Fla. Stat. § 130.02

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130.02 Commissioners may levy tax.

Official statutory text

When any county bonds shall have been issued by the county commissioners of any county of the state, under authority of law, for the purpose of erecting a courthouse, jail, armory, or other county buildings, it shall be the duty of such county commissioners to levy annually, by tax upon taxable property in the county, a sum sufficient to pay the interest upon the said bonds, and also a sum sufficient to raise the amount annually required as a sinking fund to meet the principal of the bonds, which sinking fund shall be provided for by resolution of the board of county commissioners before the issuing of any of the said bonds.

History: s. 1, ch. 4286, 1893; GS 787; RGS 1532; CGL 2310.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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