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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/HB 1343, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Gibson offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 3.  Subsection (8) of section 336.025, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         336.025  County transportation system; levy of local

20  option fuel tax on motor fuel and diesel fuel.--

21         (8)  In addition to the uses specified in subsection

22  (7), the governing body of a county with a population of

23  50,000 or less on April 1, 1992, or a municipality within such

24  county, may use the proceeds of the tax levied pursuant to

25  paragraph (1)(a) in any fiscal year to fund infrastructure

26  projects, if such projects are consistent with the local

27  government's approved comprehensive plan or, if the approval

28  or denial of the plan has not become final, consistent with

29  the plan last submitted to the state land planning agency. In

30  addition, no more than an amount equal to the proceeds from 4

31  cents per gallon of the tax imposed pursuant to paragraph

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  1  (1)(a) may be used by such county for the express and limited

  2  purpose of paying for a court-ordered refund of special

  3  assessments. Except as provided in subsection (7), such funds

  4  shall not be used for the operational expenses of any

  5  infrastructure.  Such funds may be used for infrastructure

  6  projects under this subsection only after the local

  7  government, prior to the fiscal year in which the funds are

  8  proposed to be used, or if pledged for bonded indebtedness,

  9  prior to the fiscal year in which the bonds will be issued,

10  has held a duly noticed public hearing on the proposed use of

11  the funds and has adopted a resolution certifying that the

12  local government has met all of the transportation needs

13  identified in its approved comprehensive plan or, if the

14  approval or denial of the plan has not become final,

15  consistent with the plan last submitted to the state land

16  planning agency.  The proceeds shall not be pledged for bonded

17  indebtedness for a period exceeding 10 years, except that, for

18  the express and limited purpose of using such proceeds in any

19  fiscal year to pay a court-ordered refund of special

20  assessments, the proceeds may be pledged for bonded

21  indebtedness not exceeding 15 years.  For the purposes of this

22  subsection, "infrastructure" has the same meaning as provided

23  in s. 212.055.

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27  And the title is amended as follows:

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31         amending s. 336.025, F.S.; providing for

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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  1         certain municipalities within small counties to

  2         use gas tax revenues for certain infrastructure

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