Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2-B
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11  The Committee on Finance and Tax (Deutch) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 20, line 17, through
16            page 21, line 21, delete those lines
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18  and insert:  
19         (2)(a)  The maximum millage rate that a county,
20  municipal service taxing unit of that county, or a special
21  district dependent to that county other than a dependent fire
22  or library district may levy by a majority vote of the
23  governing body for the 2007-2008 fiscal year shall be
24  determined as follows:
25         1.  For any county of special financial concern for
26  which the compound annual growth rate in total county ad
27  valorem taxes levied, as defined in s. 200.001, per capita
28  from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year 2006-2007 was no
29  more than 5 percent, 100 percent of the rolled-back rate, as
30  calculated under s. 200.065;
31         2.  For any county not included in subparagraph 1. for
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Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2-B Barcode 900230 1 which the compound annual growth in total county ad valorem 2 taxes levied, as defined in s. 200.001, per capita from fiscal 3 year 2001-2002 to fiscal year 2006-2007 was no more than 7 4 percent, or, notwithstanding subparagraphs 3., 4., and 5., any 5 county that is a county of special financial concern not 6 included in subparagraph 1., 97 percent of the rolled-back 7 rate, as calculated under s. 200.065; 8 3. For any county for which the compound annual growth 9 in total county ad valorem taxes levied, as defined in s. 10 200.001, per capita from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year 11 2006-2007 was greater than 7 percent but no more than 9 12 percent, 95 percent of the rolled-back rate, as calculated 13 under s. 200.065; 14 4. For any county for which the compound annual growth 15 in total county ad valorem taxes levied, as defined in s. 16 200.001, per capita from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year 17 2006-2007 was greater than 9 percent but no more than 11 18 percent, 93 percent of the rolled-back rate, as calculated 19 under s. 200.065; 20 5. For any county for which the compound annual growth 21 in total county ad valorem taxes levied, as defined in s. 22 200.001, per capita from fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year 23 2006-2007 was greater than 11 percent, 91 percent of the 24 rolled-back rate, as calculated under s. 200.065; 25 6. For a county authorized to levy a county public 26 hospital surtax under s. 212.055, the maximum millage rate 27 shall exclude the revenues required to be contributed to the 28 county public general hospital for the purposes of making the 29 maximum millage rate calculation, but shall be added back to 30 the maximum millage rate allowed after the applicable 31 percentage of the rolled-back rate as provided in 2 7:00 PM 06/12/07 s0002Bc-ft30-c03
Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2-B Barcode 900230 1 subparagraphs 1. through 5. has been applied; or 2 7. For any unit of government operating under a home 3 rule charter adopted pursuant to ss. 10, 11, and 24, Art. VIII 4 of the State Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), 5 Art. VIII of the State Constitution of 1968, which is granted 6 the authority in the State Constitution to exercise all the 7 powers conferred now or hereafter by general law upon 8 municipalities and which exercises such powers in the 9 unincorporated area shall be recognized as a municipality 10 under this section. 11 12 13 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 14 And the title is amended as follows: 15 On page 2, line 26, after the semicolon 16 17 insert: 18 providing an exception for calculating the 19 rolled-back rate for certain counties; 20 providing that certain units of government be 21 recognized as municipalities; 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 7:00 PM 06/12/07 s0002Bc-ft30-c03