| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Task Force to Fix Our Economy; |
| 3 | creating the Task Force to Fix Our Economy; providing for |
| 4 | membership; providing purposes and duties of the task |
| 5 | force; requiring a report; providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. (1) The Task Force to Fix Our Economy is |
| 10 | established. The task force shall consist of economists who have |
| 11 | been invited to participate, one from each major public |
| 12 | university that has an economics program or department, and one |
| 13 | from each private university meeting the same qualifications |
| 14 | with fall or spring semester enrollments of at least 10,000 |
| 15 | students for the entire university, selected by the respective |
| 16 | university, and three certified public accountants appointed by |
| 17 | the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. |
| 18 | (2) The task force shall examine tax and budget systems of |
| 19 | this state and political subdivisions of this state for purposes |
| 20 | of determining the fairest mechanisms for providing the people |
| 21 | of this state with a fair and equitable tax system to raise |
| 22 | sufficient revenues in this state for state and local government |
| 23 | purposes and making recommendations on revisions to existing |
| 24 | state and local tax and budget systems to establish those |
| 25 | mechanisms. |
| 26 | (3) The task force shall select a chair and shall meet at |
| 27 | the call of the chair but at least each month. Members of the |
| 28 | task force shall serve without compensation but shall be |
| 29 | entitled to reimbursement for travel and per diem expenses as |
| 30 | provided in s. 112.061, Florida Statutes. |
| 31 | (4) The task force shall submit a report to the Governor, |
| 32 | the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
| 33 | Representatives no later than 1 year after the effective date of |
| 34 | this act containing the results of its investigations and |
| 35 | recommended revisions to state and local tax and budget systems. |
| 36 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |