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RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
REQUESTING CANDIDATES FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY
COMMISSION TO TAKE A STAND OR EXPRESS AN
OPINION AS TO WHETHER MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN
ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO
TAXATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY THE COUNTY
EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PROPERTY OF
RESIDENTS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF ORANGE
COUNTY, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section I(H) of the Constitution of
the State of Florida provides that property situated within a municipality
shall not be subject to taxation for services rendered by the county
exclusively for the benefit of the property or residents in unin-
corporated areas; and
WHEREAS, Section 125.01(6)(a), Florida Statutes, will become
effective on January 1, 1975, which is during the 1974-1975 taxable
year and which will permit a municipality to identify services rendered
especially for the benefit of the property or residents in unincorporated
areas and financed by county-wide revenues and to petition the Board
of County Commissioners of each county for relief; and
WHEREAS, the County Commission of Orange County, Florida has
not given any tax relief to 'the citizens of the municipalities in
Orange County, Florida, with the result that county taxes are paid by
the citizens of Ocoee, Florida and other municipalities in Orange
County, Florida which are allocated to services performed solely for
the benefit of Orange County citizens residing in unincorporated areas
of the county outside of the municipality; and
WHEREAS, these same services such as police, and others, are
provided by the municipalities for its citizens by taxes levied upon
property situated solely within the said municipality resalting in
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double taxation and a double burden on municipal citizens and the
citizens of Ocoee, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Ocoee, Florida and other municipalities
within Orange County, Florida are deeply concerned with whether the
present candidates for the Orange County Commission agree that property
situated within municipalities should not be subject to taxation for
services rendered by the county exclusively for the benefit of property
or residents in unincorporated areas, and whether if elected, those
candidates would vote to give relief to municipalities where appropriate
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under Florida Statute 125.01(6)(a) which will become effective January
1, 1975.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
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of Ocoee, Florida, that all candidates for the Orange County Commission
be and they are hereby requested to answer the following questions, in
writing, with the said response to be made to the City Manager of the
City of Ocoee, Florida within (10) days of the date of this Resolution:
Question 1. Do you agree that property situated within
municipalities should not be subject to taxation for services rendered
by Orange County exclusively for the benefit of the property or residents
in the unincorporated areas of Orange County, Florida?
Question 2. Do you agree that the citizens of municipalities
within Orange County, Florida are burdened with double taxation for
services rendered by Orange County exclusively for the benefit of
the property or residents in the unincorporated areas of Orange County,
Florida?
Question 3. If elected to the Orange County Commission, will
you vote to relieve the burden of such double taxation now imposed
on the citizens in the municipalities within Orange County, Florida
if said municipalities properly petition for such relief under
Section 125.01(6)(a), Florida Statutes, by voting to remit to the
municipality the cost of such service as may be performed exclusively
for the unincorporated areas of Orange County, Florida, or to reduce
the tax millage assessed against the residents of municipalities for
such services?
This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
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PASSED and APPROVED by the City Council at its regular meeting
held on 15 October 1974.
CITY OF OCOEE
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