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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element <br />eligible to levy the Ninth -Cent Fuel Tax either by extraordinary vote of the Board of County <br />Commissioners or by voter approval in a countywide referendum, but does not currently levy the tax. <br />Forty-nine of the sixty-seven Florida counties levy the Ninth -Cent Fuel Tax. <br />Table 6.3: Local Fuel Tax Rates <br />County <br />"One. to Six Cent - <br />Local Option Fuel <br />Tax <br />One to Five Cent <br />Local Option Fuel <br />Tax <br />Ninth Cent Fuel Tax <br />Total Local -Fuel Tax' <br />Brevard <br />$0.06 <br />-------- <br />-------- <br />$0.06 <br />Indian River <br />$0.06 <br />-------- <br />-------- <br />$0.06 <br />Martin <br />$0.06 <br />$0.05 <br />$0.01 <br />$0.12 <br />Okeechobee <br />$0.06 <br />$0.05 <br />$0.01 <br />$0.12 <br />Palm Beach <br />$0.06 <br />$0.05 <br />$0.01 <br />$0.12 <br />St. Lucie <br />$0.06 <br />$0.05 <br />$0.01 <br />$0.12 <br />Source: rlorida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, Local Government Financial Information Handbook. August <br />2009. <br />As shown in table 6.3, four counties in the <br />region, Martin County, Okeechobee County, <br />Palm Beach County, and St. Lucie County, <br />levy the entire One to Five Cent Local Option <br />Fuel tax. This second local option fuel tax is a <br />one to five cent levy upon every net gallon of <br />motor fuel sold in a county. Indian River <br />County can levy this second tax through an <br />ordinance adopted by a majority plus one vote <br />of the Board of County Commissioners or by <br />voter approval in a countywide referendum, <br />but does not currently levy the tax. Twenty- <br />one of the sixty-seven Florida counties impose <br />at least a portion of the One to Five Cent <br />Local Option Fuel Tax. <br />Figure 6.9: Franchise Fee/Tax Revenue <br />$12,000 <br />$10,000 <br />$9,318 $9,733 $9,443 <br />$7,941 <br />$8,000 <br />$6,720 <br />$6,222 <br />$6,000 <br />' <br />$4,000 <br />— <br />— <br />$2,000 <br />$- <br />2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 <br />Revenue (in thousands) <br />• Franchise Fee/Tax Source: Indian River County Finance Department <br />Counties and municipalities may exercise their home rule authority to impose a fee upon a utility for <br />the grant of a franchise and the privilege of the utility using the local government's rights-of-way to <br />Community Development Department Indian River County <br />Supplement #_; Adopted November _, 2009, Ordinance 2009-_ 10 <br />