House Bill 3963e1

                                          HB 3963, First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the City of Marco Island,

  3         Collier County; amending chapter 97-367, Laws

  4         of Florida; providing for waiver of s.

  5         218.23(1), F.S., relating to eligibility for

  6         participation in state revenue sharing beyond

  7         the minimum entitlement, and s. 218.26(3),

  8         F.S., relating to calculation of apportionment

  9         factors, for additional fiscal years; providing

10         an effective date.

11

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

13

14         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 9.01 of Article

15  IX of chapter 97-367, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

16

17       ARTICLE IX - STATE-SHARED REVENUES AND LOCAL OPTION

18                            GAS TAXES

19

20         Section 9.01  City Participation in State-Shared

21  Revenues Programs and Local Option Gas Taxes.--

22         (2)  State-shared revenues.--The City of Marco Island

23  shall be entitled to participate in all shared revenue

24  programs of the State of Florida effective immediately on the

25  date of incorporation.  The provisions of subsection

26  218.23(1), F.S., shall be waived for the purpose of

27  eligibility to receive revenue sharing funds from the date of

28  incorporation through the state fiscal year 1999-2000

29  1997-1998. For purposes of meeting provisions of subsection

30  218.23(1), F.S., relating to ad valorem taxation, the millage

31  levied by special districts within the corporate limits of the


                                  1

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






                                          HB 3963, First Engrossed



  1  City may be used for an indefinite period of time. Section

  2  218.26(3), F.S., shall be waived for the 1997-1998 state

  3  fiscal years 1997-1998, 1998-1999, and 1999-2000 year and the

  4  apportionment factors for the municipalities and counties

  5  shall be recalculated pursuant to s. 218.245, F.S. Initial

  6  population estimates for calculating eligibility for shared

  7  revenues shall be determined by the University of Florida

  8  Bureau of Economic and Business Research.  Should the Bureau

  9  be unable to provide an appropriate population estimate, the

10  Collier County Department of Community Development shall

11  provide an appropriate estimate.

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

13  law.

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31


                                  2