Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1972
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/30/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Gaetz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 437 and 438
    4  insert:
    5  Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 163.387,
    6  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         163.387 Redevelopment trust fund.—
    8         (2)
    9         (c) The following public bodies or taxing authorities are
   10  exempt from paragraph (a):
   11         1. A special district that levies ad valorem taxes on
   12  taxable real property in more than one county.
   13         2. A special district for which the sole available source
   14  of revenue the district has the authority to levy is ad valorem
   15  taxes at the time an ordinance is adopted under this section.
   16  However, revenues or aid that may be dispensed or appropriated
   17  to a district as defined in s. 388.011 at the discretion of an
   18  entity other than such district shall not be deemed available.
   19         3. A library district, except a library district in a
   20  jurisdiction where the community redevelopment agency had
   21  validated bonds as of April 30, 1984.
   22         4. A neighborhood improvement district created under the
   23  Safe Neighborhoods Act.
   24         5. A metropolitan transportation authority.
   25         6. A water management district created under s. 373.069.
   26         7. A hospital district that is a special district as
   27  defined in s. 189.403, a county hospital that has taxing
   28  authority under chapter 155, or a public health trust
   29  established pursuant to s. 154.07.
   30         Section 2. Section 200.186, Florida Statutes, is created to
   31  read:
   32         200.186 Hospital districts.—Notwithstanding any special act
   33  or other law governing the expenditure of ad valorem revenues,
   34  ad valorem revenues raised pursuant to a special act
   35  establishing a hospital district, by a county hospital pursuant
   36  to chapter 155, or a public health trust established pursuant to
   37  s. 154.07, and disbursed by the district, county hospital, or
   38  trust to municipalities or other organizations may be used only
   39  to pay for health care services.
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   42  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   43         And the title is amended as follows:
   44         Between lines 2 and 3
   45  insert:
   46         amending s. 163.387, F.S.; exempting hospital
   47         districts from the requirement to provide funding to a
   48         community redevelopment agency; creating s. 200.186,
   49         F.S.; requiring hospital district ad valorem revenues
   50         dispersed to other entities to be spent only on health
   51         care services;