Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2-B
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11  Senator Geller moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 26, between lines 27 and 28,
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17         Section 12.  (1)  An Impact Fee Study Commission shall
18  be created by October 1, 2007, for the purpose of determining
19  the extent to which local governments attempt to balance their
20  respective budgets by excessively increasing impact fees in
21  response to implementing the provisions of this act, and to
22  make recommendations for additional statutory provisions that
23  should be taken to ensure that local governments do not
24  balance their respective budgets by increasing impact fees to
25  excessive levels.
26         (2)  The commission shall be comprised of nine members,
27  appointed as follows:
28         (a)  Three members appointed by the Governor;
29         (b)  Two members appointed by the President of the
30  Senate;
31         (c)  Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House
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Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2-B Barcode 833622 1 of Representatives; 2 (d) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 3 Senate; and 4 (e) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 5 House of Representatives. 6 (3)(a) Members of the commission shall serve without 7 compensation, but are entitled to reimbursement for per diem 8 and travel expenses in accordance with s. 112.061, Florida 9 Statutes. 10 (b) The Department of Revenue shall provide to the 11 commission the necessary staff and administrative support. 12 (4) The commission shall hold three public meetings in 13 three different geographical areas of the state and shall 14 submit a final report and recommendations to the Governor, the 15 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 16 Representatives by January 15, 2008. 17 18 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 19 20 21 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 22 And the title is amended as follows: 23 On page 3, line 11, after the semicolon, 24 25 insert: 26 creating the Impact Fee Study Commission for 27 the purpose of determining the extent to which 28 local governments attempt to balance their 29 respective budgets by excessively increasing 30 impact fees in response to the provisions of 31 this act; providing for the appointment of 2 7:53 PM 06/13/07 s0002Bc-31-j16
Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2-B Barcode 833622 1 members; providing for the members to serve 2 without compensation but to be entitled to 3 reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses; 4 requiring the Department of Revenue to provide 5 administrative support for the commission; 6 requiring the commission to hold public 7 meetings and submit recommendations to the 8 Governor and the Legislature by a specified 9 date; 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 7:53 PM 06/13/07 s0002Bc-31-j16