§ 200.30.04. Levy of assessments, adoption of budget.

1.

The board of county commissioners hereby authorizes a levy of a special assessment under the authority of the second sentence of Section 9 (b) Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Florida Statutes 125.01(q) in an amount to be determined annually by the board of county commissioners based on an assessment per parcel/acre within the East Gifford Watershed Area Municipal Service Benefit Unit.

2.

Pursuant to said authority, the board hereby further authorizes the levying and collection of special assessments in a uniform manner for those municipal service benefit unit expenditures which are determined to provide a reasonably uniform special benefit to all those properties within the benefit unit against which such special assessment is made.

3.

Special assessments authorized by this section shall be levied and a budget prepared and adopted by the county commission at the same time and in the same manner as the board prepares and adopts its annual budget and levies taxes as provided by law,

4.

All special assessments authorized under this section shall be assessed, levied, collected, remitted to and accounted for at the same time and in the same manner as the assessments, levies, collection, and remittance of taxes to the general fund by the county commission as provided by law. The budget for this benefit unit in each year shall contain that portion of the estimated cost of providing services hereunder, including debt service, for which costs will be incurred in the given year.

(Ord. No. 2000-035, § 1, 11-7-00)