Florida Senate - 2014 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1632 Ì889434?Î889434 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: WD/2R . 04/25/2014 11:51 AM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Diaz de la Portilla moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (694030) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Between lines 2627 and 2628 5 insert: 6 Section 55. The governing body of a municipality that 7 created a downtown development authority and was authorized to 8 levy an additional ad valorem tax under chapter 65-1090, Laws of 9 Florida, may continue to levy said additional ad valorem tax on 10 all real and personal property in the downtown district of up to 11 0.5 mill for the purpose of financing the operation of the 12 authority. The levy of the ad valorem tax shall be in addition 13 to regular ad valorem taxes and special assessments for 14 improvements imposed by the governing body of the municipality; 15 however, the combined levy may not exceed the maximum millage 16 authorized for municipal purposes under s. 9(b), Article VII of 17 the State Constitution. 18 19 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 20 And the title is amended as follows: 21 Delete line 3340 22 and insert: 23 districts; authorizing certain municipalities to 24 continue levying an additional ad valorem tax to 25 finance the operation of a downtown development 26 authority; providing that the tax is in addition to 27 regular ad valorem taxes and assessments imposed by 28 the municipality; prohibiting the combined taxes and 29 assessments of the municipality from exceeding a 30 specified millage; amending ss. 11.45, 100.011, 31 101.657,