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The net proceeds collected from the Indian River County Six -Cent Local Option Fuel Tax are distributed by the FDOR to the County and the eligible municipalities within the County according to a distribution formula determined at the local level by interlocal agreement between the County and the municipalities within the County's boundaries. Pursuant to the Six -Cent Local Option Fuel Tax Ordinance, in the absence of an interlocal agreement, distribution of the Indian River County Six -Cent Local Option Fuel Tax is governed by Section 336.025(4)(a), Florida Statutes. Pursuant to Section 336.025(3)(a)(1), Florida Statutes, the County and the Cities of Fellsmere, Indian River Shores, Orchid, Sebastian, and Vero Beach (the "Cities") (the population of which represents a majority of the population of the incorporated area within the County) entered into interlocal agreements effective September 1, 1996 (the "Six -Cent Local Option Fuel Tax Interlocal Agreements") establishing a distribution formula for proceeds of the Indian River County Six -Cent Local Option Fuel Tax. The proceeds of the Indian River County Six -Cent Local Option Fuel Tax are distributed for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2025, as follows: [72.43% is distributed to the County, 2.85% is distributed to the City of Fellsmere, 1.29% is distributed to the City of Indian River Shores, 0.20% is distributed to the City of Orchid, 13.93% is distributed to the City of Sebastian, and 9.30% is distributed to the City of Vero Beach.] Pursuant to the Six -Cent Local Option Fuel Tax Ordinance, the method of distribution of the local option gas tax revenues shall be reviewed and a public hearing held in May at least every two (2) years by the parties to the agreement. The levy of the Six -Cent Local Option Fuel Tax expires on August 31, 2026, unless extended. In order to be eligible to receive a Six -Cent Local Option Fuel Tax distribution, each county or municipality must comply with a variety of state mandated requirements. The County has always complied with such requirements. The County may use the proceeds from the Six -Cent Local Option Fuel Tax for various transportation expenditures described in Section 336.025, Florida Statutes. The County receives Ninth -Cent Fuel Tax proceeds from the State. The County does not levy the ninth -cent fuel tax. However, The Legislature has authorized the statewide equalization of local option tax rates on diesel fuel by requiring that the full 6 cents of the 1 to 6 cents fuel tax as well as the 1 cent ninth -cent fuel tax be levied on diesel fuel in every county even though the county government may not have imposed either tax on motor fuel. Since January 1, 1994, this tax has been imposed on diesel fuel in every county as the result of statewide equalization. The proceeds of the Six -Cent Local Option Fuel Tax received by the County are deposited into the County's transportation fund of the County's governmental funds. County Fuel Tax. Section 206.41(1)(b), Florida Statutes, authorizes the State to levy a tax of one cent per net gallon on motor fuel (the "County Fuel Tax"). Pursuant to 25