Senate Bill sb2854

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2854

    By Senator Margolis





    35-1698A-04                                         See HB 973

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Task Force to Fix Our

  3         Economy; creating the Task Force to Fix Our

  4         Economy; providing for membership; providing

  5         purposes and duties of the task force;

  6         requiring a report; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  (1)  The Task Force to Fix Our Economy is

12  established. The task force shall consist of economists who

13  have been invited to participate, one from each major public

14  university that has an economics program or department, and

15  one from each private university meeting the same

16  qualifications with fall or spring semester enrollments of at

17  least 10,000 students for the entire university, selected by

18  the respective university, and three certified public

19  accountants appointed by the Florida Institute of Certified

20  Public Accountants.

21         (2)  The task force shall examine tax and budget

22  systems of this state and political subdivisions of this state

23  for purposes of determining the fairest mechanisms for

24  providing the people of this state with a fair and equitable

25  tax system to raise sufficient revenues in this state for

26  state and local government purposes and making recommendations

27  on revisions to existing state and local tax and budget

28  systems to establish those mechanisms.

29         (3)  The task force shall select a chair and shall meet

30  at the call of the chair but at least each month. Members of

31  the task force shall serve without compensation but shall be

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2854
    35-1698A-04                                         See HB 973




 1  entitled to reimbursement for travel and per diem expenses as

 2  provided in section 112.061, Florida Statutes.

 3         (4)  The task force shall submit a report to the

 4  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

 5  House of Representatives no later than 1 year after the

 6  effective date of this act containing the results of its

 7  investigations and recommended revisions to state and local

 8  tax and budget systems.

 9         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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