Florida Statute 218.62 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE

Chapter 218
FINANCIAL MATTERS PERTAINING TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

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218.62 Distribution formulas.—

(1) Each participating county and municipal government shall receive a proportion of moneys earmarked for distribution within that county.

(2) The proportion for each county government shall be computed by dividing the sum of the unincorporated area population plus two-thirds of the incorporated area population by the sum of the total county population plus two-thirds of the incorporated area population.

(3) The proportion for each municipal government shall be computed by dividing the population of that municipality by the sum of the total county population plus two-thirds of the incorporated area population.

(4) Effective October 1, 2000, the apportionment factors shall, except in the case of error in the population certified pursuant to s. 186.901, remain in effect for the fiscal year. Adjustments to distributions to correct errors shall be made subsequent to receipt of a corrected population certified pursuant to s. 186.901.

History.—s. 10, ch. 82-154; s. 1, ch. 2003-33.

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Cases Citing Statute 218.62

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Poe v. Hillsborough Cnty., 695 So. 2d 672 (Fla. 1997).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1997 WL 268914

...dium (with that amount subject to change should there be a significant change in the debt service costs for the new stadium) and any remaining proceeds would be distributed among the county and municipalities pursuant to the distribution formulae in section 218.62, Florida Statutes (1995)....

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2007).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

agreement, according to the formula provided in section 218.62, Florida Statutes. The funds raised by the

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2002).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

Fla. Stat. 2 Section 218.61(3), Fla. Stat. 3 Section 218.62(3), Fla. Stat., which provides that "[t]he

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2001).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...Proceeds of the surtax are to be distributed to the county and the municipalities within such county in which the surtax was collected, according to an interlocal agreement. If there is no such agreement, distribution shall be according to the formula provided in section 218.62 , Florida Statutes....

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Robert Emerson v. Hillsborough Cnty., Florida, etc. & Stacy White v. Hillsborough Cnty., Florida, etc. (Fla. 2021).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Under the distribution formula, 54% of the tax proceeds—the general purpose portion—are to be “distributed to the [c]ounty and each [m]unicipality in accordance with their relative populations” pursuant to a statutory formula set forth in section 218.62, Florida Statutes (2018), to be expended “in accordance with” article 11....