Resolution 262-1990
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Commissioner Gene Lytton
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MONROE
RESOLUTION NO. 262-1990
UN 11 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, URGING ALL
INVOLVED PARTIES TO ABANDON HOUSE BILL 2917
AND SENATE BILL 582 AND TO ABANDON THE
CONCEPT OF RAIDING THE FUNDS OF THE COUNTIES
FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING OTHER STATE
PROJECTS FOR WHICH THE STATE HAS ADEQUATE
AUTHORITY TO LEVY TAXES.
WHEREAS, the County Commission of Monroe County has been
informed that certain legislation, to-wit: House Bill 2917 and
Senate Bill 582, 1990 Session, have been introduced at the
request of the Office of the Governor, and
WHEREAS, the said bills are for the purpose of taking from
the several counties of the State of Florida funds from local
government trust funds and other assests belonging to the
counties, and
WHEREAS, the State already imposes a service charge of three
percent on these funds, and
WHEREAS, the impact of these additional excises would
deprive Monroe County of a sum in excess of 1.5 Million Dollars
for this fiscal year, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County and the other several counties of
Florida have been visited with extensive unfunded mandates from
the Legislature in the past several years, and
WHEREAS, this unjustifiable intrusion into the fiscal
integrity of the counties will further exacerbate the cJunties
ability to respond to the unfunded mandates, and
WHEREAS, by the enactment of these bills, in lieu df the
enactment of appropriate taxes to meet the revenue shortfall, the
counties of the State of Florida will be further deprived of
funds raised by the counties for necessary governmental purposes,
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, vehemently protests and does hereby urge
all involved parties to abandon House Bill 2917 and Senate Bill
582 and to abandon the concept of raiding the funds of the
counties for the purpose of financing other State proj ects for
which the State has adequate authority to levy taxes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Board is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to the Governor of
the State of Florida, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Senator Larry Plummer, Senator Ron
Saunders, all cabinet members, all members of the House
Appropriations Committee and Chairman T.K. Wetherell, all members
of the Finance and Taxation Committee and Chairperson Anne
Mackenzie, all members of the Senate Appropriations Committee and
Chairperson Gwen Margolis, and all members of Finance, Taxation
and Claims and Chairman Timothy Deratany.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a special meeting of said Board held
on the 4th day of May, A.D. 1990.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY#~
Mayor/Chairman
(Seal)
Attest~~i{OLHAGEJ Clerk
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