SENATE AMENDMENT

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11  Senator McKay moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, between lines 5 and 6,

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17         Section 4.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section

18  212.055, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 17 of chapter

19  97-384, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

20         212.055  Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative

21  intent; authorization and use of proceeds.--It is the

22  legislative intent that any authorization for imposition of a

23  discretionary sales surtax shall be published in the Florida

24  Statutes as a subsection of this section, irrespective of the

25  duration of the levy.  Each enactment shall specify the types

26  of counties authorized to levy; the rate or rates which may be

27  imposed; the maximum length of time the surtax may be imposed,

28  if any; the procedure which must be followed to secure voter

29  approval, if required; the purpose for which the proceeds may

30  be expended; and such other requirements as the Legislature

31  may provide.  Taxable transactions and administrative

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 1  procedures shall be as provided in s. 212.054.

 2         (2)  LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX.--

 3         (d)1.  The proceeds of the surtax authorized by this

 4  subsection and any interest accrued thereto shall be expended

 5  by the school district or within the county and municipalities

 6  within the county, or, in the case of a negotiated joint

 7  county agreement, within another county, to finance, plan, and

 8  construct infrastructure and to acquire land for public

 9  recreation or conservation or protection of natural resources

10  and to finance the closure of county-owned or municipally

11  owned solid waste landfills that are already closed or are

12  required to close by order of the Department of Environmental

13  Protection. Any use of such proceeds or interest for purposes

14  of landfill closure prior to July 1, 1993, is ratified.

15  Neither the proceeds nor any interest accrued thereto shall be

16  used for operational expenses of any infrastructure, except

17  that any county with a population of less than 50,000 that is

18  required to close a landfill by order of the Department of

19  Environmental Protection may use the proceeds or any interest

20  accrued thereto for long-term maintenance costs associated

21  with landfill closure. Counties, as defined in s. 125.011(1),

22  may, in addition, use the proceeds to retire or service

23  indebtedness incurred for bonds issued prior to July 1, 1987,

24  for infrastructure purposes.

25         2.  For the purposes of this paragraph,

26  "infrastructure" means:

27         a.  Any fixed capital expenditure or fixed capital

28  outlay associated with the construction, reconstruction, or

29  improvement of public facilities which have a life expectancy

30  of 5 or more years and any land acquisition, land improvement,

31  design, and engineering costs related thereto.

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 1         b.  A fire department vehicle, an emergency medical

 2  service vehicle, a sheriff's office vehicle, a police

 3  department vehicle, or any other vehicle, and such equipment

 4  necessary to outfit the vehicle for its official use or

 5  equipment that has a life expectancy of at least 5 years.

 6         3.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this

 7  subsection, a discretionary sales surtax imposed or extended

 8  after the effective date of this act may provide for an amount

 9  not to exceed 30 percent of the local option sales surtax

10  proceeds to be allocated for deposit to a trust fund within

11  the county's accounts created for the purpose of funding

12  economic development projects of a general public purpose

13  targeted to improve local economies, including the funding of

14  operational costs and incentives related to such economic

15  development. The ballot statement must indicate the intention

16  to make an allocation under the authority of this

17  subparagraph.

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19  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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23  And the title is amended as follows:

24         On page 1, line 14, after the semicolon

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27         amending s. 212.055, F.S.; authorizing counties

28         to use a specified percent of surtax proceeds

29         for economic development projects;

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