LAWS OF FLORIDA

 

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CHAPTER 74-430

House Bill No. 4173

 

AN ACT relating to Brevard County and local governments;

prohibiting all local governmental units from increasing their ad valorem revenues for operating budgets in excess of the ten percent over the previous year without an affirmative vote of the voters; providing an effective date.

 

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

 

Section 1. All governmental units of Brevard County levying ad valorem taxes on all or part of the tax roll of Brevard County shall be subject to the provisions of this act.

 

     Section 2.

    

     (1)  If the ad valorem tax revenues for the proposed budget of a governmental unit for operating funds exceeds by 10 percent the ad valorem tax revenues for operating funds of the preceding year exclusive of the revenues to be raised from new construction and improvements not appearing on the previous year’s assessment roll, then the governmental unit shall submit the following question to a referendum of the registered voters within that governmental unit to wit:

 

Shall the budget of (insert name of governmental unit) be final as approved by the governing body?

 

      (2)  If the majority of those voting, vote in the affirmative, then the budget shall stand as approved by the governing board of the governmental unit.  If the majority of those voting vote in the negative, then the governing board of the governmental unit shall reconvene its budget hearings in order to establish a new budget in which the ad valorem tax revenues for operating funds for the budget do not exceed ten percent of the ad valorem tax revenues for operating funds of the preceding year, exclusive of the revenues to be raised from new construction and improvements not appearing on the previous year’s assessment roll. 

 

      (3)  No city shall be required to levy less millage than that millage required to participate in revenue sharing.

   

      (4)  No school district shall be required to levy less millage than that millage which would provide maximum state funding.

 

      (5)  No provision of general law with respect to public hearings or advertisements required during the formulation of the budget by the governmental unit shall be superseded by this act.

 

      Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1974.

 

      Became a law without the Governor’s approval.

 

      Filed in Office Secretary of State June 27, 1974.