Senate Bill sb0064C
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Florida Senate - 2001 SB 64-C
By Senators Silver and Garcia
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to local governments in a state
3 of financial emergency; ratifying actions taken
4 by local governments pursuant to s. 218.503,
5 F.S., 1999, before its amendment by Senate Bill
6 54-B; providing an effective date.
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8 WHEREAS, the Legislature sought by passage of section
9 132, chapter 99-251, Laws of Florida, which created section
10 218.503(5), Florida Statutes, to enact a general law
11 authorizing municipalities to impose parking surcharges under
12 certain circumstances and to specify the purposes for which
13 those surcharges may be expended, and
14 WHEREAS, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 54-B in its
15 2001 Special Session "B" to amend section 218.503(5), Florida
16 Statutes, to create a general law authorizing municipalities
17 in a state of emergency to impose a surcharge on the gross
18 revenues of certain parking facilities but did not clarify
19 that the Legislature intended to ratify the use of proceeds
20 collected and expended pursuant to this section before the
21 effective date of the amendment, NOW, THEREFORE,
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23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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25 Section 1. Any ordinance of any municipality imposing
26 a surcharge pursuant to section 132, chapter 99-251, Laws of
27 Florida, is hereby ratified. All acts and proceedings,
28 including enforcement procedures, taken in connection with a
29 parking surcharge imposed by a municipality pursuant to
30 section 132, chapter 99-251, Laws of Florida, are ratified,
31 validated, and confirmed, and the surcharge is declared to be
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1 legal and valid in all respects from the date of enactment of
2 chapter 99-251, Laws of Florida.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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7 SENATE SUMMARY
8 Ratifies any municipal ordinance imposing a parking
surcharge in accordance with section 218.503(5), Florida
9 Statutes, before its amendment by Senate Bill 54-B in
2001 Special Session "B" of the Florida Legislature.
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