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11 The Committee on General Government Appropriations (Baker)
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 12. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
19 212.0305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 212.0305 Convention development taxes; intent;
21 administration; authorization; use of proceeds.--
22 (4) AUTHORIZATION TO LEVY; USE OF PROCEEDS; OTHER
23 REQUIREMENTS.--
24 (b) Charter county levy for convention development.--
25 1. Each county, as defined in s. 125.011(1), may
26 impose, under pursuant to an ordinance enacted by the
27 governing body of the county, a levy on the exercise within
28 its boundaries of the taxable privilege of leasing or letting
29 transient rental accommodations described in subsection (3) at
30 the rate of 3 percent of the total consideration charged
31 therefor. The proceeds of this levy shall be known as the
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1 charter county convention development tax.
2 2. All charter county convention development moneys,
3 including any interest accrued thereon, received by a county
4 imposing the levy shall be used as follows:
5 a. Two-thirds of the proceeds shall be used to extend,
6 enlarge, and improve the largest existing publicly owned
7 convention center in the county.
8 b. One-third of the proceeds shall be used to
9 construct a new multipurpose convention/coliseum/exhibition
10 center/stadium or the maximum components thereof as funds
11 permit in the most populous municipality in the county.
12 c. After the completion of any project under
13 sub-subparagraph a., the tax revenues and interest accrued
14 under sub-subparagraph a. may be used to acquire, construct,
15 extend, enlarge, remodel, repair, improve, plan for, operate,
16 manage, or maintain one or more convention centers, stadiums,
17 exhibition halls, arenas, coliseums, or auditoriums, or golf
18 courses, and may be used to acquire and construct an intercity
19 light rail transportation system as described in the Light
20 Rail Transit System Status Report to the Legislature dated
21 April 1988, which shall provide a means to transport persons
22 to and from the largest existing publicly owned convention
23 center in the county and the hotels north of the convention
24 center and to and from the downtown area of the most populous
25 municipality in the county as determined by the county.
26 d. After completion of any project under
27 sub-subparagraph b., the tax revenues and interest accrued
28 under sub-subparagraph b. may be used, as determined by the
29 county, to operate an authority created pursuant to
30 subparagraph 4. or to acquire, construct, extend, enlarge,
31 remodel, repair, improve, operate, or maintain one or more
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1 convention centers, stadiums, exhibition halls, arenas,
2 coliseums, auditoriums, golf courses, or related buildings and
3 parking facilities in the most populous municipality in the
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5 e. For the purposes of completion of any project
6 pursuant to this paragraph, tax revenues and interest accrued
7 may be used:
8 (I) As collateral, pledged, or hypothecated for
9 projects authorized by this paragraph, including bonds issued
10 in connection therewith; or
11 (II) As a pledge or capital contribution in
12 conjunction with a partnership, joint venture, or other
13 business arrangement between a municipality and one or more
14 business entities for projects authorized by this paragraph.
15 3. The governing body of each municipality in which a
16 municipal tourist tax is levied may adopt a resolution
17 prohibiting imposition of the charter county convention
18 development levy within such municipality. If the governing
19 body adopts such a resolution, the convention development levy
20 shall be imposed by the county in all other areas of the
21 county except such municipality. No funds collected pursuant
22 to this paragraph may be expended in a municipality which has
23 adopted such a resolution.
24 4.a. Before the county enacts an ordinance imposing
25 the levy, the county shall notify the governing body of each
26 municipality in which projects are to be developed pursuant to
27 sub-subparagraph 2.a., sub-subparagraph 2.b., sub-subparagraph
28 2.c., or sub-subparagraph 2.d. As a condition precedent to
29 receiving funding, the governing bodies of such municipalities
30 shall designate or appoint an authority that shall have the
31 sole power to:
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1 (I) Approve the concept, location, program, and design
2 of the facilities or improvements to be built in accordance
3 with this paragraph and to administer and disburse such
4 proceeds and any other related source of revenue.
5 (II) Appoint and dismiss the authority's executive
6 director, general counsel, and any other consultants retained
7 by the authority. The governing body shall have the right to
8 approve or disapprove the initial appointment of the
9 authority's executive director and general counsel.
10 b. The members of each such authority shall serve for
11 a term of not less than 1 year and shall be appointed by the
12 governing body of such municipality. The annual budget of such
13 authority shall be subject to approval of the governing body
14 of the municipality. If the governing body does not approve
15 the budget, the authority shall use as the authority's budget
16 the previous fiscal year budget.
17 c. The authority, by resolution to be adopted from
18 time to time, may invest and reinvest the proceeds from the
19 convention development tax and any other revenues generated by
20 the authority in the same manner that the municipality in
21 which the authority is located may invest surplus funds.
22 5. The charter county convention development levy
23 shall be in addition to any other levy imposed pursuant to
24 this section.
25 6. A certified copy of the ordinance imposing the levy
26 shall be furnished by the county to the department within 10
27 days after approval of such ordinance. The effective date of
28 imposition of the levy shall be the first day of any month at
29 least 60 days after enactment of the ordinance.
30 7. Revenues collected pursuant to this paragraph shall
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1 shall be established by the county as a condition precedent to
2 receipt of such funds.
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8 And the title is amended as follows:
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12 amending s. 212.0305, F.S.; permitting golf
13 courses to be built with the proceeds of a
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