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Senator Childers moved the following amendment:



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11  Senator Childers moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         Delete everything after the enacting clause

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17         Section 1.  Section 215.656, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         215.656  Bonds for law enforcement radio information

20  system.--

21         (1)  The issuance of bonds to finance or refinance the

22  cost of the acquisition, construction, and equipping of a law

23  enforcement radio information system is hereby authorized by

24  the Division of Bond Finance on behalf of and in the name of

25  the Department of Management Services.

26         (2)  Bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be

27  payable solely from the surcharge imposed on license taxes

28  pursuant to s. 320.0802 and the surcharge imposed on vessel

29  registration fees pursuant to s. 327.25, which are transferred

30  to the State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund of

31  the Department of Management Services, subject to annual

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 1  appropriation by the Legislature.  The bonds shall not

 2  constitute a general obligation of the state or a pledge of

 3  the full faith and credit of the taxing power of the state.

 4         (3)  Bonds issued pursuant to this section shall have a

 5  term not to exceed 15 years.

 6         (4)  The Department of Management Services shall

 7  request the Division of Bond Finance to issue the bonds

 8  authorized by this section pursuant to the State Bond Act.

 9         (5)  The proceeds from the sale of bonds issued

10  pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the State

11  Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund.

12         (6)  The law enforcement radio information system to be

13  financed or refinanced with the proceeds of the bonds issued

14  under this section is designated as a state fixed capital

15  outlay project for purposes of s. 11(d), Art. VII of the State

16  Constitution and the specific projects to be financed or

17  refinanced shall be determined by the Department of Management

18  Services.  Each phase of the law enforcement radio information

19  system including towers, shelters, equipment, and related

20  facilities, to be financed or refinanced with the proceeds of

21  bonds issued pursuant to this section is hereby approved as

22  required by s. 11(e), Art. VII of the State Constitution.

23         (7)  Bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be

24  validated in the manner provided by chapter 75.  The complaint

25  for such validation shall be filed in the Circuit Court for

26  Leon County, the notice required to be published by s. 75.06

27  shall be published in Leon County, and the complaint and order

28  of the Circuit Court shall be served only on the State

29  Attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit.  The validation of

30  at least the first bonds issued pursuant to this section shall

31  be appealed to the Supreme Court, to be handled on an

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 1  expedited basis.

 2         (8)  The state does hereby covenant with holders of

 3  such bonds issued under this section that it will not repeal

 4  or impair or amend these provisions in any manner which will

 5  materially adversely affect the rights of such holders so long

 6  as bonds authorized by this section are outstanding.

 7         Section 2.  Section 320.0802, Florida Statutes, is

 8  amended to read:

 9         320.0802  Surcharge on license tax.--During the period

10  January 1, 1989, through December 31, 2003, There is hereby

11  levied and imposed on each license tax imposed under s.

12  320.08, except those set forth in s. 320.08(11), a surcharge

13  in the amount of $1, which shall be collected in the same

14  manner as the license tax and deposited into the State Agency

15  Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund of the Department of

16  Management Services. However, The surcharge shall not

17  terminate until any bonds issued pursuant to s. 215.656 shall

18  be paid or provision made therefore be terminated on midnight

19  December 31, 1994, unless the pilot project established in s.

20  282.1095 is deemed successful by the joint task force with the

21  concurrence of the Governor and Cabinet as the head of the

22  Department of General Services.

23         Section 3.  Subsection (9) of section 327.25, Florida

24  Statutes, is amended to read:

25         327.25  Classification; registration; fees and charges;

26  surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle

27  stickers.--

28         (9)  SURCHARGE.--In addition, during the period January

29  1, 1989, through December 31, 2003, there is hereby levied and

30  imposed on each vessel registration fee imposed under

31  subsection (1) a surcharge in the amount of $1, which shall be

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 1  collected in the same manner as the fee and deposited into the

 2  State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund of the

 3  Department of Management Services.  However, the surcharge

 4  shall not terminate until any bonds issued pursuant to s.

 5  215.656 shall be paid or provision made therefore be

 6  terminated on midnight December 31, 1994, unless the pilot

 7  project established in s. 282.1095 is deemed successful by the

 8  joint task force with the concurrence of the Governor and

 9  Cabinet as the head of the Department of Management Services.

10         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

11  law.

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15  And the title is amended as follows:

16         Delete everything before the enacting clause

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18  and insert:

19                      A bill to be entitled

20         An act relating to the Department of Management

21         Services; creating s. 215.656, F.S.; providing

22         for the issuance of bonds to finance or

23         refinance the acquisition, construction, and

24         equipping of a law enforcement radio

25         information system; amending s. 320.0802, F.S.;

26         extending the time period on the surcharge on a

27         license tax until such bonds are paid or

28         provision is made therefore; amending s.

29         327.25, F.S.; extending the time period on the

30         surcharge on vessel registration fees until

31         such bonds are paid or provision made

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