Senate Bill sb1632

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1632

    By Senator Fasano





    11-398-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to county governments; amending

  3         s. 125.01, F.S.; providing additional powers

  4         for county governing bodies with respect to

  5         taxing and benefit units within the county;

  6         providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Paragraph (q) of subsection (1) of section

11  125.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

12         125.01  Powers and duties.--

13         (1)  The legislative and governing body of a county

14  shall have the power to carry on county government.  To the

15  extent not inconsistent with general or special law, this

16  power includes, but is not restricted to, the power to:

17         (q)  Establish, and subsequently merge or abolish those

18  created hereunder, municipal service taxing or benefit units

19  for any part or all of the unincorporated area of the county,

20  within which may be provided fire protection; law enforcement;

21  protection of the health, safety, and welfare of persons in

22  the unit; maintenance of property to benefit the unit; beach

23  erosion control; recreation service and facilities; water;

24  alternative water supplies, including, but not limited to,

25  reclaimed water and water from aquifer storage and recovery

26  and desalination systems; streets; sidewalks; street lighting;

27  garbage and trash collection and disposal; waste and sewage

28  collection and disposal; drainage; transportation; indigent

29  health care services; mental health care services; and other

30  essential facilities and municipal services from funds derived

31  from service charges, special assessments, or taxes within

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1632
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  1  such unit only. Subject to the consent by ordinance of the

  2  governing body of the affected municipality given either

  3  annually or for a term of years, the boundaries of a municipal

  4  service taxing or benefit unit may include all or part of the

  5  boundaries of a municipality. If ad valorem taxes are levied

  6  to provide essential facilities and municipal services within

  7  the unit, the millage levied on any parcel of property for

  8  municipal purposes by all municipal service taxing units and

  9  the municipality may not exceed 10 mills.  This paragraph

10  authorizes all counties to levy additional taxes, within the

11  limits fixed for municipal purposes, within such municipal

12  service taxing units under the authority of the second

13  sentence of s. 9(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution.

14         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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17                          SENATE SUMMARY

18    Provides additional powers for county governing bodies,
      including protecting the health, safety, and welfare of
19    persons in the county and protecting property to benefit
      the county.
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