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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to county governments; amending s. 125.01, | ||
| 3 | F.S.; providing additional powers for county governing | ||
| 4 | bodies with respect to taxing and benefit units within the | ||
| 5 | county; providing an effective date. | ||
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 9 | Section 1. Paragraph (q) of subsection (1) of section | ||
| 10 | 125.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | ||
| 11 | 125.01 Powers and duties.-- | ||
| 12 | (1) The legislative and governing body of a county shall | ||
| 13 | have the power to carry on county government. To the extent not | ||
| 14 | inconsistent with general or special law, this power includes, | ||
| 15 | but is not restricted to, the power to: | ||
| 16 | (q) Establish, and subsequently merge or abolish those | ||
| 17 | created hereunder, municipal service taxing or benefit units for | ||
| 18 | any part or all of the unincorporated area of the county, within | ||
| 19 | which may be provided fire protection; law enforcement; | ||
| 20 | protection of the health, safety, and welfare of persons in the | ||
| 21 | unit; maintenance of property to benefit the unit;beach erosion | ||
| 22 | control; recreation service and facilities; water; alternative | ||
| 23 | water supplies, including, but not limited to, reclaimed water | ||
| 24 | and water from aquifer storage and recovery and desalination | ||
| 25 | systems; streets; sidewalks; street lighting; garbage and trash | ||
| 26 | collection and disposal; waste and sewage collection and | ||
| 27 | disposal; drainage; transportation; indigent health care | ||
| 28 | services; mental health care services; and other essential | ||
| 29 | facilities and municipal services from funds derived from | ||
| 30 | service charges, special assessments, or taxes within such unit | ||
| 31 | only. Subject to the consent by ordinance of the governing body | ||
| 32 | of the affected municipality given either annually or for a term | ||
| 33 | of years, the boundaries of a municipal service taxing or | ||
| 34 | benefit unit may include all or part of the boundaries of a | ||
| 35 | municipality. If ad valorem taxes are levied to provide | ||
| 36 | essential facilities and municipal services within the unit, the | ||
| 37 | millage levied on any parcel of property for municipal purposes | ||
| 38 | by all municipal service taxing units and the municipality may | ||
| 39 | not exceed 10 mills. This paragraph authorizes all counties to | ||
| 40 | levy additional taxes, within the limits fixed for municipal | ||
| 41 | purposes, within such municipal service taxing units under the | ||
| 42 | authority of the second sentence of s. 9(b), Art. VII of the | ||
| 43 | State Constitution. | ||
| 44 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. | ||