Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2542
                        Barcode 182406
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11  Senator Smith moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 82, between lines 6 and 7,
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17         Section 44.  Subsection (3) of section 218.245, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         218.245  Revenue sharing; apportionment.--
20         (3)  Revenues attributed to the increase in
21  distribution to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
22  Municipalities pursuant to s. 212.20(6)(d)6. from 1.0715
23  percent to 1.3409 percent provided in chapter 2003-402, Laws
24  of Florida, shall be distributed to each eligible municipality
25  and any unit of local government which is consolidated as
26  provided by s. 9, Art. VIII of the State Constitution of 1885,
27  as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII, 1968 revised constitution,
28  as follows: each eligible local government's allocation shall
29  be based on the amount it received from the half-cent sales
30  tax under s. 218.61 in the prior state fiscal year divided by
31  the total receipts under s. 218.61 in the prior state fiscal
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    5:28 PM   04/28/05                             s2542c2c-14-e0x

Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2542 Barcode 182406 1 year for all eligible local governments; provided, however, 2 for the purpose of calculating this distribution, the amount 3 received from the half-cent sales tax under s. 218.61 in the 4 prior state fiscal year by a unit of local government which is 5 consolidated as provided by s. 9, Art. VIII of the State 6 Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII, 1968 7 revised constitution, shall be reduced by 50 percent for such 8 local government and for the total receipts. For eligible 9 municipalities that began participating in the allocation of 10 half-cent sales tax under s. 218.61 in the previous state 11 fiscal year, their annual receipts shall be calculated by 12 dividing their actual receipts by the number of months they 13 participated, and the result multiplied by 12. 14 15 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 16 17 18 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 19 And the title is amended as follows: 20 On page 9, line 22, after the semicolon, 21 22 insert: 23 amending s. 218.245, F.S.; revising the 24 requirements for revenue sharing with respect 25 to certain local governments; 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 5:28 PM 04/28/05 s2542c2c-14-e0x