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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element All sixty-seven Florida counties levy a portion of the original local option fuel tax. Sixty-five counties levy the full $0.06, while the remaining two counties levy a portion of the tax. Table 6.3 shows the local fuel taxes levied in Indian River County and in other counties in the region. Saint Lucie, Martin, Okeechobee, and Palm Beach counties levy the highest fuel taxes at $0.12 per gallon. Those four counties impose both the Ninth Cent Fuel Tax and the One to Five Cent Local Option Fuel Tax. While Indian River County is eligible to levy the Ninth -Cent Fuel Tax and the One to Five Cent Local Option Fuel Tax either by extraordinary vote of the Board of County Commissioners or by voter approval in a countywide referendum, it does not currently levy either tax. At this time, fifty-one of the sixty-seven Florida counties levy the Ninth -Cent Fuel Tax, while twenty-four of the sixty-seven Florida counties impose at least a portion of the One to Five Cent Local Option Fuel Tax. Source: Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, Local Government Financial Information Handbook. October 2010. • Franchise Fee/Tax Counties and municipalities may exercise their home rule authority to impose a fee upon a utility for the grant of a franchise and the privilege of the utility using the local government's rights-of-way to conduct the utility's business. Franchise fees are typically levied through a franchise agreement negotiated between the local government and the utility provider. Indian River County receives franchise revenue from electric, water, sewer, garbage, and cable television franchises. Community Development Department Indian River County Supplement #_; Adopted November _, 2010, Ordinance 2010-_ 10 Table 6.3: Local Fuel Tax hates , County One to Six Cent One to Five Cent Local Option Fuel Local Option Fuel Ninth Cent Fuel'Tax Total Local Fuel Tax Tax Tax Brevard $0.06 -------- -------- $0.06 Indian River $0.06 -------- -------- $0.06 Martin $0.06 $0.05 $0.01 $0.12 Okeechobee $0.06 $0.05 $0.01 $0.12 Palm Beach $0.06 $0.05 $0.01 $0.12 St. Lucie $0.06 $0.05 $0.01 $0.12 Source: Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, Local Government Financial Information Handbook. October 2010. • Franchise Fee/Tax Counties and municipalities may exercise their home rule authority to impose a fee upon a utility for the grant of a franchise and the privilege of the utility using the local government's rights-of-way to conduct the utility's business. Franchise fees are typically levied through a franchise agreement negotiated between the local government and the utility provider. Indian River County receives franchise revenue from electric, water, sewer, garbage, and cable television franchises. Community Development Department Indian River County Supplement #_; Adopted November _, 2010, Ordinance 2010-_ 10