Senate Bill sb2756

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2756

    By Senator Haridopolos





    26-1817-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Brevard County; limiting

  3         annual increases in the county's operating

  4         budget; providing for exemptions to the

  5         limitation; providing for a referendum;

  6         providing effective dates.

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

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10         Section 1.  Limitation on increases in Brevard County

11  operating budget.--Except as provided in this act, annual

12  increases in Brevard County's operating budget may not exceed

13  the percentage increase in the county's population, as

14  determined by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research's

15  latest "Florida Estimates of Population," plus the percentage

16  change in the Consumer Price Index as provided in s.

17  193.155(1)(b), Florida Statutes. This limitation in annual

18  increases in the county's operating budget may be overcome by

19  a finding of necessity due to emergency or critical need,

20  which finding is approved by a super majority vote of the

21  county commission.

22         Section 2.  Referendum.--

23         (1)  In conjunction with the next countywide election,

24  and in accordance with the general laws governing elections,

25  the Brevard County Supervisor of Elections shall conduct a

26  referendum of qualified electors of the county for the purpose

27  of posing the following question:

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29         Limitation on Annual Increases in Brevard

30         County's Operating Budget

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2756
    26-1817-07




 1         Shall annual increases in Brevard County's

 2         operating budget be limited to the percentage

 3         change in the county's population plus the

 4         percentage change in the Consumer Price Index

 5         unless the county commission finds, by a super

 6         majority vote, that exceeding the limitation is

 7         necessary due to emergency or critical need?

 8         _____Yes

 9         _____No

10         (2)  As used in this section, the term "qualified

11  elector" means a person who is registered to vote in a general

12  election held in Brevard County.

13         Section 3.  This act, except for this section and

14  section 2, which shall take effect upon becoming a law, shall

15  take effect only upon its approval by a majority vote of those

16  qualified electors of Brevard County voting in a referendum

17  held in accordance with section 2.

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