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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Margolis moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 23. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
18 212.0305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 212.0305 Convention development taxes; intent;
20 administration; authorization; use of proceeds.--
21 (4) AUTHORIZATION TO LEVY; USE OF PROCEEDS; OTHER
22 REQUIREMENTS.--
23 (b) Charter county levy for convention development.--
24 1. Each county, as defined in s. 125.011(1), may
25 impose, pursuant to an ordinance enacted by the governing body
26 of the county, a levy on the exercise within its boundaries of
27 the taxable privilege of leasing or letting transient rental
28 accommodations described in subsection (3) at the rate of 3
29 percent of the total consideration charged therefor. The
30 proceeds of this levy shall be known as the charter county
31 convention development tax.
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1 2. All charter county convention development moneys,
2 including any interest accrued thereon, received by a county
3 imposing the levy shall be used as follows:
4 a. Two-thirds of the proceeds shall be used to extend,
5 enlarge, and improve the largest existing publicly owned
6 convention center in the county.
7 b. One-third of the proceeds shall be used to
8 construct a new multipurpose convention/coliseum/exhibition
9 center/stadium or the maximum components thereof as funds
10 permit in the most populous municipality in the county.
11 c. After the completion of any project under
12 sub-subparagraph a., the tax revenues and interest accrued
13 under sub-subparagraph a. may be used to acquire, construct,
14 extend, enlarge, remodel, repair, improve, plan for, operate,
15 manage, or maintain one or more convention centers, stadiums,
16 exhibition halls, arenas, coliseums, or auditoriums, or golf
17 courses, and may be used to acquire and construct an intercity
18 light rail transportation system as described in the Light
19 Rail Transit System Status Report to the Legislature dated
20 April 1988, which shall provide a means to transport persons
21 to and from the largest existing publicly owned convention
22 center in the county and the hotels north of the convention
23 center and to and from the downtown area of the most populous
24 municipality in the county as determined by the county.
25 d. After completion of any project under
26 sub-subparagraph b., the tax revenues and interest accrued
27 under sub-subparagraph b. may be used, as determined by the
28 county, to operate an authority created pursuant to
29 subparagraph 4. or to acquire, construct, extend, enlarge,
30 remodel, repair, improve, operate, or maintain one or more
31 convention centers, stadiums, exhibition halls, arenas,
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1 coliseums, auditoriums, golf courses, or related buildings and
2 parking facilities in the most populous municipality in the
3 county.
4 e. For the purposes of completion of any project
5 pursuant to this paragraph, tax revenues and interest accrued
6 may be used:
7 (I) As collateral, pledged, or hypothecated for
8 projects authorized by this paragraph, including bonds issued
9 in connection therewith; or
10 (II) As a pledge or capital contribution in
11 conjunction with a partnership, joint venture, or other
12 business arrangement between a municipality and one or more
13 business entities for projects authorized by this paragraph.
14 3. The governing body of each municipality in which a
15 municipal tourist tax is levied may adopt a resolution
16 prohibiting imposition of the charter county convention
17 development levy within such municipality. If the governing
18 body adopts such a resolution, the convention development levy
19 shall be imposed by the county in all other areas of the
20 county except such municipality. No funds collected pursuant
21 to this paragraph may be expended in a municipality which has
22 adopted such a resolution.
23 4.a. Before the county enacts an ordinance imposing
24 the levy, the county shall notify the governing body of each
25 municipality in which projects are to be developed pursuant to
26 sub-subparagraph 2.a., sub-subparagraph 2.b., sub-subparagraph
27 2.c., or sub-subparagraph 2.d. As a condition precedent to
28 receiving funding, the governing bodies of such municipalities
29 shall designate or appoint an authority that shall have the
30 sole power to:
31 (I) Approve the concept, location, program, and design
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1 of the facilities or improvements to be built in accordance
2 with this paragraph and to administer and disburse such
3 proceeds and any other related source of revenue.
4 (II) Appoint and dismiss the authority's executive
5 director, general counsel, and any other consultants retained
6 by the authority. The governing body shall have the right to
7 approve or disapprove the initial appointment of the
8 authority's executive director and general counsel.
9 b. The members of each such authority shall serve for
10 a term of not less than 1 year and shall be appointed by the
11 governing body of such municipality. The annual budget of such
12 authority shall be subject to approval of the governing body
13 of the municipality. If the governing body does not approve
14 the budget, the authority shall use as the authority's budget
15 the previous fiscal year budget.
16 c. The authority, by resolution to be adopted from
17 time to time, may invest and reinvest the proceeds from the
18 convention development tax and any other revenues generated by
19 the authority in the same manner that the municipality in
20 which the authority is located may invest surplus funds.
21 5. The charter county convention development levy
22 shall be in addition to any other levy imposed pursuant to
23 this section.
24 6. A certified copy of the ordinance imposing the levy
25 shall be furnished by the county to the department within 10
26 days after approval of such ordinance. The effective date of
27 imposition of the levy shall be the first day of any month at
28 least 60 days after enactment of the ordinance.
29 7. Revenues collected pursuant to this paragraph shall
30 be deposited in a convention development trust fund, which
31 shall be established by the county as a condition precedent to
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7 And the title is amended as follows:
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11 amending s. 212.0305, F.S.; expanding the uses
12 of the convention development taxes to include
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