SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 509, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Clary moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 9, between lines 13 and 14,

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17         Section 6.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section

18  125.0104, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         125.0104  Tourist development tax; procedure for

20  levying; authorized uses; referendum; enforcement.--

21         (6)  REFERENDUM.--

22         (d)  In any case where a referendum levying and

23  imposing the tax has been approved pursuant to this section

24  and 15 percent of the electors in the county or 15 percent of

25  the electors in the subcounty special district in which the

26  tax is levied file a petition with the board of county

27  commissioners for a referendum to repeal the tax, the board of

28  county commissioners shall cause an election to be held for

29  the repeal of the tax which election shall be subject only to

30  the outstanding bonds for which the tax has been pledged.

31  However, the repeal of the tax shall not be effective with

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 509, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    





 1  respect to any portion of taxes initially levied in November

 2  1989, which has been pledged or is being used to support bonds

 3  under paragraph (3)(d) or paragraph (3)(l) until the

 4  retirement of those bonds.

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 6  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11         On page 1, line 21, after the second semicolon

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14         amending s. 125.0104, F.S.; exempting certain

15         tourist development taxes from provisions

16         providing for tax repeal by referendum;

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