MEMBER PROPOSALS
Proposal Information
With expert testimony and input from the public hearings completed, the members of the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission have begun to submit individual and committee measures in the form of statutory recommendations or constitutional proposals for consideration and debate by one or more of the four substantive committees. During the months of December and January, the measures will be taken up at the committee level and will be reported out either favorably or unfavorably.
Below are listed the committee proposals in order of submission. Chairman Bense assigns each of the measures to a committee of reference: the Finance & Taxation Committee, the Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee, the Governmental Services Committee, or the Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee.
Proposal numbers are based on this key:
- SR: Statutory Recommendation
- ISR: Informal Statutory Recommendation
- CP: Constitutional Proposal
- ICP: Informal Constitutional Proposal
Proposals 21 - 30
| Proposal: | Property Tax Amendment - Expand Exemptions/Limit Increases |
| Proposal number: | CP0021 (Adobe PDF - 930kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0021 Staff Analysis |
| Committee Substitute(s) | CS/CP0021 (Adobe PDF - 40kb) |
| Committee Substitute Staff Analysis | CS/CP0021 Staff Analysis (Adobe PDF - 172kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing amendments to Sections 3, 4, and 6 and the creation of Section 19 of Article VII and the creation of Section 27 of Article XII of the State Constitution, to provide an exemption for tangible personal property, to provide an exemption for nonhomestead improved residential property, to provide an additional homestead exemption, to limit annual assessment increases for nonhomestead real property, to provide for an increase in the sales tax rate, and to provide an effective date if such amendments are adopted. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Carlos Lacasa |
| Committees of reference: | Finance & Taxation Committee, Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Reported favorably as amended out of the Finance & Taxation Committee and the Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee. Temporarily Postponed by Taxation & Budget Reform Commission. |
| Proposal: | Affordable Housing Trust Funds/Doc Stamp |
| Proposal number: | CP0022 (Adobe PDF - 260kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0022 Staff Analysis |
| Committee Substitute(s) | CS/CP0022 (Adobe PDF - 20kb) |
| Committee Substitute Staff Analysis | CS/CP0022 Staff Analysis (Adobe PDF - 232kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing the creation of Section 28 of Article X and a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution to create the State Affordable Housing Trust Fund and the Local Government Affordable Housing Trust Fund and provide for the deposit and appropriation of funds related to the trust funds. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Darryl Rouson |
| Committees of reference: | Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee, Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Reported favorably out of the Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee and the Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee. Failed at the Taxation & Budget Reform Commission. |
| Proposal: | Property Tax Exemptions for Non-resident Property Owners |
| Proposal number: | CP0023 (Adobe PDF - 60kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0023 Staff Analysis |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing an amendment to Section 3 of Article VII and the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution to provide for a property tax exemption on residential property owned by non-resident property owners. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Gwen Margolis |
| Committee of reference: | Finance & Taxation Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Temporarily Postponed by the Finance & Taxation Committee |
| Proposal: | Florida Land and Water Conservation Trust Fund/Doc Stamp |
| Proposal number: | CP0024 (Adobe PDF - 132kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing the creation of Section 28 of Article X of the State Constitution to use thirty-five percent (35%) of the revenues from the excise tax on document to fund the management, restoration and acquisition of state lands. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Finance and Taxation Committee |
| Committees of reference: | Finance & Taxation Committee, Planning & Budgeting Processes Committee |
| Proposal: | Fiscal Crisis Funding |
| Proposal number: | CP0025 (Adobe PDF - 88kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0025 Staff Analysis |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing the creation of Section 20 of Article III and a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution to raise certain revenues during certain fiscal crisis. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Sandy D'Alemberte |
| Committees of reference: | Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee, Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Temporarily postponed by the Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee |
| Proposal: | Requiring Sixty-Five Percent Classroom Instruction |
| Proposal number: | CP0026 (Adobe PDF - 84kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0026 Staff Analysis |
| Committee Substitute(s) | CS/CP0026 (Adobe PDF - 16kb) |
| Committee Substitute Staff Analysis | CS/CP0026 Staff Analysis (Adobe PDF - 132kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing the creation of Section 8 of Article IX and a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution to require sixty-five percent of school district funding to be spend on classroom instruction, rather than on administration. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Greg Turbeville |
| Committees of reference: | Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee, Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Reported favorably out of the Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee and the Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee. Favorable by the Taxation & Budget Reform Commission. Transmittal letter sent to the Secretary of State on April 28, 2008. |
| Constitutional Proposal: | CP0026 Transmittal Letter |
| Final Disposition: | Placed on ballot as Amendment 8 by Secretary of State. Subsequently removed from ballot by Florida Supreme Court (Ford v. Browning, 992 So. 2d 132 - Fla 2008). |
| Proposal: | Establishment of Future TBRCs/Repeal GETF |
| Proposal number: | CP0027 (Adobe PDF - 584kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0027 Staff Analysis |
| Committee Substitute(s) | CS/CP0027 (Adobe PDF - 32kb) |
| Committee Substitute Staff Analysis | CS/CP0027 Staff Analysis (Adobe PDF - 160kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing the creation of Section 19 of Article III and Section 6 of Article XI of the State Constitution to change the timing and increase the frequency of the establishment of future Taxation and Budget Reform Commissions. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Mike Hogan |
| Committees of reference: | Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee, Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Reported Favorably as Amended out of the Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee and the Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee. Temporarily Postponed by the Taxation & Budget Reform Commission. |
| Proposal: | Gambling Funds for Education |
| Proposal number: | CP0028 (Adobe PDF - 144kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing the creation of Section 8 of Article IX and the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution to require a minimum level of funding for the public education system from the General Revenue Fund and to provide for certain gambling revenues to supplement education funding from the General Revenue Fund. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Sandy D�Alemberte |
| Committees of reference: | Governmental Services Committee, Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee, Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee |
| Proposal: | Sales Tax Exemptions/Review |
| Proposal number: | SR0029 (Adobe PDF - 530kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | SR0029 Staff Analysis |
| Committee Substitute(s) | CS/SR0029 (Adobe PDF - 28kb) |
| Committee Substitute Staff Analysis | CS/SR0029 Staff Analysis (Adobe PDF - 172kb) |
| Proposal subject: | An act relating to the Joint Legislative Sales and Use Tax Exemption Review Committee;... |
| Proposal type: | Statutory Recommendation |
| Proposal sponsor: | Finance & Taxation Committee |
| Committees of reference: | Finance & Taxation Committee, Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Reported favorably as amended out of the Finance & Taxation Committee and the Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee. Favorable by Taxation & Budget Reform Commission. Approved by Style & Drafting Committee. |
| Statutory Recommendation: | SR0029 Transmittal Letter (Adobe PDF - 120kb) |
| Proposal: | Class Size Limits |
| Proposal number: | CP0030 (Adobe PDF - 260kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0030 Staff Analysis |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing an amendment to Section 1 of Article IX of the State Constitution to make the class size limitations applicable to school averages and to create limited flexibility in the number of students assigned to each teacher. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Governmental Services Committee |
| Committees of reference: | Governmental Services Committee, Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Reported favorably out of the Governmental Services Committee and the Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee. Failed at Taxation & Budget Reform Commission. |