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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Melbourne-Tillman Water Control 2
District, Brevard County; amending chapter 2001-336, 3
Laws of Florida, as amended; removing obsolete 4
language; revising stormwater management user fees and 5
annual adjustments for residential, agricultural, and 6
commercial parcels of land; providing an effective 7
date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 8 of section 3 of 12
chapter 2001-336, Laws of Florida, as amended, is amended to 13
read: 14
Section 8. Powers given the Board to effect a surface 15
water management system within District boundaries.—In order to 16
responsibly, efficiently, and effectively secure, operate, and 17
maintain an adequate, dependable surface water management 18
system, the Board of Directors, consistent with and supportive 19
of the state water policy, the state water use plan, the state 20
land development plan, and the regional policy plan, shall: 21
(12)(a) Levy, assess, and collect an annual stormwater 22
management user fee to carry out the purposes of the District, 23
beginning with the 1990-1991 budget year. 24
(a) Such fee must be just and equitable and shall be based 25

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upon the impact that a given parcel of land imposes on the 26
stormwater management system. 27
(b) A fee may not be finally set by the Board of Directors 28
or approved by the Board of County Commissioners of Brevard 29
County during its annual budget review until after a public 30
hearing is held by the Board of County Commissioners. The Board 31
of County Commissioners must hold a special public hearing 32
within the boundaries of the District. At the public hearing, 33
all owners of property in the District shall have an opportunity 34
to be heard concerning the proposed fee. 35
(c) Notice of such public hearing for the 1990-1991 budget 36
year must be given in the manner prescribed in subsection (2) of 37
Section 16. Thereafter, notice must be given by publication in a 38
newspaper of general circulation in Brevard County at least 7 39
days before the date of the hearing. The stormwater management 40
user fee, when established, shall be deemed to be reasonable and 41
necessary to carry out the obligations, responsibilities, and 42
duties of the District. All of the proceeds of the fee are in 43
payment for the use of the District stormwater management 44
system. The fee must be established by resolution of the Board 45
of Directors and approved by a majority vote of the Board of 46
County Commissioners of Brevard County, with each County 47
Commissioner whose county commission residency area lies wholly 48
or partially within the District voting in the affirmative. 49
(d) The stormwater management user fee structure shall 50

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have three land classifications: Residential, Agricultural, and 51
Commercial. The Board of Directors, in establishing the annual 52
fee, must use the Brevard County Land Use Code Index as the 53
basis for land classification. The annual stormwater management 54
user fee shall be levied on the parcels, as the Brevard County 55
Land Use Code Index has them designated, for that respective 56
budget year. 57
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For the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the Board of County Commissioners 59
of Brevard County approved for the district to collect 60
stormwater management fees per acre or portion thereof for 61
residential parcels at a rate of $25, agricultural parcels at a 62
rate of $8.50, and commercial parcels at a rate of $52.50. 63
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Beginning with the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the stormwater 65
management fee for residential parcels, agricultural parcels, or 66
commercial parcels shall be adjusted annually by the average of 67
the monthly consumer price index figures for the stated 12-month 68
period, relative to the South Region of the United States, 69
issued by the United States Department of Labor. For the 2026-70
2027 fiscal year, the consumer price index adjustment affecting 71
the stormwater management fee shall be based on the fee approved 72
by the Brevard County Commission in the 2025-2026 fiscal year. 73
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the stormwater management fee may 74
not be more than 10 percent above the fee for the preceding year 75

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not inclusive of the aforementioned annual consumer price index 76
adjustment. 77
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For