| 1 | Representative(s) Robaina offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 549-582 and insert: |
| 5 | (2)(a) The maximum millage rate that a county, municipal |
| 6 | service taxing unit of that county, or a special district |
| 7 | dependent to that county other than a dependent fire or library |
| 8 | district may levy by a majority vote of the governing body for |
| 9 | the 2007-2008 fiscal year shall be determined as follows: |
| 10 | 1. For any county of special financial concern for which |
| 11 | the compound annual growth rate in total county ad valorem taxes |
| 12 | levied, as defined in s. 200.001, per capita from fiscal year |
| 13 | 2001-2002 to fiscal year 2006-2007 was no more than 5 percent, |
| 14 | 100 percent of the rolled-back rate, as calculated under s. |
| 15 | 200.065; |
| 16 | 2. For any county not included in subparagraph 1. for |
| 17 | which the compound annual growth in total county ad valorem |
| 18 | taxes levied, as defined in s. 200.001, per capita from fiscal |
| 19 | year 2001-2002 to fiscal year 2006-2007 was no more than 7 |
| 20 | percent, or, notwithstanding subparagraphs 3., 4., and 5., any |
| 21 | county that is a county of special financial concern not |
| 22 | included in subparagraph 1., 97 percent of the rolled-back rate, |
| 23 | as calculated under s. 200.065; |
| 24 | 3. For any county for which the compound annual growth in |
| 25 | total county ad valorem taxes levied, as defined in s. 200.001, |
| 26 | per capita from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year 2006-2007 |
| 27 | was greater than 7 percent but no more than 9 percent, 95 |
| 28 | percent of the rolled-back rate, as calculated under s. 200.065; |
| 29 | 4. For any county for which the compound annual growth in |
| 30 | total county ad valorem taxes levied, as defined in s. 200.001, |
| 31 | per capita from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year 2006-2007 |
| 32 | was greater than 9 percent but no more than 11 percent, 93 |
| 33 | percent of the rolled-back rate, as calculated under s. 200.065; |
| 34 | 5. For any county for which the compound annual growth in |
| 35 | total county ad valorem taxes levied, as defined in s. 200.001, |
| 36 | per capita from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year 2006-2007 |
| 37 | was greater than 11 percent, 91 percent of the rolled-back rate, |
| 38 | as calculated under s. 200.065; |
| 39 | 6. For a county authorized to levy a county public |
| 40 | hospital surtax under s. 212.055, the maximum millage rate shall |
| 41 | exclude the revenues required to be contributed to the county |
| 42 | public general hospital for the purposes of making the maximum |
| 43 | millage rate calculation, but shall be added back to the maximum |
| 44 | millage rate allowed after the applicable percentage of the |
| 45 | rolled-back rate as provided in subparagraphs 1. through 5. has |
| 46 | been applied; or |
| 47 | 7. For any unit of government operating under a home rule |
| 48 | charter adopted pursuant to ss. 10, 11, and 24, Art. VIII of the |
| 49 | State Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII |
| 50 | of the State Constitution of 1968, which is granted the |
| 51 | authority in the State Constitution to exercise all the powers |
| 52 | conferred now or hereafter by general law upon municipalities |
| 53 | and which exercises such powers in the unincorporated area shall |
| 54 | be recognized as a municipality under this section. |
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| 57 | Between line(s) 45 and 46 insert: |
| 58 | providing an exception for calculating the rolled-back rate for |
| 59 | certain counties; providing that certain units of government be |
| 60 | recognized as municipalities; |