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11 Senator Latvala moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 5. Section 7 of chapter 75-491, Laws of
18 Florida, as amended by chapters 78-597 and 90-448, Laws of
19 Florida, is amended to read:
20 Section 7. Independent special district taxation. The
21 Pinellas Park Water Management District shall be deemed an
22 independent special district and is authorized to levy ad
23 valorem tax on the taxable real property in the district at a
24 rate sufficient to produce an amount that may be necessary for
25 the purposes of this act (not to exceed 3 mills) provided such
26 millage limit is approved by a vote of the electors who are
27 not wholly exempt from taxation. Property taxes determined and
28 levied under this section shall be certified by the authority
29 to the county auditor, extended, assessed and collected in
30 like manner as provided by law for regular property taxes for
31 the county or municipalities. The proceeds under this section
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1 shall be remitted by the tax collector to the treasurer of the
2 authority who shall credit them to the funds of the authority
3 for use of the purposes of this law. At any time after making
4 a tax levy under this section and certifying the same to the
5 county, the authority may issue tax anticipation notes of
6 indebtedness in anticipation of the collection of such taxes.
7 If property in the district is not receiving or will not
8 receive any benefit from the district's works or activities,
9 such property may be removed from the district by amendment to
10 section 5 of the district's enabling act, pursuant to the
11 requirements of s. 11.02, Florida Statutes, and s. 10, Art.
12 III of the State Constitution. In the event that over 50
13 percent of a taxable property is certified by the authority to
14 drain outside of the herein described district area, then the
15 authority shall notify the county auditor, property appraiser,
16 and tax collector that said property shall be deleted from the
17 tax rolls of said district and that any taxes previously
18 levied and collected on said property pursuant to the
19 provisions of this section shall be forthwith remitted to the
20 owner of said property.
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26 And the title is amended as follows:
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30 amending chapter 75-491, Laws of Florida, as
31 amended; providing that property not receiving
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1 any benefits from the Pinellas Park Water
2 Management District may be removed from the
3 district by amendment to its charter; removing
4 provisions which provide a method for deletion
5 of taxable property from the district's tax
6 rolls if over 50 percent of the property drains
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