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<br />SECTION I. The City Commission urges its citizens to consider that the proposed <br />amendment will compound existing disparities and inequities for Florida's property tax payers <br />and fails to resolve the disparities and inequities in appraised values. <br /> <br />SECTION II. The City Commission urges its citizens to consider the fact that the proposed <br />amendment ignores the dramatic influence unfunded state mandates and the state's shifting of its <br />educational funding responsibility have had on property tax increases. <br /> <br />SECTION III. The City Commission urges its citizens to consider that the impact of a <br />proposed amendment to the constitution for which the fiscal consequences are unknown. <br /> <br />SECTION IV. The City Commission opposes the proposal scheduled to appear on the <br />January 29, 2008 ballot because it fails to resolve the disparities and inequities embedded in the <br />existing property tax structure and in current appraised values and fails to address unfunded state <br />mandates and the state's practice of requiring local school boards to increase school property taxes. <br /> <br />SECTION V. The City Commission supports an amendment to the state constitution that <br />prohibits "unfunded state mandates" and requires the savings derived therefrom to be used to reduce <br />property taxes. <br /> <br />SECTION VI. The City Commission supports a prohibition on the state's existing practice <br />of requiring local school boards to increase school property taxes to fulfill the state's constitutional <br />obligation to adequately fund public education. <br /> <br />SECTION VII. The City Commission urges the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform <br />Commission to develop meaningful and comprehensive tax reform measures that are consistent with <br />this Resolution. <br /> <br />SECTION VIII. Conflicts. All Resolutions or parts of Resolutions in conflict with any of <br />the provisions of this Resolution are hereby repealed. <br /> <br />SECTION IX. Severability. If any Section or portion of a Section of this Resolution <br />proves to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional, it shall not be held to invalidate or impair the <br />validity, force, or effect of any other Section or part of this Resolution. <br /> <br />SECTION X. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its <br />passage and adoption. <br /> <br />PASSED and ADOPTED this <br /> <br />day of <br /> <br />, AD 2008 <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />Thelma McPherson <br />City Clerk <br /> <br />Bob Goff _ lJ <br />Mayor ~4f'/ <br /> <br />,J~1: 3/1 >; <br /> <br />---- <br />