Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2542, 1st Eng.
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11 Senator Smith moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 44. Effective July 1, 2006, subsection (3) of
18 section 218.245, Florida 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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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2542, 1st Eng.
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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 amended, and as preserved by s. 6(e),
7 Art. VIII, of the Constitution as revised in 1968, shall be
8 reduced by 50 percent for such local government and for the
9 total receipts. For eligible municipalities that began
10 participating in the allocation of half-cent sales tax under
11 s. 218.61 in the previous state fiscal year, their annual
12 receipts shall be calculated by dividing their actual receipts
13 by the number of months they participated, and the result
14 multiplied by 12.
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20 And the title is amended as follows:
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23 insert: amending s. 218.245, F.S.; revising the requirements
24 for revenue sharing with respect to certain local governments;
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