Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2-B
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11 Senator Lawson moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 4. Section 129.065, Florida Statutes, is
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19 129.065 Certain reductions in allocations
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21 (1) A board of county commissioners may not reduce the
22 amount it allocates for law enforcement services or
23 firefighting services below the amount allocated for such
24 services in the prior fiscal year.
25 (2) A county shall forfeit its distribution of the
26 local government half-cent sales tax revenues during the 12
27 months following a vote taken in violation of this section.
28 (3) The Department of Revenue shall enforce compliance
29 with this section.
30 Section 5. Section 166.243, Florida Statutes, is
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1 166.243 Certain reductions in allocations
2 prohibited.--
3 (1) The governing authority of a municipality may not
4 reduce the amount it allocates for law enforcement services or
5 firefighting services below the amount allocated for such
6 services in the prior fiscal year.
7 (2) A municipality shall forfeit its distribution of
8 the local government half-cent sales tax revenues during the
9 12 months following a vote taken in violation of this section.
10 (3) The Department of Revenue shall enforce compliance
11 with this section.
12 Section 6. Subsection (3) is added to section 218.63,
13 Florida Statutes, to read:
14 218.63 Participation requirements.--
15 (3) A county or municipality may not participate in
16 the distribution of local government half-cent sales tax
17 revenues during the 12 months following a determination of
18 noncompliance by the Department of Revenue as provided in s.
19 200.065(13)(e), or following a violation of s. 129.065 with
20 respect to a county or a violation of s. 166.243 with respect
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
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31 creating ss. 129.065 and 166.243, F.S.;
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1 prohibiting a board of county commissioners or
2 the governing authority of a municipality from
3 reducing the amount it allocates for law
4 enforcement services or firefighting services
5 below the amount allocated for such services in
6 the prior fiscal year; providing that a county
7 or municipality that violates such prohibition
8 forfeits its distribution of the local
9 government half-cent sales tax revenues;
10 amending s. 218.63, F.S.; prohibiting a county
11 or municipality from participating in the
12 distribution of local government half-cent
13 sales tax revenues if it levies taxes in excess
14 of the maximum aggregate taxes permitted by law
15 or reduces its allocation for law enforcement
16 services or firefighting services;
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