Senate Bill sb0538

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 538

    By Senator Jones





    13-542-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to ad valorem taxation for

  3         public education; amending ss. 1011.71 and

  4         1011.73, F.S.; extending the maximum duration

  5         of voted ad valorem millage for school district

  6         operations; providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (6) of section 1011.71, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         1011.71  District school tax.--

13         (6)  In addition to the maximum millage levied under

14  this section and the General Appropriations Act, a school

15  district may levy, by local referendum or in a general

16  election, additional millage for school operational purposes

17  up to an amount that, when combined with nonvoted millage

18  levied under this section, does not exceed the 10-mill limit

19  established in s. 9(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution.

20  Any such levy shall be for a maximum of 10 4 years and shall

21  be counted as part of the 10-mill limit established in s.

22  9(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution. Millage elections

23  conducted under the authority granted pursuant to this section

24  are subject to s. 1011.73. Funds generated by such additional

25  millage do not become a part of the calculation of the Florida

26  Education Finance Program total potential funds in 2001-2002

27  or any subsequent year and must not be incorporated in the

28  calculation of any hold-harmless or other component of the

29  Florida Education Finance Program formula in any year. If an

30  increase in required local effort, when added to existing

31  millage levied under the 10-mill limit, would result in a

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 538
    13-542-07




 1  combined millage in excess of the 10-mill limit, any millage

 2  levied pursuant to this subsection shall be considered to be

 3  required local effort to the extent that the district millage

 4  would otherwise exceed the 10-mill limit.

 5         Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 1011.73, Florida

 6  Statutes, is amended to read:

 7         1011.73  District millage elections.--

 8         (2)  MILLAGE AUTHORIZED NOT TO EXCEED 10 4 YEARS.--The

 9  district school board, pursuant to resolution adopted at a

10  regular meeting, shall direct the county commissioners to call

11  an election at which the electors within the school district

12  may approve an ad valorem tax millage as authorized under s.

13  1011.71(6). Such election may be held at any time, except that

14  not more than one such election shall be held during any

15  12-month period. Any millage so authorized shall be levied for

16  a period not in excess of 10 4 years or until changed by

17  another millage election, whichever is earlier. If any such

18  election is invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction,

19  such invalidated election shall be considered not to have been

20  held.

21         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

22  law.

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25                          SENATE SUMMARY

26    Extends from 4 years to 10 years the maximum duration of
      voted ad valorem millage that may be levied for school
27    district operations.

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