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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 millage rates; amending s. 200.65, 2
F.S.; prohibiting any increase in the millage rate 3
from going into effect until it has been approved by a 4
specified vote; providing an effective date. 5
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (5) of 9
section 200.065, Florida Statutes, to read: 10
200.065 Method of fixing millage. — 11
(5) In each fiscal year: 12
(c) The previous millage rate may only be increased if 13
approved by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the governing 14
body of the county, municipality, or independent district. 15
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Any unit of government operating under a home rule cha rter 17
adopted pursuant to ss. 10, 11, and 24, Art. VIII of the State 18
Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the 19
State Constitution, which is granted the authority in the State 20
Constitution to exercise all the powers conferred now or 21
hereafter by general law upon municipalities and which exercises 22
such powers in the unincorporated area shall be recognized as a 23
municipality under this subsection. For a downtown development 24
authority established before the effective date of the State 25
HB 1195 2024
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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
Constitution which has a millage that must be approved by a 26
municipality, the governing body of that municipality shall be 27
considered the governing body of the downtown development 28
authority for purposes of this subsection. 29
Section 2. This act shall take eff ect July 1, 2024. 30