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...by the city to impose a minimum ad valorem tax. We do not agree that a referendum was required in this instance. The city pledged proceeds from its guaranteed entitlement funds and sales tax to secure its obligations under the Interlocal Agreement. Section 218.23, Florida Statutes (1983), specifies the requirements which must be fulfilled by the city for it to be eligible to receive the guaranteed entitlement funds in any fiscal year....
...ed revenue from any combination of these four sources ... . This paragraph requires only a minimum amount of revenue to be raised from the ad valorem tax, the occupational license tax, and the utility tax. It does not require a minimum millage rate. § 218.23(1)(c), Florida Statutes (1983) (emphasis added)....
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1978).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
...Thus, if the money borrowed for the purchase of a fire truck is repaid solely from uncommitted revenue sharing funds making up the guaranteed entitlement of the city, as defined by s.
218.21 (6)(b), F. S., distributed to the municipality pursuant to ss.
218.23 (2) and
218.245 (2), F....
...The revenue sharing trust for municipalities is created and established by s.
218.215 (2), F. S. To be eligible to participate in revenue sharing beyond the minimum entitlement defined in s.
218.21 (7), F. S., a unit of local government must comply with the provisions of s.
218.23 . Section
218.23 (2) also provides the formula for determining entitlement for eligible municipalities, including the guaranteed entitlement, see s.
218.23 (2)(b), F....
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1994).
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...entive to eligible county law enforcement officers would render the county ineligible to participate in revenue sharing beyond the minimum entitlement for the fiscal year in which the county fails to certify that it meets the minimum requirements in section 218.23 , Florida Statutes....
...You state that the county commission has asked you to delete incentive pay for your certified deputies as a budgetary item for the next fiscal year. The commission has asked you to specify exactly what revenues would be jeopardized by its failure to include the incentive pay in your budget. Section 218.23 , Florida Statutes, sets forth the eligibility requirements for units of local government to participate in revenue sharing beyond the minimum entitlement. Relative to your inquiry, section 218.23 , Florida Statutes, in part, provides: (1) To be eligible to participate in revenue sharing beyond the minimum entitlement in any fiscal year, a unit of local government is required to have: * * * (d) Certified that persons in its employ as law enforcement officers, as defined in s....
...municipality failed to certify compliance with section 633.382 , Florida Statutes. That statute requires the payment of supplemental compensation to eligible firefighters. As is the case with salary incentives for eligible law enforcement officers, section 218.23 (1)(e), Florida Statutes, requires certification of compliance with section 633.382 , Florida Statutes, in order for a county or municipality to receive revenue sharing funds beyond the minimum entitlement....
...es, the funds remaining in the trust are distributed to those counties eligible to receive additional moneys beyond the guaranteed entitlement. 9 Accordingly, as discussed above, a county that fails to certify its compliance with the requirements in section 218.23 , Florida Statutes, would be ineligible to receive these additional moneys....
...For the fiscal year 1993-1994, the LGFI Handbook estimates for Franklin County a first guaranteed entitlement of $18,862 and a second guaranteed entitlement of $41,026. 10 Additional moneys designated as "growth money" available to Franklin County, due to its certification of compliance with section 218.23 , Florida Statutes, amount to $95,547....
...ntitlement and shall not be deemed to be a part of the guaranteed entitlement for purposes of any indenture, contract, or pledge to holders of obligations issued by any county. 8 1993 Local Government Financial Information Handbook, p. 58. See also, section 218.23 (2)(a)-(e), Fla. Stat. (1993), setting forth the distribution formula for revenue sharing funds. 9 See, s. 218.23 (e), Fla....
