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RLSOLUTION NO. 81-1.08
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
REQUESTING THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
TO CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE EFFECT OF STATE MA14DATED
PROGRAMS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINIANCES.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County has
been faced with balancing the need for fundamental governmental services for
the citizens of the County against the increased taxes necessary to provide
expanded services, and
WHEREAS, the balancing of services versus taxes is disrupted when the
Legislature mandates the various counties to perform and collect taxes for
programs that are not the local government's responsibility, and
AIEREAS, when programs are imposed upon local government without providing
concurrent sources of non -ad valorem funding, the Legislature circumvents Article
7, Section I (A) of the State of Florida Constitution which provides;... no
State ad valorem taxes shall be levied upon real estate or tangible personal
property..., and
WHEREAS, State mandated programs include; Medicaid Programs, Mental Health,
Baker, and Myer Act Programs, indigent health care, indigent court costs and
Court appointed attorney's fees, medical examiner's fees, the court system
expenses, State Attorney and Public Defender Office space requirements and County
audit provisions
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT;
1. The County Commission requests that the Honorable Robert Graham establish as a
priority, in the upcoming Legislative Session, a review of the effects of
State mandated programs on local government finances, and
2. The County Commission further requests the Legislature to provide a means
of funding mandated programs other than ad valorem taxation, and
3. Certified copies of this Resolution be sent to the Governor of the State
of Florida and the Indian River County Legislative Delegation.
This Resolution shall become effective as of the _ 16th_______ day of
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