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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1458, 1st Eng.

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11  Senator Bronson moved the following amendment to amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 6, between lines 1 and 2,

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18         Section 2.  Paragraph (h) of subsection (3) of section

19  200.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         200.065  Method of fixing millage.--

21         (3)  The advertisement shall be no less than

22  one-quarter page in size of a standard size or a tabloid size

23  newspaper, and the headline in the advertisement shall be in a

24  type no smaller than 18 point.  The advertisement shall not be

25  placed in that portion of the newspaper where legal notices

26  and classified advertisements appear.  The advertisement shall

27  be published in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the

28  county or in a geographically limited insert of such

29  newspaper.  The geographic boundaries in which such insert is

30  circulated shall include the geographic boundaries of the

31  taxing authority.  It is the legislative intent that, whenever

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  1  possible, the advertisement appear in a newspaper that is

  2  published at least 5 days a week unless the only newspaper in

  3  the county is published less than 5 days a week, or that the

  4  advertisement appear in a geographically limited insert of

  5  such newspaper which insert is published throughout the taxing

  6  authority's jurisdiction at least twice each week.  It is

  7  further the legislative intent that the newspaper selected be

  8  one of general interest and readership in the community and

  9  not one of limited subject matter, pursuant to chapter 50.

10         (h)  In no event shall any taxing authority add to or

11  delete from the language of the advertisements as specified in

12  this subsection herein unless expressly authorized by law,

13  except that:,

14         1.  If an increase in ad valorem tax rates will affect

15  only a portion of the jurisdiction of a taxing authority,

16  advertisements may include a map or geographical description

17  of the area to be affected and the proposed use of the tax

18  revenues under consideration.

19         2.  If an increase in ad valorem tax rates is the

20  result of a referendum or other requirement of law, the

21  advertisements may include a brief description of the

22  requirement and the proposed use of the resulting tax

23  revenues.

24         3.  A taxing authority making use of the provisions of

25  this paragraph may also state the increase, if any, over the

26  rolled-back rate in the nonvoted countywide millage rate set

27  by the governing body of the taxing authority.

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29  The advertisements required herein must shall not be

30  accompanied, preceded, or followed by other advertising or

31  notices that which conflict with or modify the substantive

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  1  content prescribed herein.

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  3  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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  7  And the title is amended as follows:

  8         On page 6, line 15, after the semicolon

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11         amending s. 200.065, F.S.; expanding the list

12         of allowable variations in the format that a

13         taxing authority must use in the advertisement

14         stating its intent to finally adopt a millage

15         rate and budget;

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