Loading chat...

FL S0432

Bill

Status

Failed

6/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Stan McClain

Click for details

Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the authority of county commissioners in Florida to levy and collect special assessments, eliminating special assessments as a funding mechanism across multiple provisions of Section 125.01, F.S.
  • Deletes special assessments as a permissible revenue source for municipal service taxing or benefit units in unincorporated areas, leaving only service charges and taxes as funding options
  • Removes special assessments as a funding mechanism for special districts that include both incorporated and unincorporated areas
  • Eliminates the existing prohibition on levying special assessments on agricultural lands (enacted in 2023), as the broader removal of special assessment authority renders it moot
  • Effective date is July 1, 2025; sponsored by Senator McClain

Legislative Description

Power of County Commissioners to Levy Special Assessments

Last Action

Died in Community Affairs

6/16/2025

Full Bill Text

No bill text available