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FL H0885
Bill
Status
Failed
5/5/2023
Primary Sponsor
Susan Plasencia
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AI Summary
- Amends s. 212.055, F.S., to add "maintenance" as an authorized use of local government infrastructure surtax proceeds, alongside the existing authorized uses of financing, planning, and constructing infrastructure
- Expands the definition of "infrastructure" to include fixed capital expenditures associated with the "maintenance" of public facilities with a life expectancy of 5 or more years, not just construction, reconstruction, or improvement
- Removes the exception that allowed counties with fewer than 75,000 residents to use surtax proceeds for long-term maintenance costs associated with landfill closure, while maintaining the general prohibition on using proceeds for operational expenses of infrastructure
- Applies to the local government infrastructure surtax authorized under subsection (2) of s. 212.055, which may be spent by school districts, counties, and municipalities
- Takes effect upon becoming a law
Legislative Description
Authorized Use of Discretionary Sales Surtaxes
Last Action
Died in Ways & Means Committee
5/5/2023
Committee Referrals
Ways and Means Committee2/28/2023
Full Bill Text
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