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House Bill 0603e1




                                       HB 603, First Engrossed/ntc



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to municipal special

  3         assessments; amending s. 170.201, F.S.;

  4         providing an exemption from any special

  5         assessment levied by a municipality to fund

  6         emergency medical services for property owned

  7         or occupied by a religious institution or

  8         elementary, middle, or high school; providing

  9         an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Section 170.201, Florida Statutes, 1996

14  Supplement, is amended to read:

15         170.201  Special assessments.--

16         (1)  In addition to other lawful authority to levy and

17  collect special assessments, the governing body of a

18  municipality may levy and collect special assessments to fund

19  capital improvements and municipal services, including, but

20  not limited to, fire protection, emergency medical services,

21  garbage disposal, sewer improvement, street improvement, and

22  parking facilities.  The governing body of a municipality may

23  apportion costs of such special assessments based on:

24         (a)(1)  The front or square footage of each parcel of

25  land; or

26         (b)(2)  An alternative methodology, so long as the

27  amount of the assessment for each parcel of land is not in

28  excess of the proportional benefits as compared to other

29  assessments on other parcels of land.

30         (2)  Property owned or occupied by a religious

31  institution and used as a place of worship or education or by


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                                       HB 603, First Engrossed/ntc



  1  a public or private elementary, middle, or high school shall

  2  be exempt from any special assessment levied by a municipality

  3  to fund emergency medical services if the municipality so

  4  desires.  As used in this subsection, "religious institution"

  5  means any church, synagogue, or other established physical

  6  place for worship at which nonprofit religious services and

  7  activities are regularly conducted and carried on.

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

  9  law.

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