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