FL H7001

Requires the Department of Economic Opportunity to exclude inactive special districts from the official list of special districts maintained under Florida Statutes section 189.061.

Mandates the department immediately remove districts declared inactive from the official list and maintain a separate list of inactive districts until they resume active status, are merged, or are dissolved.

Allows dependent special districts meeting inactivity criteria to be dissolved or merged by special act without requiring a referendum.

Allows independent special districts meeting inactivity criteria to be dissolved by special act without a referendum, and permits the county or municipality that created an inactive independent district to dissolve it after publishing notice.

Takes effect July 1, 2016.