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FL S0786

Bill

Status

Failed

5/2/2014

Primary Sponsor

Community Affairs

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the local government infrastructure surtax to include maintenance of transportation infrastructure, subject to voter approval by referendum.

  • Adds "relocation," "permit compliance," and planning-related costs to the definition of infrastructure eligible for surtax funding.

  • Authorizes counties to levy a discretionary sales surtax of up to 0.5 percent for homeless services and facilities, including outreach, case management, emergency housing, and job readiness programs.

  • Requires counties imposing the homeless services surtax to adopt an ordinance with a plan for providing services to qualified homeless residents, subject to voter approval in a regularly scheduled election.

  • Maintains the combined cap on local option sales surtaxes at 1 percent across all authorized surtax types.

Legislative Description

Discretionary Sales Surtaxes

Last Action

Died in Transportation

5/2/2014

Committee Referrals

Transportation3/25/2014
Community Affairs3/4/2014
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs2/6/2014

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