§ 22-123. Big Pine Municipal Service Taxing Unit created.

(a)

Pursuant to the provisions of F.S. § 125.01(1)(q), there is hereby created a municipal service taxing unit to be known as the Big Pine Municipal Service Taxing Unit. The Big Pine Municipal Service Taxing Unit shall encompass that portion of the unincorporated area bounded on the west by Kemp Channel and on the east by the west end of the Seven Mile Bridge including No Name Key.

(b)

The board is hereby authorized, in the manner and under the authority provided by F.S. § 125.01(1)(q), to levy and collect ad valorem taxes at a millage rate not greater than 0.70 mil upon taxable real and personal property within the Big Pine Municipal Service Taxing Unit, commencing with the county fiscal year beginning October 1, 2005. The imposition of ad valorem taxes, as authorized herein, shall cease after a levy of taxes under this provision for a total of four fiscal years and the Big Pine Municipal Service Taxing Unit shall terminate on December 31, 2016, and taxes for calendar year 2016, may be collected in 2017.

(c)

Revenue derived from ad valorem taxes levied in the Big Pine Municipal Service Taxing Unit shall be used solely for the administration, planning and development costs associated with and incurred in advancing wastewater and reclaimed water projects within and benefiting the Big Pine Municipal Service Taxing Unit. The board shall adopt a budget for the Big Pine Municipal Service Taxing Unit for the county fiscal year beginning October 1, 2005, and each fiscal year thereafter, at the same time and in the same manner as the county budget.

(Ord. No. 038-2004, § 5; Ord. No. 010-2005, § 5; Ord. No. 025-2007, § 2; Ord. No. 037-2009, § 2 ; Ord. No. 009-2012, § 2 )

Editor's note

Ord. No. 009-2012, § 2, adopted May 16, 2012 states "SECTION 3. MAP OF AREA. The map attached hereto as Exhibit A, and incorporated herein by reference, depicts the areas covered by the Cudjoe-Sugarloaf and Big Pine Key MSTUs described herein, and is adopted upon the BOCC approval of this ordinance."