Florida Florida Statutes
§ 125.275 — Countywide air quality protection; authority of counties designated as nonattainment areas; preemption of municipal ordinances
FS § 125.275Ch. 125
Statute text
View on source(1)The board of county commissioners of any county which is designated, in whole or in part, as a nonattainment area for air quality pursuant to state and federal law is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to provide by ordinance for countywide protection of air quality. In furtherance of this purpose, the board of county commissioners of such county shall have the following powers:(a) To act as the local implementing authority of a nonattainment plan promulgated and adopted pursuant to state and federal law.
(b)To adopt, revise, and amend, from time to time, appropriate ordinances, rules, and regulations reasonably necessary to maintain air quality standards established pursuant to state and fece authorizing the imposition of an assessment for emergency medical services prior to January 1, 2002. Once a county has qualified under this subsection, it always retains the qualification.
(2)A county may fund the costs of emergency medical services through the levy of a special assessment that apportions the cost among the property based on a reasonable methodology that charges a parcel in proportion to its benefits.
(3)The authorization provided in this section shall be construed to be general law authorization pursuant to ss. 1 and 9, Art. VII of the State Constitution.
(4)All special assessments for emergency medical services levied by a county prior to the effective date of this section are ratified and validated in all respects if they would have been valid had this section been in effect at the time they were levied; however, this subsection shall not validate assessments in counties with litigation challenging the validity of an assessment pending on January 1, 2002.
Legislative history
s. 1, ch. 2002-37; s. 23, ch. 2014-218.