1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to property taxes; amending s. 200.185, |
3 | F.S.; changing the time a municipality must have been in a |
4 | state of financial emergency to be considered a |
5 | municipality of special financial concern; providing for |
6 | calculating maximum millage rates for 2008-2009 fiscal |
7 | year for certain municipalities; providing an effective |
8 | date. |
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10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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12 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section |
13 | 200.185, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
14 | 200.185 Maximum millage rates for the 2007-2008 and 2008- |
15 | 2009 fiscal years.-- |
16 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
17 | (b) "Municipality of special financial concern" means a |
18 | municipality within a county of special financial concern or a |
19 | municipality that has been at any time since June 30, 2002, 2001 |
20 | in a state of financial emergency pursuant to s. 218.503. |
21 | Section 2. For purposes of determining maximum millage |
22 | rates for the 2008-2009 fiscal year pursuant to s. |
23 | 200.185(5)(a), Florida Statutes, or s. 200.186(1)(a), Florida |
24 | Statutes, a municipality that, as a result of the application of |
25 | the amendment to s. 200.185(1)(b), Florida Statutes, made by |
26 | section 1, is no longer considered a municipality of special |
27 | financial concern under s. 200.185, Florida Statutes, shall be |
28 | treated as if the municipality had never been a municipality of |
29 | special financial concern. |
30 | Section 3. This act shall take effect November 1, 2007. |