| 1 | Representative Cannon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 850-932 and insert: |
| 5 | capita Florida personal income, unless a higher rate is adopted, |
| 6 | in which case the maximum is the adopted rate. The maximum |
| 7 | millage rate applicable to a county authorized to levy a county |
| 8 | public hospital surtax under s. 212.055 that did so in fiscal |
| 9 | year 2007 shall exclude the revenues required to be contributed |
| 10 | to the county public general hospital in the current fiscal year |
| 11 | for the purposes of making the maximum millage rate calculation, |
| 12 | but shall be added back to the maximum millage rate allowed |
| 13 | after the roll back has been applied, the total of which shall |
| 14 | be considered the maximum millage rate for such a county for |
| 15 | purposes of this subsection. The revenue required to be |
| 16 | contributed to the county public general hospital for the |
| 17 | upcoming fiscal year shall be calculated by multiplying 11.873 |
| 18 | percent by the millage rate levied for countywide purposes in |
| 19 | fiscal year 2007 and multiplying the result by 95 percent of the |
| 20 | preliminary tax roll for the upcoming fiscal year. A higher rate |
| 21 | may be adopted only under the following conditions: |
| 22 | 1. A rate of not more than 110 percent of the rolled-back |
| 23 | rate based on the previous year's maximum millage rate, adjusted |
| 24 | for change growth in per capita Florida personal income, may be |
| 25 | adopted if approved by a two-thirds vote of the membership of |
| 26 | the governing body of the county, municipality, or independent |
| 27 | district; or |
| 28 | 2. A rate in excess of 110 percent may be adopted if |
| 29 | approved by a unanimous vote of the membership of the governing |
| 30 | body of the county, municipality, or independent district or by |
| 31 | a three-fourths vote of the membership of the governing body if |
| 32 | the governing body has nine or more members, or if the rate is |
| 33 | approved by a referendum. |
| 34 | (b) The millage rate of a county or municipality, |
| 35 | municipal service taxing unit of that county, and any special |
| 36 | district dependent to that county or municipality may exceed the |
| 37 | maximum millage rate calculated pursuant to this subsection if |
| 38 | the total county ad valorem taxes levied or total municipal ad |
| 39 | valorem taxes levied do not exceed the maximum total county ad |
| 40 | valorem taxes levied or maximum total municipal ad valorem taxes |
| 41 | levied respectively. Voted millage and taxes levied by a |
| 42 | municipality or independent special district that has levied ad |
| 43 | valorem taxes for less than 5 years are not subject to this |
| 44 | limitation. The millage rate of a county authorized to levy a |
| 45 | county public hospital surtax under s. 212.055 may exceed the |
| 46 | maximum millage rate calculated pursuant to this subsection to |
| 47 | the extent necessary to account for the revenues required to be |
| 48 | contributed to the county public hospital. Total taxes levied |
| 49 | may exceed the maximum calculated pursuant to subsection (6) as |
| 50 | a result of an increase in taxable value above that certified in |
| 51 | subsection (1) if such increase is less than the percentage |
| 52 | amounts contained in subsection (6) or if the administrative |
| 53 | adjustment cannot be made because the value adjustment board is |
| 54 | still in session at the time the tax roll is extended; otherwise |
| 55 | however, if such increase in taxable value exceeds the |
| 56 | percentage amounts contained in this subsection, millage rates |
| 57 | subject to this subsection, s. 200.185, or s. 200.186 may must |
| 58 | be reduced so that total taxes levied do not exceed the maximum. |
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| 60 | Any unit of government operating under a home rule charter |
| 61 | adopted pursuant to ss. 10, 11, and 24, Art. VIII of the State |
| 62 | Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the |
| 63 | State Constitution of 1968, which is granted the authority in |
| 64 | the State Constitution to exercise all the powers conferred now |
| 65 | or hereafter by general law upon municipalities and which |
| 66 | exercises such powers in the unincorporated area shall be |
| 67 | recognized as a municipality under this subsection. For a |
| 68 | downtown development authority established before the effective |
| 69 | date of the 1968 State Constitution which has a millage that |
| 70 | must be approved by a municipality, the governing body of that |
| 71 | municipality shall be considered the governing body of the |
| 72 | downtown development authority for purposes of this subsection. |
| 73 | Section 12. Subsections (5) and (8) of section 200.185, |
| 74 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 75 | 200.185 Maximum millage rates for the 2007-2008 and 2008- |
| 76 | 2009 fiscal years.-- |
| 77 | (5) In the 2008-2009 fiscal year, a county, municipal |
| 78 | service taxing units of that county, and special districts |
| 79 | dependent to that county; a municipality and special districts |
| 80 | dependent to that municipality; and an independent special |
| 81 | district may levy a maximum millage determined as follows: |
| 82 | (a)1. The maximum millage rate that may be levied shall be |
| 83 | the rolled-back rate calculated pursuant to s. 200.065 and |
| 84 | adjusted for change growth in per capita Florida personal |
| 85 | income, |
| 86 | income, |