Senate Bill sb0488

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SJR 488

    By Senator Lawson





    6-180-04

  1                 Senate Joint Resolution No. ____

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 9 of Article VII of the State

  4         Constitution, relating to ad valorem taxes for

  5         water management purposes, to standardize the

  6         maximum millage rate for the entire state.

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  8  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         That the following amendment to Section 9 of Article

11  VII of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be

12  submitted to the electors of this state for approval or

13  rejection at the next general election or at an earlier

14  special election specifically authorized by law for that

15  purpose:

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17                           ARTICLE VII

18                       FINANCE AND TAXATION

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20         SECTION 9.  Local taxes.--

21         (a)  Counties, school districts, and municipalities

22  shall, and special districts may, be authorized by law to levy

23  ad valorem taxes and may be authorized by general law to levy

24  other taxes, for their respective purposes, except ad valorem

25  taxes on intangible personal property and taxes prohibited by

26  this constitution.

27         (b)  Ad valorem taxes, exclusive of taxes levied for

28  the payment of bonds and taxes levied for periods not longer

29  than two years when authorized by vote of the electors who are

30  the owners of freeholds therein not wholly exempt from

31  taxation, shall not be levied in excess of the following

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SJR 488
    6-180-04




 1  millages upon the assessed value of real estate and tangible

 2  personal property: for all county purposes, ten mills; for all

 3  municipal purposes, ten mills; for all school purposes, ten

 4  mills; for water management purposes for the northwest portion

 5  of the state lying west of the line between ranges two and

 6  three east, 0.05 mill; for water management purposes for the

 7  remaining portions of the state, 1.0 mill; and for all other

 8  special districts a millage authorized by law approved by vote

 9  of the electors who are owners of freeholds therein not wholly

10  exempt from taxation.  A county furnishing municipal services

11  may, to the extent authorized by law, levy additional taxes

12  within the limits fixed for municipal purposes.

13         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

14  placed on the ballot:

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16                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

17                      ARTICLE VII, SECTION 9

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19         LOCAL TAXES.--Proposing an amendment to the State

20  Constitution with regard to ad valorem taxes for water

21  management purposes which provides a uniform maximum millage

22  rate for the entire state by increasing the millage rate from

23  0.05 mill to 1 mill for the northwest portion of the state

24  lying west of the line between ranges two and three east.

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