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Florida House of Representatives - 2000 HB 71
By Representative Lacasa
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the county public hospital
3 surtax; amending s. 212.055, F.S.; revising
4 provisions that require the counties authorized
5 to levy the surtax to annually appropriate a
6 specified minimum amount for operation,
7 administration, and maintenance of the county
8 public general hospital; providing an effective
9 date.
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11 WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade County Public Health Trust
12 receives revenue from a half-penny sales tax surcharge which
13 yields in excess of $120 million a year, and
14 WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade County government matches at
15 least 80 percent of these revenues, and
16 WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade County Public Health Trust has
17 accumulated a reserve of over $250 million, and
18 WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is faced with the fourth
19 most heavily congested roadways in the nation, and
20 WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County will put a measure before
21 the voters that would allow for a penny sales tax for
22 transportation infrastructure improvements, and
23 WHEREAS, the contributions made by Miami-Dade County to
24 the Public Health Trust can and should be used to resolve the
25 immediate problems faced by the county, NOW, THEREFORE,
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27 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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29 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5) of section
30 212.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
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1 212.055 Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative
2 intent; authorization and use of proceeds.--It is the
3 legislative intent that any authorization for imposition of a
4 discretionary sales surtax shall be published in the Florida
5 Statutes as a subsection of this section, irrespective of the
6 duration of the levy. Each enactment shall specify the types
7 of counties authorized to levy; the rate or rates which may be
8 imposed; the maximum length of time the surtax may be imposed,
9 if any; the procedure which must be followed to secure voter
10 approval, if required; the purpose for which the proceeds may
11 be expended; and such other requirements as the Legislature
12 may provide. Taxable transactions and administrative
13 procedures shall be as provided in s. 212.054.
14 (5) COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL SURTAX.--Any county as
15 defined in s. 125.011(1) may levy the surtax authorized in
16 this subsection pursuant to an ordinance either approved by
17 extraordinary vote of the county commission or conditioned to
18 take effect only upon approval by a majority vote of the
19 electors of the county voting in a referendum. In a county as
20 defined in s. 125.011(1), for the purposes of this subsection,
21 "county public general hospital" means a general hospital as
22 defined in s. 395.002 which is owned, operated, maintained, or
23 governed by the county or its agency, authority, or public
24 health trust.
25 (d) The county may shall continue to contribute each
26 year up to at least 80 percent of that percentage of the total
27 county budget appropriated for the operation, administration,
28 and maintenance of the county public general hospital from the
29 county's general revenues in the fiscal year of the county
30 ending September 30, 1991.
31 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
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Provides discretion to the counties authorized to levy
4 the county public hospital surtax to annually appropriate
less than 80 percent of the base-year percentage of the
5 total county budget appropriated for operation,
administration, and maintenance of the county public
6 general hospital. Current law requires annual
appropriation of at least 80 percent of such base-year
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