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• RESOLUTION NO. 4 -68
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORID® URGING AND
PETITIONING THE JZGISI�4,TURE OF THE STATE OF R5R TO MM"
OR AMEND. CHAP= 69 -54, LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA., VHICH
IS AN ACT RELATING TO THE A ►1T, EQUA -1.1 IOAI, AND COL -
IECTION OF AD VALOREM TAIW BY MUNICIPALITIES;. PROVIDING IMR
THE AW2=KMT AND COLLWrION OF ALL AD VALOREM _TAXES LEVIED
BY MUNICIPALITIES TO BE AS SESSE D BY THE COUNTY TAY ASSESSOR
AND COIJZCTEB BY THE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR OF THE COUNTY IN
WHICH THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE LOCATED;
WHEREAS, the 1969 Session of the Legislature of the State of
Florida passed House Bill No. 1082, being Chapter 69 -54, providing for
the collection and assessment of municipal ad valorem taxes by the
county tax collector and county tax assessor of the county in which the
municipalities are located and;
WHEREAS, it was felt by the Legislature that considerable
• savings could be achieved by the municipalities by the passage of this
.Act, and;
WHERFAS, the Village of Tequesta, Florida favors the idea of
consolidation of they- duties of the municipal tax collector and tax
assessor into the county tax collector and tax assessor if a savings
can actually be achieved by the municipalities, and;
the Legislature of the State of Florida has placed
a limitation on the amount of millage which a municipality May levy for
ad valorem taxes, and;
WWWAS, the county tax assessor's tax roll in most instances
varies from the municipal tax roll and, in fact, is in most cases lower
than the municipal tax roll, and;
SAS, in the event the county tax assessor uses the county
• tax roll for the assessed valuation of property in the municipalities
and the municipalities are limited by law to the levy of ten mills on
the assessed valuation, it will mean that there wil1 be a considerable
loss of revenue to the municipalities from ad valorem taxation, and;
WEREAS, in addition to the loss of revenue based on the county
tax assessor's tax roll, the county will charge the municipalities an
additional sum for the services which they perform, and
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WHEREAS, this will result in a great loss of moneys to the
municipalities;
• NOW, THEREFORE, BE AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE
COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUUE:SSTA, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 . That the Legislature of the State of Florida is
hereby urged and petitioned to repeal Chapter 69 -54, Laws of Florida, 1969.
Section 2 . That as an alternative for the repeal of Chapter
69 -54, Laws of Florida, the Legislature of the State of Florida amend the
said Act to provide as follows:
a) That this act shall apply to only those municipalities
which elect to invoke its provisions.
b) That the entire cost of the services rendered by the county
tax collector and county tax assessor to the municipalities which elect
to invoke the Act shall be borne by the county.
. c) That the tax roll and assessed valuation of the property
located in the municipalities shall not be less than that assessed by
the municipalities at the time this Act takes effect.
d) That the moneys collected by the county tax collector for
the municipalities shall be turned over to the municipalities within 15
days after the collection thereof.
e) That the municipalities shall have the right to review the
county tax roll and an opportunity to be heard thereon before the county
tax roll is certified to the county tax collector.
Section 3 . That this Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon.passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ,� b day of September, 1969.
Village Seal L
70 bert E. Sylvester Mayor
ATTEST
4':' bent Harp, Village Clerk
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