Resolution 020-2014RESOLUTION NO. 020 - 2014
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
FINDING THAT THE EXPENDITURE OF TOURIST
DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES FOR CORAL REEF
NURSERIES AS A ZOOLOGICAL PARK OR NATURE
CENTER IS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION
125.0104(5), FLORIDA STATUTES.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) passed Resolution No. 211-
2013 which supports and endorses the establishment of coral reef nurseries as zoological parks;
and
WHEREAS, the BOCC further recognizes that coral reef nurseries directly and primarily
support tourism in Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an opinion, AGO 13 -29, on December
30, 2013, stating that local option tourist development taxes can be used to fund coral
outplanting projects to repair or improve a naturally occurring reef under the language in section
125.0104(5)(b), if the County makes the appropriate finding; and
WHEREAS, in compliance with the Attorney General's opinion, the BOCC desires to
make the appropriate finding so that coral outplanting projects and other coral reef nurseries
projects may be funded pursuant to Section 125.0104(5), Florida Statutes; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
1. The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners finds that coral reef nurseries
are zoological parks and /or nature centers and thus fall within the enumerated
authorized uses for tourist development tax revenues as set forth in 125.0104(5),
Florida Statutes.
2. The BOCC further finds that coral reef nurseries directly and primarily promote
tourism in Monroe County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a meeting of said Board held on the 31 day of January, 2014.
Mayor Sylvia Murphy
Yes
Mayor Pro Tem Danny Kolhage
Yes
Commissioner George Neugent
Yes
Commissioner Heather Carruthers
Yes
Commissioner David Rice
Yes
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_APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CHRISTINE M. LIMBERT - BARROWS
ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY
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