SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 384

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Bronson moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, between lines 24 and 25,

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18         (b)  Payment in lieu of taxes shall be available:

19         1.  To all counties that have a population of 150,000

20  or fewer less and in which the amount of the tax loss from all

21  completed Preservation 2000 and Florida Forever acquisitions

22  in the county exceeds 0.01 percent of the county's total

23  taxable value. Population levels shall be determined pursuant

24  to s. 11.031.

25         2.  To all local governments located in eligible

26  counties.

27         3.  To Glades County, where a privately owned and

28  operated prison leased to the state has recently been opened

29  and where privately owned and operated juvenile justice

30  facilities leased to the state have recently been constructed

31  and opened, a payment in lieu of taxes, in an amount that

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 384

    Amendment No.    





 1  offsets the loss of property tax revenue, which funds have

 2  already been appropriated and allocated from the Department of

 3  Correction's budget for the purpose of reimbursing amounts

 4  equal to lost ad valorem taxes.

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 6  Counties and local governments that did not receive payments

 7  in lieu of taxes for lands purchased pursuant to s. 259.101

 8  during fiscal year 1999-2000, if such counties and local

 9  governments would have received payments pursuant to this

10  subsection as that section existed on June 30, 1999, shall

11  receive retroactive payments for such tax losses.

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15  And the title is amended as follows:

16         On page 1, line 5, after the semicolon

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19         providing for payments in lieu of taxes;

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