Senate Bill sb0016

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                    SB 16

    By Senator Lynn





    7-1427-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to ad valorem taxation;

  3         amending s. 218.63, F.S.; providing that a

  4         local government may not participate in

  5         receiving revenues from the local government

  6         half-cent sales tax in a given year if the

  7         government levies a millage rate in excess of a

  8         rate calculated as specified; amending s.

  9         200.065, F.S.; requiring that instructions for

10         calculating such maximum millage be included on

11         the form on which the property appraiser

12         certifies to each taxing authority the taxable

13         value within the taxing authority's

14         jurisdiction; providing an effective date.

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

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18         Section 1.  Subsection (3) is added to section 218.63,

19  Florida Statutes, to read:

20         218.63  Participation requirements.--

21         (3)(a)  If in any year a unit of local government

22  levies a millage rate in excess of the maximum millage rate as

23  calculated in paragraph (b), not including any millage levied

24  pursuant to a referendum held in that year, that unit of local

25  government may not participate in the local government

26  half-cent sales tax during the next fiscal year.

27         (b)  The maximum millage rate under paragraph (a) shall

28  be calculated as the rolled-back rate as defined in s.

29  200.065, adjusted by the percentage change in the Consumer

30  Price Index for All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, all

31  items 1967=100, or successor reports for the preceding

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 1  calendar year as initially reported by the United States

 2  Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, plus 3

 3  percentage points.

 4         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 200.065, Florida

 5  Statutes, is amended to read:

 6         200.065  Method of fixing millage.--

 7         (1)  Upon completion of the assessment of all property

 8  pursuant to s. 193.023, the property appraiser shall certify

 9  to each taxing authority the taxable value within the

10  jurisdiction of the taxing authority. This certification shall

11  include a copy of the statement required to be submitted under

12  s. 195.073(3), as applicable to that taxing authority. The

13  form on which the certification is made shall include

14  instructions to each taxing authority describing the proper

15  method of computing a millage rate which, exclusive of new

16  construction, additions to structures, deletions, increases in

17  the value of improvements that have undergone a substantial

18  rehabilitation which increased the assessed value of such

19  improvements by at least 100 percent, and property added due

20  to geographic boundary changes, will provide the same ad

21  valorem tax revenue for each taxing authority as was levied

22  during the prior year. That millage rate shall be known as the

23  "rolled-back rate." The form must also include instructions to

24  each taxing authority describing the proper method of

25  computing that millage rate that would result in a loss of

26  eligibility to participate in the local government half-cent

27  sales tax under s. 218.63, if applicable. The information

28  provided pursuant to this subsection shall also be sent to the

29  tax collector by the property appraiser at the time it is sent

30  to each taxing authority.

31         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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 3    Provides that a local government may not participate in
      receiving revenues from the local government half-cent
 4    sales tax in a given year if the government levies a
      millage rate in excess of a rate calculated as specified.
 5    Requires that instructions for calculating such maximum
      millage be included on the form on which the property
 6    appraiser certifies to each taxing authority the taxable
      value within its jurisdiction.
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