Florida Statutes
Part I - State Water Resource Plan (Ss. 373.012-373.200)
373.0697 - Basin taxes.


(1) The amount of money to be raised by said tax levy shall be determined by the adoption of an annual budget by the district board of governors, and the average millage for the basin shall be that amount required to raise the amount called for by the annual budget when applied to the total assessment of the basin as determined for county taxing purposes. However, no such tax shall be levied within the basin unless and until the annual budget and required tax levy shall have been approved by formal action of the basin board, and no county in the district shall be taxed under this provision at a rate to exceed 1 mill.
(2) The taxes provided for in this section shall be extended by the county property appraiser on the county tax roll in each county within, or partly within, the basin and shall be collected by the tax collector in the same manner and time as county taxes, and the proceeds therefrom paid to the district for basin purposes. Said taxes shall be a lien, until paid, on the property against which assessed and enforceable in like manner as county taxes. The property appraisers, tax collectors, and clerks of the circuit court of the respective counties shall be entitled to compensation for services performed in connection with such taxes at the same rates as apply to county taxes.
(3) It is hereby determined that the taxes authorized by this subsection are in proportion to the benefits to be derived by the several parcels of real estate within the basin from the works authorized herein.
History.—s. 6, ch. 73-190; s. 2, ch. 75-125; s. 5, ch. 76-243.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use

Chapter 373 - Water Resources

Part I - State Water Resource Plan (Ss. 373.012-373.200)

373.012 - Topographic mapping.

373.013 - Short title.

373.016 - Declaration of policy.

373.019 - Definitions.

373.023 - Scope and application.

373.026 - General powers and duties of the department.

373.033 - Saltwater barrier line.

373.036 - Florida water plan; district water management plans.

373.0363 - Southern Water Use Caution Area Recovery Strategy.

373.037 - Pilot program for alternative water supply development in restricted allocation areas.

373.0397 - Floridan and Biscayne aquifers; designation of prime groundwater recharge areas.

373.042 - Minimum flows and minimum water levels.

373.0421 - Establishment and implementation of minimum flows and minimum water levels.

373.043 - Adoption and enforcement of rules by the department.

373.044 - Rules; enforcement; availability of personnel rules.

373.046 - Interagency agreements.

373.0465 - Central Florida Water Initiative.

373.0466 - Central Florida Water Initiative Grant Program.

373.047 - Cooperation between districts.

373.056 - State agencies, counties, drainage districts, municipalities, or governmental agencies or public corporations authorized to convey or receive land from water management districts.

373.069 - Creation of water management districts.

373.0691 - Transfer of areas.

373.0693 - Basins; basin boards.

373.0695 - Duties of basin boards; authorized expenditures.

373.0697 - Basin taxes.

373.0698 - Creation and operation of basin boards; other laws superseded.

373.073 - Governing board.

373.076 - Vacancies in the governing board; removal from office.

373.079 - Members of governing board; oath of office; staff.

373.083 - General powers and duties of the governing board.

373.084 - District works, operation by other governmental agencies.

373.085 - Use of works or land by other districts or private persons.

373.086 - Providing for district works.

373.087 - District works using aquifer for storage and supply.

373.088 - Application fees for certain real estate transactions.

373.089 - Sale or exchange of lands, or interests or rights in lands.

373.093 - Lease of lands or interest in land and personal property.

373.096 - Releases.

373.099 - Execution of instruments.

373.103 - Powers which may be vested in the governing board at the department’s discretion.

373.106 - Permit required for construction involving underground formation.

373.107 - Citation of rule.

373.109 - Permit application fees.

373.113 - Adoption of rules by the governing board.

373.1131 - Consolidated action on permits.

373.1135 - Small business program.

373.114 - Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission; review of district rules and orders; department review of district rules.

373.116 - Procedure for water use and impoundment construction permit applications.

373.117 - Certification by professional engineer.

373.1175 - Signing and sealing by professional geologists.

373.118 - General permits; delegation.

373.119 - Administrative enforcement procedures; orders.

373.123 - Penalty.

373.129 - Maintenance of actions.

373.136 - Enforcement of regulations and orders.

373.139 - Acquisition of real property.

373.1391 - Management of real property.

373.1395 - Limitation on liability of water management district with respect to areas made available to the public for recreational purposes without charge.

373.1401 - Management of lands of water management districts.

373.145 - Information program regarding hydrologic conditioning and consumption of major surface and groundwater sources.

373.146 - Publication of notices, process, and papers.

373.149 - Existing districts preserved.

373.1501 - South Florida Water Management District as local sponsor.

373.1502 - Regulation of comprehensive plan project components.

373.171 - Rules.

373.1725 - Notice of intent by publication.

373.175 - Declaration of water shortage; emergency orders.

373.185 - Local Florida-friendly landscaping ordinances.

373.187 - Water management district implementation of Florida-friendly landscaping.

373.199 - Florida Forever Water Management District Work Plan.

373.200 - Seminole Tribe Water Rights Compact.