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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 certain increases in the millage 3
rate from going into effect until it has been approved 4
by a 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) Except as provided in subparagraph (a)2., the previous 13
millage rate may only be increased if approved by a two -thirds 14
vote of the membership of the governing body of the county, 15
municipality, or independent district. 16
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Any unit of government operating under 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 conferred 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 establishe d 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 sub section. 30
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 31