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CS/HB 211: Municipalities and Special Districts

GENERAL BILL by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council ; Machek ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bucher ; Nehr

Municipalities and Special Districts; Authorizes municipalities to specify voting methodology for levying & collecting special assessments; expands purposes for which special district may be treated as municipality; increases filing fee for members of district boards of supervisors; abolishes Pinellas Sports Authority, Tri-County Hospital Authority, Eagle Bay Sub-Drainage District, Bay County Bridge Authority, & North Sumter County Hospital District, etc.

Effective Date: 07/01/2008
 Last Action: 5/2/2008 Senate - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/30/2007 House • Filed
    12/12/2007 House • Referred to Government Efficiency & Accountability Council
    1/15/2008 House • Referred to Urban & Local Affairs (GEA) by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council
    1/30/2008 House • On Committee agenda-- Urban & Local Affairs (GEA), 02/06/08, 1:00 pm, 306-H
    2/6/2008 House • Favorable by Urban & Local Affairs (GEA); YEAS 7 NAYS 0
    2/7/2008 House • Now in Government Efficiency & Accountability Council
    3/4/2008 House • Introduced, referred to Government Efficiency & Accountability Council -HJ 00022; Referred to Urban & Local Affairs (GEA) by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council -HJ 00128; On Committee agenda-- Urban & Local Affairs (GEA), 02/06/08, 1:00 pm, 306-H; Favorable by Urban & Local Affairs (GEA); YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -HJ 00140; Now in Government Efficiency & Accountability Council -HJ 00140
    3/17/2008 House • On Council agenda-- Government Efficiency & Accountability Council, 03/19/08, 9:45 am, Morris Hall
    3/19/2008 House • CS by- Government Efficiency & Accountability Council; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 00362
    3/28/2008 House • CS read 1st time on 03/28/08 -HJ 00358; CS filed
    3/29/2008 House • CS referred to Policy & Budget Council -HJ 00365; Now in Policy & Budget Council
    4/23/2008 House • Withdrawn from Policy & Budget Council -HJ 00779; Placed on Calendar
    4/25/2008 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -HJ 00941; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00942
    4/28/2008 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 01017; CS passed as amended; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 -HJ 01017
    4/28/2008 Senate • In Messages
    5/2/2008 Senate • Died in Messages

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  • CS/HB 211, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/25/2008 at 3:25 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (5)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    S 2710 (c1) Special Districts [RPCC] Aronberg Similar Last Action: 5/2/2008 S Died in Committee on Governmental Operations
    Location:
    H 399 (c1) Financial Management by Local Governments Grant Compare Last Action: 5/2/2008 H Died on Calendar
    Location:
    H 7035 (e1) Public Construction Attkisson Compare Last Action: 5/2/2008 S Died in Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 697 (Ch. 2008-191)
    Location:
    S 640 (c1) Local Governments/Financial Management [RPCC] Oelrich Compare Last Action: 5/2/2008 S Died on Calendar
    Location:
    S 2648 (c1) Government Accountability [RPCC] Dean Compare Last Action: 5/2/2008 S Died in Committee on Education Pre-K - 12
    Location:

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    577665 - Amendment
    		Coley 4/25/2008
    6:40 PM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/28/2008 5:22 PM House 116 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    170.01 Authority for providing improvements and levying and collecting special assessments against property benefited.
    189.403 Definitions.
    189.4221
    190.006 Board of supervisors; members and meetings.
    418.27

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  • CS/HB 211, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/28/2008 at 8:08 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Government Efficiency & Accountability Council (Post-Meeting) (pdf)
    Policy & Budget Council (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

    Floor Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    129467 - Amendment
    		Machek 4/24/2008
    1:29 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 958795 - Amendment to Amendment (129467)
    		Machek 4/24/2008
    4:04 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 528739 - Amendment to Amendment (129467)
    		Attkisson 4/24/2008
    5:26 PM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    170.01 Authority for providing improvements and levying and collecting special assessments against property benefited.
    189.403 Definitions.
    189.4221

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  • HB 211, Original Filed Version Posted 11/9/2007 at 3:10 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Committee on Urban & Local Affairs (Post-Meeting) (pdf)
    Committee on Urban & Local Affairs (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    189.4221

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