Florida Senate - 2014 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 5601 Ì671712ÄÎ671712 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: WD . 05/02/2014 07:44 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Smith moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (526842) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Between lines 5 and 6 5 insert: 6 Section 1. Effective July 1, 2014, paragraph (i) is added 7 to subsection (1) of section 163.506, Florida Statutes, to read: 8 163.506 Local government neighborhood improvement 9 districts; creation; advisory council; dissolution.— 10 (1) After a local planning ordinance has been adopted 11 authorizing the creation of local government neighborhood 12 improvement districts, the local governing body of a 13 municipality or county may create local government neighborhood 14 improvement districts by the enactment of a separate ordinance 15 for each district, which ordinance: 16 (i) May authorize the district to borrow money, contract 17 for loans, and issue bonds, certificates, warrants, notes, or 18 other evidence of indebtedness to finance the undertaking of a 19 capital project for a purpose permitted by the State 20 Constitution and this part, and to pledge the special assessment 21 power of the district for the payment of such debts and bonds. 22 1. Loans contracted by the district pursuant to this 23 paragraph may not have a term that exceeds the life of the 24 project secured by the loan. 25 2. Bonds issued by the district pursuant to this paragraph 26 must be authorized by resolution of the board, by resolution of 27 the governing body of the municipality or county, and by a 28 referendum as described in s. 163.514(16). As provided by 29 resolution or trust indenture, or a mortgage issued pursuant 30 thereto, bonds may be issued in one or more series and must bear 31 the specified date or dates; be payable upon demand or mature at 32 the specified time or times; bear interest at the specified rate 33 or rates; be in the specified denomination or denominations; be 34 in the specified form, registered or not, with or without 35 coupon; carry specified conversion or registration privileges; 36 have the specified rank or priority; be executed in the 37 specified manner; be payable in the specified medium of payment, 38 at such place or places, and subject to the specified terms of 39 redemption, with or without premium; be secured in the specified 40 manner; and have other characteristics as may be specified. 41 42 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 43 And the title is amended as follows: 44 Delete line 1394 45 and insert: 46 An act relating to taxation; amending s. 163.506, 47 F.S.; providing that an ordinance that creates a local 48 government neighborhood improvement district may 49 authorize the district to incur certain debts and 50 pledge the special assessment power of the district to 51 pay such debts for the purpose of financing certain 52 capital projects; providing conditions on the exercise 53 of such power; amending s. 202.11, F.S.;