HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 757

    Amendment No. 3 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Transportation & Economic Development

12  Appropriations offered the following:

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14         Amendment (with directory language and title

15  amendments) 

16         On page 38, after line 18,

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20  (10)  Any county  with a population greater than 50,000 which

21  levies the full 6 cents of local option fuel tax pursuant to

22  ss. 206.41 (1) (e) and 206.87 (1) (c), and which dedicates 35

23  percent or more of its discretionary sales surtax, pursuant to

24  s.212.055, for improvements to the State Transportation System

25  or to local projects directly upgrading the State

26  Transportation System within the county's boundaries shall

27  receive preference for receipt of any transportation grant for

28  which the county applies.  This subsection shall not apply to

29  loans or nonhighway grant programs. 

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 757

    Amendment No. 3 (for drafter's use only)





  1  == D I R E C T O R Y   L A N G U A G E   A M E N D M E N T ==

  2  And the directory language is amended as follows:

  3         On page 37, lines 29 and 30

  4  remove:  all of said lines

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  6  and insert:

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  9   Subsections (5) and (10) of section 339.12, Florida Statutes,

10  are amended to read:

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14  And the title is amended as follows:

15         On page 3, line 3 after the semicolon

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19    levying specified local option taxes shall receive

20  preference points to calculate eligibility for receipt of any

21  transportation grant for which the county applies;

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