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Betty Easley Representative, 56th District Tallahassee

QUESTION:

Would a proposed amendment to the special act, as amended, creating a Board of Juvenile Welfare for Pinellas County, which amendment would increase the authorized millage rate from 1/2 mill to 1 mill per year for the funding of the operations of the board, require ratification by the electorate in a referendum in order to become effective?

SUMMARY:

Section 9(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution prohibits an increase in the maximum millage which may be levied in order to provide operating funds for the Board of Juvenile Welfare for…