Senate Bill 1200

    Florida Senate - 2000                                 SJR 1200

    By Senator Childers





    1-957-00                                           See HJR 631

  1                 Senate Joint Resolution No.     

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 9 of Article VII of the State

  4         Constitution relating to ad valorem taxation

  5         for water management purposes.

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  7  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         That the following amendment to Section 9 of Article

10  VII of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be

11  submitted to the electors of this state for approval or

12  rejection at the next general election or at an earlier

13  special election specifically authorized by law for that

14  purpose and, if approved, shall take effect January 1, 2001:

15                           ARTICLE VII

16                       FINANCE AND TAXATION

17         SECTION 9.  Local taxes.--

18         (a)  Counties, school districts, and municipalities

19  shall, and special districts may, be authorized by law to levy

20  ad valorem taxes and may be authorized by general law to levy

21  other taxes, for their respective purposes, except ad valorem

22  taxes on intangible personal property and taxes prohibited by

23  this constitution.

24         (b)  Ad valorem taxes, exclusive of taxes levied for

25  the payment of bonds and taxes levied for periods not longer

26  than two years when authorized by vote of the electors who are

27  the owners of freeholds therein not wholly exempt from

28  taxation, shall not be levied in excess of the following

29  millages upon the assessed value of real estate and tangible

30  personal property: for all county purposes, ten mills; for all

31  municipal purposes, ten mills; for all school purposes, ten

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 2000                                 SJR 1200
    1-957-00                                           See HJR 631




  1  mills; for water management purposes for the northwest portion

  2  of the state lying west of the line between ranges two and

  3  three east, 0.05 mill; for water management purposes for the

  4  remaining portions of the state, 1.0 mill; and for all other

  5  special districts a millage authorized by law approved by vote

  6  of the electors who are owners of freeholds therein not wholly

  7  exempt from taxation.  A county furnishing municipal services

  8  may, to the extent authorized by law, levy additional taxes

  9  within the limits fixed for municipal purposes.

10         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

11  placed on the ballot:

12                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

13                      ARTICLE VII, SECTION 9

14         AD VALOREM TAX MILLAGE FOR WATER MANAGEMENT

15  PURPOSES.--Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution,

16  effective January 1, 2001, to remove the ad valorem tax limit

17  of 0.05 mill for water management purposes that applies only

18  to the northwest portion of the state and thereby allow the

19  1-mill limit that applies to the rest of the state to also

20  apply to this area.

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