Florida Senate - 2019 SB 1708 By Senator Rouson 19-01737B-19 20191708__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to tourist development councils; 3 amending s. 125.0104, F.S.; authorizing certain 4 counties to adopt a resolution that establishes and 5 appoints members of more than one tourist development 6 council upon a certain finding; exempting such 7 counties from organizing their tourist development 8 councils in accordance with specified requirements of 9 membership composition upon the adoption of such 10 resolution; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (4) of 15 section 125.0104, Florida Statutes, to read: 16 125.0104 Tourist development tax; procedure for levying; 17 authorized uses; referendum; enforcement.— 18 (4) ORDINANCE LEVY TAX; PROCEDURE.— 19 (f) Notwithstanding any other law, a county with a 20 population of 900,000 or more, according to the last decennial 21 census, may adopt a resolution that establishes and appoints 22 members of more than one tourist development council upon a 23 finding that more than one tourist development council best 24 serves that county’s tourism industry needs. Upon the adoption 25 of such resolution, the county is not required to organize its 26 tourist development councils in accordance with the requirements 27 of membership composition in paragraph (e). 28 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.