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4 I-1 11 i 636 So. 2d at 42. A special district created under section 125.01(5), Florida Statutes, requires municipal consent. The property owners in Madison County also argued that municipal consent was required under section 125.01(1)(q) for the creation of a municipal service benefit unit within municipal areas. Notwithstanding the enumerated general power to levy special assessments in section 125.01(1)(r) and the policy of broad and liberal construction of home rule power mandated in section 125.01(3), the property owners further argued that the creation of a municipal service benefit unit with the required municipal consent was the exclusive method for a county to impose assessments within municipal areas. The court's decision did not reach this issue and the court stated: Because of our conclusion that these ordinances imposing special assessments are null and void for failure of the County to substantially comply with the statutory authority under which it purported to act, we do not reach the further issue raised by the County, that is, whether section 125.01(1)(q)2. is the exclusive means by which the County may impose special assessments within municipalities, or whether section 125.01(r) grants counties the broad home rule power to impose special assessments county -wide unless affected cities opt out by passing inconsistent legislation.e 636 So. 2d at 48. 'Section 125.01(1)(g), Florida Statutes, was subsequenVy amended to eliminate the specific provis4ons pertaining to fire control services. Currently, section 125.01(l)(g) allows a municipal service taxing unit 10 include municipal areas subject to consent by ordinance of the affected municipality The millage levied within the municipal area by a county within a municipal service taxing unit and the miltage levied by the municipality cannot, in the aggregate for any parcel, exceed the 10 mill limit For municipal purposes.