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Date Created: 01/20/23
Last updated: 01/20/23

Broward County, FL to Consider Relevy of Three-Cent Local Gas Tax

The Commission will MOTION TO DIRECT: Office of the County Attorney to draft an Ordinance amending Section 31½ of the Broward County Code of Ordinances to reestablish and relevy the three-cent additional local option gas tax for transportation expenditures (“Three-Cent Tax”) that is expiring on December 31, 2023 and to early reestablish and early relevy the one-cent additional local option gas tax for transportation expenditures (“Fifth-Cent Tax”) that is expiring on December 31, 2030, with the tax proceeds to be distributed either pursuant to interlocal agreements between the County and the municipalities for each tax, which would provide the same collective distribution to the municipalities as is provided under the expiring agreements, or, if a majority of the municipalities (by population) fail to timely enter into such interlocal agreements, pursuant to the statutory method provided in Section 336.025(4)(a), Florida Statutes. B. MOTION TO APPROVE in substantially the form attached hereto, proposed interlocal agreements for the Three-Cent Tax and the Fifth-Cent Tax; to authorize the County Administrator to forward the proposed interlocal agreements to the municipalities; to authorize the Office of the County Attorney to make nonsubstantive changes to the attached forms based upon input received from municipal counsel; and to authorize the County Administrator to execute the interlocal agreements on behalf of the County provided a majority of the municipalities (by population) approve, execute, and return the agreement to the County Administrator by March 31, 2023.

Issue History
01/20/23	The Commission will consider the items at the 1/24/23 meeting.

Related Documents
	1/24/23 Background
	1/24/23 Meeting Agenda