Bill Text: FL S1708 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Tourist Development Councils

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Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Rules [S1708 Detail]

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       Florida Senate - 2019                                    SB 1708
       
       
        
       By Senator Rouson
       
       
       
       
       
       19-01737B-19                                          20191708__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to tourist development councils;
    3         amending s. 125.0104, F.S.; authorizing certain
    4         counties to adopt a resolution that establishes and
    5         appoints members of more than one tourist development
    6         council upon a certain finding; exempting such
    7         counties from organizing their tourist development
    8         councils in accordance with specified requirements of
    9         membership composition upon the adoption of such
   10         resolution; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (4) of
   15  section 125.0104, Florida Statutes, to read:
   16         125.0104 Tourist development tax; procedure for levying;
   17  authorized uses; referendum; enforcement.—
   18         (4) ORDINANCE LEVY TAX; PROCEDURE.—
   19         (f) Notwithstanding any other law, a county with a
   20  population of 900,000 or more, according to the last decennial
   21  census, may adopt a resolution that establishes and appoints
   22  members of more than one tourist development council upon a
   23  finding that more than one tourist development council best
   24  serves that county’s tourism industry needs. Upon the adoption
   25  of such resolution, the county is not required to organize its
   26  tourist development councils in accordance with the requirements
   27  of membership composition in paragraph (e).
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.