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0 Attorney Brandenburg reported that the Legislature unbeknowst to us has recently passed a bill that is to be effective July 1, 1983, which indicates that taxes cannot be levied during a given year unless a Municipal Service Taxing Unit was in existence on January lst of that year. As a result, if a MSTU is established today by the adoption of an Ordinance, it would not be able to levy taxes until next year. Commissioner Scurlock asked if the tax district is established without a referendum, would it come under the pillage cap, or if there is a referendum, would it fall outside the cap. Attorney Brandenburg explained that in either event it falls within the 10 -mill cap provided by legislation. Mr. George Collins, Attorney;- addressed the Board and expressed his disappointment in the recent legislation requiring a Municipal Service Taxing Unit to be in existence on January 1 in order to levy taxes during that year. However, he felt that the presentation of the proposed bike path should be made today and respectfully requested the Board go ahead and adopt the Ordinance creating a MSTU, as it would give them added strength with the Dept. of Trans- portation in regard to asking for grant funds. The Chairman opened the Public Hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. Mr. Collins informed the Board that the Bike Path Committee prepared a petition which clearly defined the area in the MSTU, the millage cap that would be involved, and the amount of money needed to be raised based on the engineering report, and the committee members and other South Beach residents took these petitions door to door in every subdivision and condominium within the district as defined. He reported that while in many cases, people were not at home for one reason or another, they nonetheless obtained 58 JUN 1 19 3 600 5 ?acE,77.7