FL H0479

Expands the Uniform Special District Accountability Act to cover both dependent and independent special districts, requiring all special districts to register and report financial and other activities (previously only independent districts were subject to these requirements).

Requires the Department of Economic Opportunity to exclude inactive special districts from the official list, maintain a separate list of inactive districts, and authorizes the repeal of special acts creating inactive districts by general law.

Creates new oversight procedures allowing the Legislative Auditing Committee (for special act districts) or local general-purpose governments (for ordinance-created districts) to convene public hearings when special districts fail to file required reports, with noncompliant districts required to provide financial reports, audit reports, meeting minutes, and performance information.

Requires all special district charters to contain a status statement identifying the district as either dependent or independent, and authorizes the Legislature to create dependent special districts by special act with the consent of the local government upon which the district will be dependent.

Establishes website transparency requirements, including posting tentative budgets at least 2 days before hearings (remaining at least 45 days), final budgets within 30 days of adoption (remaining at least 2 years), and meeting agendas with materials at least 7 days before each meeting or workshop.