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11  Senator Latvala moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 10, between lines 2 and 3,

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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:

27         On page 1, line 18, after the semicolon

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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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