Donalds proposes county funding formula
U.S. representative and Florida gubernatorial candidate
“what we want to do is set up a funding formula for these counties if this passes”
Source and context
Interview
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Donalds defends homestead property-tax relief, proposes a funding formula for fiscally constrained counties if the ballot amendment passes, and describes a longer-term goal of eliminating homestead property taxes. His $350–400m figure concerns those counties, not all statewide losses.
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Legislative summary estimates local non-school property-tax cash impacts of -$4.95bn FY 2027–28 and -$8.78bn FY 2028–29 if voter-approved, at stated exemption levels; this scores Amendment 3, not Donalds's prospective full-elimination goal.
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An interviewer asked how Donalds would handle local-government revenue losses if the separate Amendment 3 ballot measure passed.
After the quotation
Donalds estimated $350–400 million annually for fiscally constrained counties and separately described a later review aimed at eliminating homestead property taxes if the amendment failed.
How this statement is classified
Responding to: The state could accommodate a replacement funding formula for fiscally constrained counties under the 2026 homestead property-tax amendment.
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
Defends the tax-relief approach and proposes a partial offset for one category of counties; the quoted estimate is not a statewide fiscal replacement plan.
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