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    SB 6-D                                        Second Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to a special election;

  3         providing for a special election to be held

  4         January 29, 2008, pursuant to Section 5 of

  5         Article XI of the State Constitution, for the

  6         approval or rejection by the electors of this

  7         state of amendments to the State Constitution,

  8         proposed by joint resolution, relating to an

  9         exemption from ad valorem taxation for tangible

10         personal property, the transfer of the accrued

11         benefit from the limitation on assessed value

12         of homestead property, a limitation on annual

13         assessment increases for specified real

14         property, an increase in the homestead

15         exemption, and an effective date if such

16         amendments are adopted; providing for

17         publication of notice and for procedures;

18         providing an appropriation; providing a

19         contingent effective date.

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21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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23         Section 1.  Pursuant to Section 5 of Article XI of the

24  State Constitution, there shall be a special election on

25  January 29, 2008, to be held concurrently with other statewide

26  elections held on that date, if any, at which there shall be

27  submitted to the electors of this state for approval or

28  rejection the amendments to the State Constitution proposed in

29  Senate Joint Resolution 2-D or House Joint Resolution 7001-D,

30  2007D Special Session.

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    SB 6-D                                        Second Engrossed



 1         Section 2.  Publication of notice shall be in

 2  accordance with Section 5 of Article XI of the State

 3  Constitution. The special election shall be held as other

 4  special elections are held.

 5         Section 3.  The sum of $560,000 in nonrecurring funds

 6  from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the

 7  Department of State for the 2007-2008 fiscal year for the

 8  purpose of advertising the constitutional amendments being

 9  submitted to the electors of this state at the special

10  election called by this act.

11         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

12  law if enacted by a vote of at least three-fourths of the

13  membership of each house of the Legislature and if Senate

14  Joint Resolution 2-D or House Joint Resolution 7001-D, 2007D

15  Special Session, is adopted by both houses of the Legislature.

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