Senate Bill 1218

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1218

    By Senator Silver





    38-892A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to municipal revenues;

  3         authorizing the governing body of certain

  4         municipalities that have been declared to be in

  5         financial emergency to impose a surcharge on

  6         parking fees at facilities within their

  7         municipalities; providing for future

  8         legislative review; providing an effective date

  9         and an expiration date.

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

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13         Section 1.  (1)  The governing body of any municipality

14  that has a population of 300,000 or more and that has within

15  the two previous fiscal years been declared pursuant to

16  section 218.503, Florida Statutes, to be in a state of

17  financial emergency may, by ordinance adopted by a majority of

18  its membership, impose a surcharge of up to 20 percent on the

19  consideration for the sale, lease, or rental of space at each

20  parking facility within the municipality which is open for use

21  by the public. The surcharge shall be collected from the

22  operator of the vehicle at the time he or she pays the

23  consideration for the use of the parking facility.

24         (2)  This section expires July 1, 2009, and must be

25  reviewed by the Legislature before that date.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1218
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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Authorizes the governing body of any municipality of
      300,000 or more population which has been declared to be
  4    in a state of financial emergency to adopt, by a majority
      of its membership, an ordinance imposing a surcharge of
  5    up to 20 percent on fees for parking at facilities open
      to the public within the municipality. The authority
  6    expires after 10 years and must be reviewed by the
      Legislature before expiration.
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