Florida Statute 373.0697 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XXVIII
NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION, RECLAMATION, AND USE

Chapter 373
WATER RESOURCES

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F.S. 373.0697

373.0697 Basin taxes.—The respective basins may, pursuant to s. 9(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution, by resolution request the governing board of the district to levy ad valorem taxes within such basin. Upon receipt of such request, a basin tax levy shall be made by the governing board of the district to finance basin functions enumerated in s. 373.0695, notwithstanding the provisions of any other general or special law to the contrary, and subject to the provisions of s. 373.503(3).

(1) The amount of money to be raised by said tax levy shall be determined by the adoption of an annual budget by the district board of governors, and the average millage for the basin shall be that amount required to raise the amount called for by the annual budget when applied to the total assessment of the basin as determined for county taxing purposes. However, no such tax shall be levied within the basin unless and until the annual budget and required tax levy shall have been approved by formal action of the basin board, and no county in the district shall be taxed under this provision at a rate to exceed 1 mill.

(2) The taxes provided for in this section shall be extended by the county property appraiser on the county tax roll in each county within, or partly within, the basin and shall be collected by the tax collector in the same manner and time as county taxes, and the proceeds therefrom paid to the district for basin purposes. Said taxes shall be a lien, until paid, on the property against which assessed and enforceable in like manner as county taxes. The property appraisers, tax collectors, and clerks of the circuit court of the respective counties shall be entitled to compensation for services performed in connection with such taxes at the same rates as apply to county taxes.

(3) It is hereby determined that the taxes authorized by this subsection are in proportion to the benefits to be derived by the several parcels of real estate within the basin from the works authorized herein.

History.—s. 6, ch. 73-190; s. 2, ch. 75-125; s. 5, ch. 76-243.

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Cases Citing Statute 373.0697

Total Results: 8

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2002-04-22

Snippet: budgetary and taxing authority set forth in section 373.0697, Florida Statutes. There is no statutory requirement

Barley v. S. FLA. WATER MANAGEMENT DIST.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-04-11

Citation: 823 So. 2d 73, 2002 WL 534597

Snippet: Florida Constitution and sections 373.503 and 373.0697, Florida Statutes (1993), to levy ad valorem taxes

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1994-04-07

Snippet: county taxes."6 The plain language of section 373.0697(2), Florida Statutes, subjects the collection

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1986-06-19

Snippet: is that of a special taxing district. See, s. 373.0697, F.S.; AGO's 77-17; 77-93. And see, s. 20.261

Osceola Cty. v. St. Johns River Water Mgt. Dist.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-03-06

Citation: 486 So. 2d 616, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 595, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6754

Snippet: independent of D.E.R. See e.g., § 373.0693, § 373.0697, § 373.083-099, § 373.106, § 373.119, § 373.139

Deseret Ranches of Florida, Inc. v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-12-02

Citation: 406 So. 2d 1132, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 21783

Snippet: are extensive. See, e.g., §§ 373.047, 373.0693, 373.0697, 373.083-.099, 373.106, 373.119, 373.129, 373

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1978-06-05

Snippet: districtwide tax, pursuant to ss. 192.091(2)(b) and (c),373.0697(2), and 373.539(4), F. S., and such other statutory

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1977-02-09

Snippet: derived by the properties within the basin. Section 373.0697, F. S. (1976 Supp.). Both the title and the text