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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 tourist development tax; amending 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | s. 125.0104, F.S.; prohibiting a plan for tourist 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | development from allocating more than a certain 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | percentage of the tax revenue to an individual project 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | unless the governing board of the county approves such 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | use by supermajority vote; providing an effective 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Paragraph (c) of su bsection (4) of section 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 125.0104, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 125.0104 Tourist development tax; procedure for levying; 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | authorized uses; referendum; enforcement. — 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (4) ORDINANCE LEVY TAX; PROCEDURE. — 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) Before a referendum to enact or renew the ordinance 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | levying and imposing the tax, the county tourist development 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | council shall prepare and submit to the governing board of the 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | county for its approval a plan for tourist development. The plan 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | shall set forth the anticipated net tourist developme nt tax 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | revenue to be derived by the county for the 24 months following 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the levy of the tax; the tax district in which the enactment or 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | renewal of the ordinance levying and imposing the tourist 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | development tax is proposed; and a list, in the order of 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | priority, of the proposed uses of the tax revenue by specific 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | project or special use as the same are authorized under 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | subsection (5). The plan shall include the approximate cost or 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | expense allocation for each specific project or special use. The 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | plan may not allocate more than 25 percent of the tax revenue 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | received for a fiscal year to fund an individual project unless 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | the governing board of the county approves such use by 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | supermajority vote. 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 34 |
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