| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to distribution of charter county transit |
| 3 | system surtax proceeds; prohibiting certain counties from |
| 4 | withholding surtax proceeds from certain municipalities; |
| 5 | requiring certain counties to retroactively reimburse |
| 6 | certain municipalities excluded from distributions of |
| 7 | surtax proceeds for withheld surtax proceeds; providing an |
| 8 | effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. |
| 13 | 212.055(1)(d), Florida Statutes, a charter county with a |
| 14 | population greater than 1.5 million according to the most recent |
| 15 | decennial census may not withhold charter county transit system |
| 16 | surtax proceeds from any municipality in the county incorporated |
| 17 | after April 1, 2003. Any such charter county that entered into |
| 18 | interlocal agreements with municipalities in the county after |
| 19 | November 5, 2002, for distributions of charter county transit |
| 20 | system surtax proceeds under s. 212.055, Florida Statutes, shall |
| 21 | retroactively reimburse any municipality incorporated after |
| 22 | April 1, 2003, that was excluded from distributions of surtax |
| 23 | proceeds for any withheld surtax proceeds. |
| 24 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |