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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to referendums to increase millage; 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | amending s. 200.65, F.S.; prohibiting any increase in 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | the millage rate from going into effect until it has 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | been approved by a specified vote; providing an 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | effective date. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (5) of 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | section 200.065, Florida Statutes, to read: 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 200.065 Method of fixin g millage.— 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (5) In each fiscal year: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (c) The previous millage rate may only be increased if 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | approved by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the governing 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | body of the county, municipality, or independent district. 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Any unit of government operating un der a home rule charter 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | adopted pursuant to ss. 10, 11, and 24, Art. VIII of the State 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | State Constitution, which is granted the authority in the State 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Constitution to exercise all the powers c onferred now or 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | hereafter by general law upon municipalities and which exercises 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | such powers in the unincorporated area shall be recognized as a 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | municipality under this subsection. For a downtown development 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | authority established before the effective date of the State 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Constitution which has a millage that must be approved by a 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | municipality, the governing body of that municipality shall be 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | considered the governing body of the downtown development 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | authority for purposes of this subsection. 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 31 |
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