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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element An annual license tax is levied on all mobile homes and park trailers, and on all travel trailers and fifth -wheel trailers exceeding thirty-five feet in body length. The license taxes, ranging from $20 to $80 depending on body length, are collected in lieu of ad valorem taxes. The taxes are collected by county tax collectors and remitted to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. From each license, two deductions are made. The first is a deduction of $1.50 by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, with proceeds deposited into the State General Revenue Fund. The second is a deduction of $1.00, with proceeds deposited into the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund. The remaining balance is deposited into the License Tax Collection Trust Fund for distribution to units of local government. A county government is eligible to receive proceeds from this tax if taxable mobile home units are located in its unincorporated area. An authorized use of the proceeds is not specified in the current law. Table 6.1 shows that funds received through the mobile home license tax represented 0.05% of all revenue received by Indian River County in FY 2016/17. Figure 6.15 shows that, mobile home license tax revenue received by Indian River County fluctuated between FY 2010/11 and FY 2016/17. • Various Grants Table 6.1 shows that funds received in the form of state grants represented 2.00% of funds received by the county in FY 2016/17. Those state grant funds received by the county originated from the Division of Emergency Management, the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, the Florida Department of State, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Department of Transportation, the Florida Department of Revenue, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, and the Florida Department of Health. Federal Sources Federal funds are either granted directly to local governments or passed through state agencies for administration and monitoring. Those grants are usually distributed on a competitive basis rather than by formula allocations, thereby making forecasts of future revenues difficult. For the -purpose of revenue forecasts, those sources will be assumed to remain constant. During FY 2016/17, the county received approximately $8,929,000 in federal funds. Those funds represented 3.68% of all funds received by Indian River County in FY 2016/17. Overall Revenue Sources As mandated by state statute, the financial resources of the county are categorized according to the state Chart of Accounts. The categories in the state Chart of Accounts are taxes, licenses and permits, intergovernmental revenue, charges for services, fines and forfeitures, and miscellaneous revenues. Community Development Department Indian River County Adopted December 4, 2018, Ordinance 2018-025 17