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FL H1123
Bill
Status
Failed
4/30/2010
Primary Sponsor
Ari Porth
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AI Summary
- Authorizes municipalities in Broward County to levy special assessments to fund law enforcement services, either wholly or partially
- Requires municipalities to adopt an ordinance establishing a law enforcement services assessment with costs apportioned based on a methodology that charges each parcel in reasonable proportion to its benefits
- Mandates that in the initial year of implementation, municipalities reduce ad valorem tax revenue by an amount equal to the law enforcement assessment, with a maximum millage rate reduction of 75 percent (or 50 percent if approved by extraordinary majority vote)
- Limits future increases to the law enforcement assessment to the same growth rate permitted for ad valorem revenue under Florida Statutes section 200.065
- Establishes legislative findings that law enforcement services provide a logical benefit to real property by preventing property crimes and protecting property values
Legislative Description
Broward County
Last Action
Died in Committee on Military & Local Affairs Policy (EDCA)
4/30/2010
Committee Referrals
Military & Local Affairs Policy3/1/2010
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