Senate Bill sb2424

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2424

    By Senator Haridopolos





    26-1584-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the municipal service tax;

  3         amending s. 125.01, F.S.; authorizing charter

  4         counties to levy and collect a municipal

  5         service tax; deleting the provision that a

  6         referendum is not a prerequisite to levying ad

  7         valorem taxes for the provision of municipal

  8         services within a municipal service tax unit;

  9         providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (r) of subsection (1) of section

14  125.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

15         125.01  Powers and duties.--

16         (1)  The legislative and governing body of a county

17  shall have the power to carry on county government.  To the

18  extent not inconsistent with general or special law, this

19  power includes, but is not restricted to, the power to:

20         (r)  Levy and collect taxes, including a municipal

21  service tax in a county that has adopted a charter under part

22  II of chapter 125, both for county purposes and for the

23  providing of municipal services within any municipal service

24  taxing unit, and special assessments; borrow and expend money;

25  and issue bonds, revenue certificates, and other obligations

26  of indebtedness, which power shall be exercised in such

27  manner, and subject to such limitations, as may be provided by

28  general law. There shall be no referendum required for the

29  levy by a county of ad valorem taxes, both for county purposes

30  and for the providing of municipal services within any

31  municipal service taxing unit.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2424
    26-1584-05




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

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 6    Authorizes a charter county's levying and collecting a
      municipal service tax. Deletes the provision that a
 7    referendum is not a prerequisite to levying ad valorem
      taxes for providing municipal services within a municipal
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