| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Town of Grant-Valkaria, Brevard |
| 3 | County; amending chapter 2006-348, Laws of Florida; |
| 4 | specifying certain revenue sources for qualification to |
| 5 | receive revenue-sharing funds under shared revenue |
| 6 | programs of the state; providing severability; providing |
| 7 | an effective date. |
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| 9 | WHEREAS, on June 14, 2006, chapter 2006-348, Laws of |
| 10 | Florida was approved by the Governor of the State of Florida, |
| 11 | and |
| 12 | WHEREAS, on July 25, 2006, the people of the Town of Grant- |
| 13 | Valkaria approved a referendum adopting the Charter of the Town |
| 14 | of Grant-Valkaria, and |
| 15 | WHEREAS, subsection (9) of section 10 of chapter 2006-348, |
| 16 | Laws of Florida, states in part: |
| 17 | "The provisions of section 218.23, Florida Statutes, shall |
| 18 | be waived for the purpose of eligibility to receive revenue- |
| 19 | sharing funds from December 1, 2006, through the end of state |
| 20 | fiscal year 2008-2009. The provisions of section 218.26(3), |
| 21 | Florida Statutes, shall be waived through state fiscal year |
| 22 | 2008-2009, and the apportionment factors for the municipalities |
| 23 | and counties shall be recalculated pursuant to section 218.245, |
| 24 | Florida Statutes," and |
| 25 | WHEREAS, the Town of Grant-Valkaria desires to amend |
| 26 | subsection (9) of section 10 of chapter 2006-348, Laws of |
| 27 | Florida, to provide for certain revenue sources to be considered |
| 28 | for the purpose of qualifying for revenue sharing, NOW, |
| 29 | THEREFORE, |
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| 31 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 33 | Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 10 of chapter 2006- |
| 34 | 348, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 35 | Section 10. Transition.- |
| 36 | (9) STATE-SHARED REVENUES.-The town shall be entitled to |
| 37 | participate in all shared revenue programs of the state, |
| 38 | effective immediately on December 1, 2006. The provisions of |
| 39 | section 218.23, Florida Statutes, shall be waived for the |
| 40 | purpose of eligibility to receive revenue-sharing funds from |
| 41 | December 1, 2006, through the end of state fiscal year 2008- |
| 42 | 2009. The provisions of section 218.26(3), Florida Statutes, |
| 43 | shall be waived through state fiscal year 2008-2009, and the |
| 44 | apportionment factors for the municipalities and counties shall |
| 45 | be recalculated pursuant to section 218.245, Florida Statutes. |
| 46 | The initial population estimates for calculating eligibility for |
| 47 | shared revenues shall be determined by the University of Florida |
| 48 | Bureau of Economic and Business Research as of the effective |
| 49 | date of this charter. Should the bureau be unable to provide an |
| 50 | appropriate population estimate, the initial population for |
| 51 | calculating eligibility for shared revenues shall be established |
| 52 | at the level of 3,907 as projected in the incorporation |
| 53 | feasibility study. For the purposes of qualifying for revenue |
| 54 | sharing, the following revenue sources shall be considered: |
| 55 | fire control municipal services taxing unit; law enforcement |
| 56 | municipal services taxing unit; library district revenues; |
| 57 | mosquito control district revenues; South Brevard Recreational |
| 58 | District 2001-2020 revenues; franchise fees; and communications |
| 59 | services taxes, local business taxes, public utility services |
| 60 | taxes, and ad valorem taxes. |
| 61 | Section 2. If any provision of this act or its application |
| 62 | to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity |
| 63 | does not affect other provisions or applications of the act |
| 64 | which can be given effect without the invalid provision or |
| 65 | application, and to this end the provisions of this act are |
| 66 | severable. |
| 67 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |