annual 36 determination of county eligibility must be posted on the Office 37 of Economic and Demographic Research's website. The authority 38 granted under this section may be exercised only one fiscal year 39 at a time. 40 (5) The authority granted under this section does not apply 41 to revenues that may be used only for a purpose specified in the 42 State Constitution or to revenues from taxes levied with the 43 approval of the voters. 44 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 45 46 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 47 And the title is amended as follows: 48 Delete everything before the enacting clause 49 and insert: 50 A bill to be entitled 51 An act relating to county government funding; creating 52 s. 125.595, F.S.; providing circumstances under which 53 a board of county commissioners may use certain 54 revenues to reduce the proposed millage rate for ad 55 valorem taxes; defining the term “eligible county”; 56 specifying that county eligibility must be determined 57 annually and exercised for a limited time; prohibiting 58 the use of certain revenues for such purposes; 59 providing an effective date.