House Bill 0631

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HJR 631

        By Representatives Ritchie and Maygarden






  1                      House Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 9 of Article VII and the creation of

  4         Section 26 of Article XII of the State

  5         Constitution relating to ad valorem taxation

  6         for water management purposes.

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

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10         That the amendment to Section 9 of Article VII and the

11  creation of Section 26 of Article XII of the State

12  Constitution set forth below are agreed to and shall be

13  submitted to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection

14  at the general election to be held in November 2000:

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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  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                           ARTICLE XII

11                             SCHEDULE

12         SECTION 26.  Ad valorem tax for water management.--The

13  amendment to Section 9 of Article VII, relating to ad valorem

14  taxation for water management purposes, if adopted at the

15  general election in November 2000, shall take effect January

16  1, 2001.

17         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

18  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title

19  and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on

20  the ballot as follows:

21                      AD VALOREM TAX MILLAGE

22                  FOR WATER MANAGEMENT PURPOSES

23         Effective January 1, 2001, removes the ad valorem tax

24  limit of 0.05 mill for water management purposes that applies

25  only to the northwest portion of the state and provides that

26  the ad valorem tax limit of 1.0 mill, which applies to the

27  remaining portions of the state, would apply to this area

28  also.

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