Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SJR 2-D
                        Barcode 730440
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11  Senator Deutch moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments) 
14         On page 12, between lines 18 and 19,
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16  insert:  
17         SECTION 8.  Aid to local governments.--
18         (a)  State funds may be appropriated to the several
19  counties, school districts, municipalities or special
20  districts upon such conditions as may be provided by general
21  law. These conditions may include the use of relative ad
22  valorem assessment levels determined by a state agency
23  designated by general law.
24         (b)  By general law, the legislature may establish
25  conditions precedent to the receipt of local government
26  half-cent sales tax revenues, but only to the extent such
27  half-cent sales tax revenues are not pledged to retire debt.
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30  ==== D I R E C T O R Y   C L A U S E   A M E N D M E N T ====
31  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
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Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SJR 2-D Barcode 730440 1 On page 1, line 27, delete that line 2 3 and insert: 4 That the following amendments to Sections 3, 4, 6, 8, 5 and 6 7 8 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 9 And the title is amended as follows: 10 On page 1 lines 3-21, delete those lines 11 12 and insert: 13 Sections 3, 4, 6, 8, and 9 of Article VII and 14 Section 1 of Article VIII and the creation of 15 Sections 27 and 28 of Article XII of the State 16 Constitution, to require an exemption from ad 17 valorem taxation for tangible personal 18 property, to provide for the transfer of the 19 accrued benefit from the limitation on the 20 assessed value of homestead property, to 21 provide for assessing rent-restricted 22 affordable housing and commercial and 23 public-access waterfront property by general 24 law, to increase the homestead exemption, to 25 create an additional homestead exemption for 26 first-time homestead property owners, to 27 provide an additional homestead exemption for 28 low-income seniors, to appropriate state funds 29 to counties, school districts, municipalities, 30 or special districts, to authorize the 31 Legislature to establish precedent to the 2 8:43 PM 10/16/07 s0002Dc1c-30-t01
Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SJR 2-D Barcode 730440 1 receipt of local government sales tax revenue, 2 to require each county to have an 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 8:43 PM 10/16/07 s0002Dc1c-30-t01