| 1 | Representative(s) Pickens, Bean, Coley, Boyd, Kendrick, |
| 2 | Richardson, Ausley, and Taylor offered the following: |
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| 4 | Amendment to Amendment (950257) (with title amendment) |
| 5 | Between lines 1036 and 1037, insert: |
| 6 | Section 19. Effective October 1, 2008, for the 2008-2009 |
| 7 | fiscal year and annually thereafter, an amount equivalent to the |
| 8 | value of the revenue reduction to the fiscally constrained |
| 9 | counties, as defined in s. 218.67(1), Florida Statutes, to |
| 10 | municipalities in such fiscally constrained counties, and to |
| 11 | municipalities with per capita ad valorem tax levies of less |
| 12 | than $1,000 or with a population of less than 25,000 that have |
| 13 | been at any time since June 2002 in a state of financial |
| 14 | emergency pursuant to s. 218.503, Florida Statutes, occurring as |
| 15 | a result of amendments to the State Constitution which operate |
| 16 | retroactive to January 1, 2008, if adopted, shall be |
| 17 | appropriated by the Legislature to each such county and |
| 18 | municipality. Funds appropriated shall be distributed to such |
| 19 | counties and municipalities in an amount proportionate to the |
| 20 | total amount of the revenue reduction resulting from the |
| 21 | adoption of the amendments, but the total distribution to all |
| 22 | such counties and municipalities may not exceed $50 million in |
| 23 | any year. |
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| 26 | Remove line 1186 and insert: |
| 27 | as municipalities; providing for an annual appropriation of |
| 28 | funds to fiscally constrained counties, municipalities in such |
| 29 | counties, and certain other municipalities in proportion to the |
| 30 | revenue reduction resulting from certain constitutional |
| 31 | amendments; limiting the total annual distribution; requiring |
| 32 | the Department of Revenue to |