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Transportation Rail transportation in the County is handled by Florida East Coast Railway, while numerous freight truck lines are available to serve the County. Highways providing surface travel are Interstate 95, U.S. 1 and State Road A1A for north -south travel and State Road 60 for travel to the west, while the Florida Turnpike crosses south and northwest through the southwest corner of the County. The area is served by Greyhound Bus Lines for passenger and package service. Vero Beach Municipal Airport provides scheduled commuter airline service and is capable of handling most commercial aircraft, while one other airport in the County serves charter and private aircraft. Scheduled airline service is available to County residents through the Melbourne Regional Airport (about a fifty minute drive), Orlando International Airport and Palm Beach International Airport (each about an hour and a half drive). Hath Care The Indian River Hospital District, encompassing all but six square miles of the County, has a 347 -bed facility in Vero Beach. The Humana Hospital Sebastian, a private for-profit acute care facility, is located in the northern part of the County on U.S. 1. There are presently over 200 physicians serving the hospitals and area residents. The Sunshine Rehabilitation Center offers physical and speech therapy to handicapped children and adults. Education The education system is administered on a County -wide basis by the School Board of Indian River County. The five -member Board, elected for staggered four-year terms each, appoints a Superintendent of Schools. The County has twelve elementary schools, one middle junior high, two middle schools, one junior high and one senior high. There is one Special Education School for all grades. Enrollment for the 1989-90 school year was 11,516 students. There are 945 administrative and teaching personnel and 419 non -instructional personnel. In addition to the public school system, there are several parochial and private schools. Indian River Community College, with its main campus located in Ft. Pierce, about 15 miles from Vero Beach, has branch campuses in Vero Beach and in Okeechobee and Martin Counties. The state -supported community college offers a general college program for the first two years and a wide variety of technical and vocational instruction. The Mueller Center in Vero Beach has a 40 -acre campus, ten classrooms and office facilities. Communications and Electric Utilities One daily newspaper is published in the County. There are five local radio stations. Telephone service is supplied by Southern Bell. Vero Beach Electric System and Florida Power & Light Company supply electricity. LOCAL AND STATE TAXES Florida has no individual state income tax. Inheritance tax is confined to the amount allowed as a credit to the State from the tax levied by the United States government. The 6% regular sales tax plus the 196 local option sales tax applies to all items except groceries and medicines. Under the Florida Homestead Exemption law, no municipal or county taxes are levied against the first $25,000 for valuation of a home occupied by its owners except for special assessments. It is a state law that all tax appraisals must be at 100% of value. MI10.2 A-8