| 1 | Representative(s) Simmons offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 2403 and 2404, insert: |
| 5 | Section 43. Effective July 1, 2006, subsection (3) of |
| 6 | section 218.245, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 218.245 Revenue sharing; apportionment.-- |
| 8 | (3) Revenues attributed to the increase in distribution to |
| 9 | the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities pursuant to s. |
| 10 | 212.20(6)(d)6. from 1.0715 percent to 1.3409 percent provided in |
| 11 | chapter 2003-402, Laws of Florida, shall be distributed to each |
| 12 | eligible municipality and any unit of local government which is |
| 13 | consolidated as provided by s. 9, Art. VIII of the State |
| 14 | Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII, 1968 |
| 15 | revised constitution, as follows: each eligible local |
| 16 | government's allocation shall be based on the amount it received |
| 17 | from the half-cent sales tax under s. 218.61 in the prior state |
| 18 | fiscal year divided by the total receipts under s. 218.61 in the |
| 19 | prior state fiscal year for all eligible local governments; |
| 20 | provided, however, for the purpose of calculating this |
| 21 | distribution, the amount received from the half-cent sales tax |
| 22 | under s. 218.61 in the prior state fiscal year by a unit of |
| 23 | local government which is consolidated as provided by s. 9, Art. |
| 24 | VIII of the State Constitution of 1885, as amended, and as |
| 25 | preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII, of the Constitution as revised |
| 26 | in 1968, shall be reduced by 50 percent for such local |
| 27 | government and for the total receipts. For eligible |
| 28 | municipalities that began participating in the allocation of |
| 29 | half-cent sales tax under s. 218.61 in the previous state fiscal |
| 30 | year, their annual receipts shall be calculated by dividing |
| 31 | their actual receipts by the number of months they participated, |
| 32 | and the result multiplied by 12. |
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| 35 | Between line(s) 246 and 247, insert: |
| 36 | amending s. 218.245, F.S.; revising the requirements for |
| 37 | revenue sharing with respect to certain local governments; |