Senate Bill sb1210

    Florida Senate - 2006                                 SJR 1210

    By Senator Lawson





    6-817-06

  1                     Senate Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 9 of Article VII of the State

  4         Constitution, relating to ad valorem taxes for

  5         water-management purposes.

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  7  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         That the following amendment to Section 9 of Article

10  VII of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be

11  submitted to the electors of this state for approval or

12  rejection at the next general election or at an earlier

13  special election specifically authorized by law for that

14  purpose, and, if approved, shall take effect January 1, 2007:

15                           ARTICLE VII

16                       FINANCE AND TAXATION

17         SECTION 9.  Local taxes.--

18         (a)  Counties, school districts, and municipalities

19  shall, and special districts may, be authorized by law to levy

20  ad valorem taxes and may be authorized by general law to levy

21  other taxes, for their respective purposes, except ad valorem

22  taxes on intangible personal property and taxes prohibited by

23  this constitution.

24         (b)  Ad valorem taxes, exclusive of taxes levied for

25  the payment of bonds and taxes levied for periods not longer

26  than two years when authorized by vote of the electors who are

27  the owners of freeholds therein not wholly exempt from

28  taxation, shall not be levied in excess of the following

29  millages upon the assessed value of real estate and tangible

30  personal property: for all county purposes, ten mills; for all

31  municipal purposes, ten mills; for all school purposes, ten

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                 SJR 1210
    6-817-06




 1  mills; for water management purposes for the northwest portion

 2  of the state lying west of the line between ranges two and

 3  three east, 0.05 mill; for water management purposes for the

 4  remaining portions of the state, 1.0 mill; and for all other

 5  special districts a millage authorized by law approved by vote

 6  of the electors who are owners of freeholds therein not wholly

 7  exempt from taxation.  A county furnishing municipal services

 8  may, to the extent authorized by law, levy additional taxes

 9  within the limits fixed for municipal purposes.

10         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

11  placed on the ballot:

12                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

13                      ARTICLE VII, SECTION 9

14         LOCAL TAXES.--Proposing an amendment to the State

15  Constitution, effective January 1, 2007, to remove the limit

16  on ad valorem taxes of 0.05 mill for water-management purposes

17  which applies only to the northwest portion of the state and

18  thereby allow the 1-mill limit that applies to the rest of the

19  state to also apply to this portion.

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