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SEP Section 7.04. OOIDUCT OF COUNTY ORDINANCES WrM MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES. 14otAthstanding other provisions of this Charter, any county ordinance in conflict with a municipal ordinance shall not be effective within the municipality to the extent of auh conflict regardless of whether such municipal ordinance was adopted or enacted before or after the county ordinance. A municipal ordinance shall also prevail over a county ordinance in the area of comprehensive land use planning. In the event a county ordinance and a municipal ordinance shall cover the same subject matter without conflict, both the municipal ordinance and the county ordinance shall be effective, each being deemed supplemental, one to the other. Section 7.05. SPECIAL TANG DISTRICTS OR UNITS. A. The Commission shall have full power to create, alter, or abolish special taxing districts or units to the full extent granted by the Constitution and the Laws of Florida; provided, however, that such actions must be confirmed by an election in which only those electors in such a district or unit shall be eligible to vote. A majority of those voting in said election must confirm the actions of the Commission - B. - ommissian. B,. All special taxing districts or units created after January 1, 1977, within the County shall be subject to such uniform budget and audit procedures as may be es- tablished by the Comnission, and they may be required by the Commission to utilize any county services. Such services may be providzd at a rate o€ -compensation not above actual costs as determined by the Commission. C. The Commission may by ordinance create districts for the purpose of levying ad valorem taxes or special assessments to pay for the furnishing of municipal services, and the taxes imposed shall be within the limits set for municipal purposes. Each such district created must be confirmed by an election in which only those electors in that district shall be eligible to vote. Section 7.06. EFFECT OF DUCAL LAWS. All existing laws, ordinances, regulations, and resolutions of all units of the former government that are not inconsistent with or in direct conflict with the provisions of this Charter shall remain operative. Section 7.07. LEGAL ACTION INVCLVING ME COUNTY. In any legal action by or against the County, or any of its departments, agencies, officers or employees in their capacities as such, the County as a Corporate Body shall be the party named and shall appear and participate in the cause on behalf of the department, agency, officer or employee. Wherever the County Sheriff, County Property Appraiser, County Tax Collector, County Supervisor of Elections, County Clerk of the Circuit Court or Board of County Commissioners may or shall be a party to any legal action, the County shall be substituted for such defendant. Section 7.08. ECISTING CONTRACTS. No provision of this Charter shall be construed to interfere with any valid con- tract subsisting on the effective date of this Charter. Section 7.09. UMURM BUDGET PROCEUME. All County departments, offices and agencies, and all elected County officers, shall operate under a unified and uniform budget system. No officer or employee of the County shall be cca pensated by fees, and all fees collected by any department, office, agency or elected County officer shall be deposited in the County treasury. 8 076 -14- '��-` 26