Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Community Affairs (Bennett) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
19 40.013, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 40.013 Persons disqualified or excused from jury
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23 (b) Any full-time federal, state, or local law
24 enforcement officer or such entities' investigative personnel
25 or any full-time firefighter, as defined in s. 112.81, shall
26 be excused from jury service unless such persons choose to
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28 Section 2. Subsections (5), (6), and (7) of section
29 191.008, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (6),
30 (7), and (8), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added
31 to that section, to read:
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1 191.008 Special powers.--Independent special fire
2 control districts shall provide for fire suppression and
3 prevention by establishing and maintaining fire stations and
4 fire substations and acquiring and maintaining such
5 firefighting and fire protection equipment deemed necessary to
6 prevent or fight fires. All construction shall be in
7 compliance with applicable state, regional, and local
8 regulations, including adopted comprehensive plans and land
9 development regulations. The board shall have and may exercise
10 any or all of the following special powers relating to
11 facilities and duties authorized by this act:
12 (5) Recover reasonable court costs, including
13 attorney's fees, from the nonprevailing party in any civil
14 action to enforce the provisions of chapter 553 or chapter 633
15 and this section concerning fire suppression and prevention
16 and the enforcement of the firesafety code.
17 Section 3. Subsection (12) is added to section
18 191.011, Florida Statutes, to read:
19 191.011 Procedures for the levy and collection of
20 non-ad valorem assessments.--
21 (12) Property owned or operated by a religious
22 institution and used primarily as a place of worship shall be
23 exempt from any non-ad valorem assessments levied pursuant to
24 this act if the governing board of the district desires to
25 exempt all religious institutions in the district from such
26 assessments. As used in this subsection, the term "religious
27 institution" means any church, synagogue, or other established
28 physical place for worship at which nonprofit religious
29 services and activities are regularly conducted and carried
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31 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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5 And the title is amended as follows:
6 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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9 A bill to be entitled
10 An act relating to firefighting; amending s.
11 40.013, F.S.; excusing certain firefighters
12 from jury duty service; amending s. 191.008,
13 F.S.; authorizing the governing board of a fire
14 control district to recover court costs and
15 attorney's fees in certain civil actions;
16 amending s. 191.011, F.S.; authorizing a fire
17 control district to exempt property owned or
18 operated by religious institutions from non-ad
19 valorem assessments; providing a definition;
20 providing an effective date.
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