| 18 | | - | by a specified vote; authorizing the Department of 5 |
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| 19 | | - | Revenue to adopt emergency rules; providing for future 6 |
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| 20 | | - | expiration of such authority; providing effective 7 |
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| 21 | | - | dates. 8 |
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| 22 | | - | 9 |
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| 23 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 24 | | - | 11 |
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| 25 | | - | Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (5) of 12 |
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| 26 | | - | section 200.065, Florida Statutes, to read: 13 |
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| 27 | | - | 200.065 Method of fixing millage. — 14 |
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| 28 | | - | (5) In each fiscal year: 15 |
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| 29 | | - | (c) Except as provided in subparagraph (a)2., the prior 16 |
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| 30 | | - | year adopted millage rate may only be increased if approved by a 17 |
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| 31 | | - | two-thirds vote of the membership of the governing body of the 18 |
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| 32 | | - | county, municipality, or independent district. 19 |
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| 33 | | - | 20 |
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| 34 | | - | Any unit of government operating under a home rule charter 21 |
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| 35 | | - | adopted pursuant to ss. 10, 11, and 24, Art. VIII of the State 22 |
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| 36 | | - | Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the 23 |
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| 37 | | - | State Constitution, which is granted the authority in the State 24 |
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| 38 | | - | Constitution to exercise all the powers conferred now or 25 |
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| 18 | + | by a specified vote; providing an effective date. 5 |
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| 19 | + | 6 |
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| 20 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7 |
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| 21 | + | 8 |
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| 22 | + | Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (5) of 9 |
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| 23 | + | section 200.065, Florida Statutes, to read: 10 |
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| 24 | + | 200.065 Method of fixing millage. — 11 |
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| 25 | + | (5) In each fiscal year: 12 |
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| 26 | + | (c) Except as provided in subparagraph (a)2., the previous 13 |
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| 27 | + | millage rate may only be increased if approved by a two -thirds 14 |
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| 28 | + | vote of the membership of the governing body of the county, 15 |
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| 29 | + | municipality, or independent district. 16 |
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| 30 | + | 17 |
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| 31 | + | Any unit of government operating under a home rule charter 18 |
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| 32 | + | adopted pursuant to ss. 10, 11, and 24, Art. VIII of the State 19 |
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| 33 | + | Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the 20 |
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| 34 | + | State Constitution, which is granted the authority in the State 21 |
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| 35 | + | Constitution to exercise all the powers conferred now or 22 |
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| 36 | + | hereafter by general law upon municipalities and which exercises 23 |
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| 37 | + | such powers in the unincorporated area shall be recognized as a 24 |
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| 38 | + | municipality under this subsection. For a downtown development 25 |
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| 51 | | - | hereafter by general law upon municipalities and which exercises 26 |
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| 52 | | - | such powers in the uninc orporated area shall be recognized as a 27 |
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| 53 | | - | municipality under this subsection. For a downtown development 28 |
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| 54 | | - | authority established before the effective date of the State 29 |
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| 55 | | - | Constitution which has a millage that must be approved by a 30 |
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| 56 | | - | municipality, the governing body of that municipality shall be 31 |
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| 57 | | - | considered the governing body of the downtown development 32 |
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| 58 | | - | authority for purposes of this subsection. 33 |
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| 59 | | - | Section 2. (1) The Department of Revenue is authorized, 34 |
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| 60 | | - | and all conditions are deemed met, to adopt emergency rules 35 |
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| 61 | | - | pursuant to s. 120.54(4), Florida Statutes, to implement the 36 |
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| 62 | | - | amendments made by this act to s. 200.065, Florida Statutes. 37 |
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| 63 | | - | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, emergency rules 38 |
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| 64 | | - | adopted pursuant to this subsection are effective for 6 months 39 |
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| 65 | | - | after adoption and may be renewed during the pendency of 40 |
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| 66 | | - | procedures to adopt permanent rules addressing the subject of 41 |
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| 67 | | - | the emergency rules. 42 |
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| 68 | | - | (2) This section shall take effect upon this act becoming 43 |
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| 69 | | - | a law and expires July 1, 2026. 44 |
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| 70 | | - | Section 3. Except as otherwise ex pressly provided in this 45 |
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| 71 | | - | act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon 46 |
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| 72 | | - | this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 47 |
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| 73 | | - | 2024. 48 |
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| 51 | + | authority establishe d before the effective date of the State 26 |
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| 52 | + | Constitution which has a millage that must be approved by a 27 |
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| 53 | + | municipality, the governing body of that municipality shall be 28 |
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| 54 | + | considered the governing body of the downtown development 29 |
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| 55 | + | authority for purposes of this sub section. 30 |
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| 56 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 31 |
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