Senate Bill 2734

    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SB 2734

    By Senator Latvala





    19-2251-98                                         See HB 3849

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Pinellas County; amending

  3         chapter 75-491, Laws of Florida, as amended;

  4         providing that property not receiving any

  5         benefits from the Pinellas Park Water

  6         Management District may be removed from the

  7         district by amendment to its charter; removing

  8         provisions which provide a method for deletion

  9         of taxable property from the district's tax

10         rolls if over 50 percent of the property drains

11         outside the district; providing an effective

12         date.

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Section 7 of chapter 75-491, Laws of

17  Florida, as amended by chapters 78-597 and 90-448, Laws of

18  Florida, is amended to read:

19         Section 7.  Independent special district taxation. The

20  Pinellas Park Water Management District shall be deemed an

21  independent special district and is authorized to levy ad

22  valorem tax on the taxable real property in the district at a

23  rate sufficient to produce an amount that may be necessary for

24  the purposes of this act (not to exceed 3 mills) provided such

25  millage limit is approved by a vote of the electors who are

26  not wholly exempt from taxation. Property taxes determined and

27  levied under this section shall be certified by the authority

28  to the county auditor, extended, assessed and collected in

29  like manner as provided by law for regular property taxes for

30  the county or municipalities. The proceeds under this section

31  shall be remitted by the tax collector to the treasurer of the

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SB 2734
    19-2251-98                                         See HB 3849




  1  authority who shall credit them to the funds of the authority

  2  for use of the purposes of this law. At any time after making

  3  a tax levy under this section and certifying the same to the

  4  county, the authority may issue tax anticipation notes of

  5  indebtedness in anticipation of the collection of such taxes.

  6  If property in the district is not receiving or will not

  7  receive any benefit from the district's works or activities,

  8  such property may be removed from the district by amendment to

  9  section 5 of the district's enabling act, pursuant to the

10  requirements of s. 11.02, Florida Statutes, and s. 10, Art.

11  III of the State Constitution. In the event that over 50

12  percent of a taxable property is certified by the authority to

13  drain outside of the herein described district area, then the

14  authority shall notify the county auditor, property appraiser,

15  and tax collector that said property shall be deleted from the

16  tax rolls of said district and that any taxes previously

17  levied and collected on said property pursuant to the

18  provisions of this section shall be forthwith remitted to the

19  owner of said property.

20         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

21  law.

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