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Date Created: 04/26/21
Last updated: 04/26/21

City: Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL to Consider an Ordinance Extending a Local Option Gas Tax

The Council will Consider an ordinance Amending Chapt 799 (Local Option Gas Tax), Ord Code, to: (1) Extend the 6-Cent Local Option Gas Tax for a 10 Yr Period Beginning 9/1/2036, & Continuing Through 8/31/2046; (2) Provide for the Levy of a 5-Cent Local Option Gas Tax (“5-Cent Local Option Gas Tax”) in Duval County for a Period of 30 Yrs Commencing 1/1/2022; & (3) Provide for the Levy of a 1-Cent Local Option Gas Tax (“9th-Cent Local Option Gas Tax”) in Duval County for a Period of 30 Yrs, Commencing 1/1/2022; Amending Sec 761.107 (Committees), Chap 761 (The Better Jax Plan), Ord Code, to Provide for the Better Jax Plan Financial Administration Committee & Project Administration Committee to Provide Reporting of Revenues & Expenditures Regarding the Local Option Gas Taxes to Council on an Annual Basis, & Expanding the Membership of Each Committee; Apv & Auth the Mayor, or His Designee, & the Corp Secretary to Execute: (1) an Interlocal Agreemnt btwn the City of Jax & the JTA for Allocation of the Addn’l 10 Yrs of the 6-Cent Local Option Gas Tax, the 5-Cent Local Option Gas Tax & the 9th-Cent Local Option Gas Tax (Collectively, the “Local Option Gas Taxes”); & (2) an Amended & Restated Interlocal Agreemnt Among the City, the City of Atlantic Beach, the City of Jax Beach, the City of Neptune Beach & the Town of Baldwin to Provide for the Distribution Formula for Dividing the Proceeds of the Proposed Local Option Gas Taxes; Approval of Ord; Providing for Filing w/ the FL Dept of State.

Issue History
04/26/21	The Council will hold a first reading at the 4/27/21 meeting.

Related Documents
	4/27/21 Background
	4/27/21 Meeting Agenda