Senate Bill sb2702

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2702

    By Senator Atwater





    25-1646-04                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to property taxes; amending s.

  3         200.071, F.S.; prohibiting ad valorem tax

  4         levies by counties in excess of amounts

  5         specified in the county charter; prohibiting ad

  6         valorem tax levies by counties through

  7         municipal service taxing units in excess of

  8         amounts specified in the ordinance establishing

  9         the unit; providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (3) of section 200.071,

14  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

15         200.071  Limitation of millage; counties.--

16         (1)  Except as otherwise provided herein, no ad valorem

17  tax millage shall be levied against real property and tangible

18  personal property by counties in excess of 10 mills or the

19  amount specified in the county charter, whichever is less,

20  except for voted levies.

21         (3)  Any county which, through a municipal service

22  taxing unit, provides services or facilities of the kind or

23  type commonly provided by municipalities, may levy, in

24  addition to the millages otherwise provided in this section,

25  against real property and tangible personal property within

26  each such municipal service taxing unit an ad valorem tax

27  millage not in excess of 10 mills, or the amount specified in

28  the ordinance establishing the municipal service taxing unit,

29  whichever is less, to pay for such services or facilities

30  provided with the funds obtained through such levy within such

31  municipal service taxing unit.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2702
    25-1646-04                                              See HB




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