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Florida Statutes (Last Updated: April 21, 2021) |
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TITLE XIII. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
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CHAPTER 189. UNIFORM SPECIAL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT |
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PART VI. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
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- 1It is the intent of the Legislature through the adoption of this chapter to have one centralized location for all legislation governing special districts and to:27(1) 28Improve the enforcement of statutes currently in place that help ensure the accountability of special districts to state and local governments.49(2) 50Improve communication and coordination between state agencies with respect to required special district reporting and state monitoring.67(3) 68Improve communication and coordination between special districts and other local entities with respect to ad valorem taxation, non-ad valorem assessment collection, special district elections, and local government comprehensive planning.97(4) 98Move toward greater uniformity in special district elections and non-ad valorem assessment collection procedures at the local level without hampering the efficiency and effectiveness of the current procedures.126(5) 127Clarify special district definitions and creation methods in order to ensure consistent application of those definitions and creation methods across all levels of government.151(6) 152Specify in general law the essential components of any new type of special district.166(7) 167Specify in general law the essential components of a charter for a new special district.182(8) 183Encourage the creation of municipal service taxing units and municipal service benefit units for providing municipal services in unincorporated areas of each county.
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Note.-Former s. 189.402(2).
